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Post by leptraps on Aug 16, 2018 10:08:50 GMT -8
During my visit Morgan Monroe State Forest and Yellowwood State Forest on 1 August 2018 I collected several Papaipema moths. I collected several Papaipema nelita without any white markings. I took another specimen which I thought was Papaipema nebris. However, it looks more like a Papaipema nelita.
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Post by leptraps on Aug 16, 2018 17:20:29 GMT -8
I referred to my collection, my original ID was correct. It is a Papaipema nebris.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 28, 2018 20:59:09 GMT -8
Got a fresh P. pterisii last week but no other action on this front
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 29, 2018 2:40:21 GMT -8
So far arctivorens, one baptisiae and my rutila I reared have hatched.
Moderator: can you merge this with the other Papaipema 2018 thread?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 29, 2018 6:27:37 GMT -8
Done, hopefully this is what you meant.
Adam.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 29, 2018 6:49:38 GMT -8
Done, hopefully this is what you meant. Adam. Exactly, thanks!
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Post by rayrard on Aug 30, 2018 18:15:58 GMT -8
Holding off on my dedicated Papaipema appassionata hunt until a week or so from now. That's high on my grail list.
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Post by mothman27 on Sept 3, 2018 7:48:50 GMT -8
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Post by leptraps on Sept 4, 2018 9:06:03 GMT -8
This topic Papaipema 2018 has been on the move, Papaipema 2016 and Papaipema 2017 were in the Field Reports. It was in Field Reports last week and now it is here in Lepidoptera. It gets around almost as much as I do!!
I visited the Morgan Monroe State Forest and the Yellowwood State Forest and the Papaipema moths are on the wing. I collected the foloowing
Papaipema arctivorens (Common) Papaipema impecuniosa Papaipema inquaesita Papaipema rutila Papaipema furcata Papaipema nebris (Very Abundant) Papaipema eupatorii (I set a trap in an old field with lots of Joe Pye Weed (Eupatori)at collected a very fresh female. Will do it again this Thursday. Papaipema rigida (Abundant) Papaipema cerussata (Super Abundant over 50 specimensin one trap.)
When I returned home I stopped for gas near Shelbyville, Kentucky and found two species of Papaipema below a light on the back of the building. A female Papaipema eupatorii and a very nice male of Papaipema furcata.
I am planning on setting out Light Traps in Perry County Indiana tonight especially for Papaipema araliae. The Host Plant, Devils Walking Stick: (Aralia spinosa), is very abundant in the area. Also Papaipema silphi can be found in numbers. The host plant, Prairie Dock, is very abundant. During previous trips I have also collected Papaipema limpida and Papaipema leucostigma. However, I may be to late for Papaipema leucostigma which is on the wing in mid-August, I have only collected one specimen of each previously in Perry County, Indiana.
For all my Bait Traps, not a single Black Witch this year.
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Post by mothman27 on Sept 4, 2018 12:01:31 GMT -8
Wow. Not much happening here. So far I have collected 4 arctivorens and one baptisiae. But I got a really nice tiger moth, Grammia arge this week, the fist I have seen of this species. Also, got Schinia arcigera and S. thoreaui.
Getting lots of Polygonia now. Got two P. progne yesterday in the bait trap.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 4, 2018 12:40:13 GMT -8
Leroy, Sorry for the confusion, but mothman27 requested that I merge the 2 threads, and as his posts were older it seemed more sensible to move the other thread here. Adam.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 4, 2018 12:56:27 GMT -8
If it's Okay with everyone, then it is Okay with me. I just though that Catocala and Papaipema were more like field reports. However, they are all Lepidoptera.
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Post by mothman27 on Sept 10, 2018 18:25:54 GMT -8
I just collected my first ever Papaipema eupatorii.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 11, 2018 3:51:31 GMT -8
Papaipema eupatori feeds on Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) which is in the Eupatortium family.Hence the name "eupatori".
Find an old field with lot's of Joe-Pye-Weed, especially around the edges and set out a light trap, you should collect several.
You can rear them on Sweet Potatoes. As a matter of you can rear many species of Papaipema on (in) Sweet Potatoes.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 11, 2018 4:07:41 GMT -8
I thought I read something about rearing Papaipema on Carrots. After reviewing this thread, I now know it was Tim. Good work young man.
Queens Ann's Lace (Daucus carota) could also been a good plant to rear Papaipema moths. Google Queens Ann's lace and you can buy seeds. I go to extreme lengths to keep Queen Ann's Lace out of my field and somebody is selling seeds.
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