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Post by T.C. on Apr 25, 2018 21:50:07 GMT -8
This was 3 days ago, but yesterday it hit 70's. Funny how temp can change so quick.
Where are you located? Just curious... Wisconsin
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Post by T.C. on Apr 25, 2018 21:53:35 GMT -8
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Post by exoticimports on May 6, 2018 4:04:57 GMT -8
Finally may have had a change in weather. Two D inscriptum came to the porch light.
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Post by mothman27 on May 7, 2018 5:04:30 GMT -8
It's been a while since I have posted. I am also getting some bugs now. I have seen a few duskywings, red admirals, cabbage whites, one E. tailed blue and one painted lady. Moths I kept: D. inscriptum - 5 H. rileyana - 1 P. americana - 4 E. morrisoni - 2 E. decliva - 1 L. ursaria - 3 P. epimenis - 1 female! Two Sp. of zales
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Post by Paul K on May 7, 2018 8:19:53 GMT -8
Yes! I saw first spring butterflies: 2 Pieris rapae! Wow what an excitement.
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Post by Paul K on May 7, 2018 12:54:14 GMT -8
Yes! I saw first spring butterflies: 2 Pieris rapae! Wow what an excitement. Me too! I was ecstatic! Most interesting species EVER.... Jan It is funny though, I was searching for Pieris rapae orientalis in Thailand for quite long time and when I found a colony I was so happy then.
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Post by exoticimports on May 9, 2018 7:16:41 GMT -8
I’m waiting for Luna. Despite having raised and released hundreds finding one on the porch in the morning is always a delight. They still take my breath away.
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Post by beetlehorn on May 9, 2018 18:04:24 GMT -8
So far I have only seen a handful of male Luna Moths at my light sheet. In general, lep numbers are alarmingly low everywhere I go. Day flying leps like Swallowtails are around, but rather few and far between. Last weekend I took a little drive and spotted 6 P. glaucus, 2 E. marcellus, 1 (I think) P. cresphontes, and 1 P. troilus. Normally I would see dozens of all 5 species we have here at this time of year. Something caused a massive die-off of all Lepidoptera, and I think it was the cold/wet spring we had for the last two years. I hope things will turn around soon!
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Post by Paul K on May 9, 2018 18:48:26 GMT -8
May 9, and so far I saw five Pieris rapae here, how cool is that!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 19:27:00 GMT -8
No swallowtails yet.
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Post by Paul K on May 13, 2018 9:53:35 GMT -8
I’m waiting for Luna. Despite having raised and released hundreds finding one on the porch in the morning is always a delight. They still take my breath away. Hi Chuck Please let me know when you see Luna. I want to put out the sheet here on the other side of the lake. I never collect one believe it or not. Paul
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Post by exoticimports on May 14, 2018 16:19:13 GMT -8
Will do Paul.
Glaucus yesterday which is early. Odd since we had snow two weeks ago.
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Post by Paul K on May 14, 2018 19:36:32 GMT -8
Will do Paul. Glaucus yesterday which is early. Odd since we had snow two weeks ago. I saw P.polyxenes yesterday here in Toronto. Indeed the weather changed suddenly. Paul
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Post by exoticimports on May 15, 2018 3:26:54 GMT -8
Perfect last night warm and new moon so I ran a BL. nothing of interest. Figures at the end of the month is going to be a full moon.
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Post by leptraps on May 15, 2018 3:33:04 GMT -8
Evidently this will be a good year for Nymphalis antiopa. I have taken and released at least two dozen from my Bait Traps. All were hibernators.
Speaking of Bait Traps, I set out about a dozen on Sunday after church along both North and South Elkhorn Creeks in Scott and Franklin counties and yesterday I traveled to Bath County here in Kentucky to set out several more in an area where I found Rubes sanguinesom (?) growing. Polygonia progne is the target.
While driving and looking for plants and trees to hang bait traps near by I found a large area of River Birch growing along a small creek. Catocala relicta has been collected serveral times in Kentucky. It would be nice to find a nice population.
Until yesterday I have not seen a Swallowtail in 2018. I saw or collected four in Bath County: Graphium marcellus, Papilio glaucus, Papilio troilus and Battus philenor. I did collect a large stunning female of Graphium marcellus. They are always rather small in the spring. But it has been an odd sort of spring this year.
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