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Post by exoticimports on Jun 29, 2018 17:52:33 GMT -8
Any good collecting locations? Butterflies or moths at commercial lights
Thanks!
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Post by 58chevy on Jun 30, 2018 11:50:38 GMT -8
I don't know how close Orlando is to Ocala, but I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Ocala way back in 1960. It's close to the Ocala National Forest. There were lots of bugs around the sign. Dynastes tityus and Strategus antaeus had burrows in the flower bed underneath the sign. My brother and I dug up the flower bed looking for them. Many moths, including large silkmoths, were attracted to the neon lights on the sign. Several years ago, someone asked on Insectnet where to find Dynastes in Florida. I mentioned the Holiday Inn and he went there and found more Dynastes, 50 years after I was there. Maybe it's still worth a try.
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 20, 2018 18:51:38 GMT -8
Thanks 58chevy.
I found a good spot for troilus. I’m after glaucus maynardi dark female. I’ve seen them sporadically but hoping for a spot they are common or feeding. Have yet to see Palamedes or chresphontes after three field days over last three months.
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Post by papilio28570 on Aug 24, 2018 20:00:52 GMT -8
Get out into the rural areas. Highway traffic near urban areas kills off local leps. Palemedes prefers moist woodland borders where Red Bay grows. Cresphontes is quite common around citrus orchards. Pick up a few hanging baskets of lantana at any garden shop and set them out to attract specimens once you have found n area where they are seen. Patience, patience....
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 25, 2018 4:41:45 GMT -8
Thanks. I'm most interested in Maynardi. I see a lot of them in the suburbs, but they tend to be flying fast and it's hit or miss where they might be seen. I'm hoping to be clued into a spot that they feed or congregate. In that on every trip I have about four hours, I don't have the leisure or storage for flowering plants.
Chuck
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