Post by coloradeo on Jun 8, 2016 21:51:17 GMT -8
Well it looks like after a wet and slow spring, some of the moths in Colorado are coming out. I've been out a couple times with my lights, but the other night my son and I ventured out into the canyons near Boulder. It was a be a quick trip, say quit by 11:30 as it was a "school night" for me, if not for my son. We were rewarded with what I would deem a "flock" of Coloradia doris moths. I have not caught any Coloradia species before, so I was a bit stunned when about 15-20 showed up in the 2 hours we spent before we had to head in for the night. I didn't see a single other saturniid, sphingid or arctiid moth, but what a great night for the C. doris moths -- we literally had a couple nets with C. doris moths in them when another would fly up some of the time. I have not looked closely at all of them yet, but I think they are all males... I wonder if I had a female posted up in a tree next to my lights that was drawing them in? Whatever the situation, I'm glad the season has begun here.
Apologies for the hasty moth picture, but I wanted to share one of these beauties and my light rig... If anyone is interested I'll toss a good mounted photo up in a couple weeks.
Eric
Apologies for the hasty moth picture, but I wanted to share one of these beauties and my light rig... If anyone is interested I'll toss a good mounted photo up in a couple weeks.
Eric
