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Post by leptraps on Aug 13, 2020 17:32:16 GMT -8
It has been a long day. I spent most of the day at Killdeer WMA South of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. I set out four Bait Trap on Tuesday and made a trip to check them today. To my delight, I collected eight (8) Catocala parta, two (2) Catocala semirelicta, twelve (12) Catocala insolabilis, one (1) Catocala lacrymosa and a dozen+ Catocala maestosa. I had several small Catocala, all yellow hindwings and showing some wear. I also caught my first Humming Bird in a large stand of Joepeye Weed while collecting an oddly marked Papilio glaucus. The little bugger tried to bite me, more like a poke than a bite.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 14, 2020 7:04:30 GMT -8
Yesterday got the first C. serena and today a C. neogama.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 14, 2020 23:08:26 GMT -8
amica lineella micronympha sordida praeclara similis ultronia serena dejecta ilia epione coccinata palaeogama maestosa nebulosa parta innubens neogama relicta connubialis residua concumbens grynea gracilis cerogama flebilis subnata habilis minuta antinympha andromedae muliercula
As for 2 weeks later I added the following, including 2 species I've never collected in PA insolabilis - 1 tapping lacrymosa - 1 tapping obscura vidua retecta
Up to 37 species
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Post by rayrard on Aug 14, 2020 23:17:54 GMT -8
Tapping in PA over two days had good numbers of moths:
ilia - a few nebulosa - 3-4 neogama - common maestosa - common vidua - a few residua - 1-2 obscura - 3-4 lacrymosa - 1 insolabilis - 1 parta - 1 habilis - 1
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Post by leptraps on Aug 15, 2020 11:22:28 GMT -8
I decided to set out Bait Traps, Light Traps and Sessidea Pheromone Traps in the Killdeer WA south of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. I was hoping for the best. I got far more than the best.
I was up and gone at 5:30AM. From my home in Aurora, Ohio to Killdeer WA is almost a two hour drive not including Breakfeast at a Dunkin Donuts. This is a brief summary.
Four Light Traps in three different Habitats, including a remnant Prairie. I have 70+ large Catocala moths and 40+ smaller Catocala moths. I papered over 200 moths, mostly Noctuidae and Erebidae. Stuck pins in several dozens flies (Diptera) and a bunch of hornets and wasps. I also stuck pins in several different "Bee's". I filled several larges Killing Jars with Coleoptera. Including two monstrous green Rhinoceros beetles.
I set out four Bait Traps. All of the bait in the second Bait Trap was gone, licked clean. More than likely a Raccoon. No damage to the trap. The other three were full of just about everything. I filled all six of my killing jars plus both Dump Jars with moths. I got stung twice by Hornets. The sting on my left hand has swollen up and then went to itching.
In a large hay field full of Red Clover I collected 40+ Colias, both C. philodice and C. eurytheme. Chlosyne nycties, plus Speyeria galore. (Speyeria cybele and S. aphrodite.)
The Joepeye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) was full of nectaring Swallowtails. I collected two absolutely stunning females of Papilio glaucus. The Bait Traps were also full of butterflies. Limenitis arthemis and Limenitis archippus, Polygonia comma and Polygonia interrogationis. I papered 30+ butterflies.
I only managed to collect five (5) species of Sessidae in the pheromone traps. I stuck pins in four specimens of Paranthrene simulans and three specimens of Paranthrene tabaniformis. I also took several Synanthedon scitula and a single specimen of Synanthedon fulvipes. The latter is a first for me. Also in each of the Pheromone Traps were many small flies. Rather tinny. I stuck pins in a dozen plus?
I began my journey home and as I crossed the Sandusky River, I saw a huge muddy river bank area and lots of butterflies. I crossed the bridge, pulled over and walked back to the bridge. The muddy bank was an active mud puddle club.
As I was driving out of the WA. I saw a male Bald Eagle on the top of a telephone pole.
The Killdeer WA was full of wildlife. I did leave both my Bait Traps and Pheromone Traps up until this coming Monday. On Wednesday, 19 August, I begin a two week collecting trip to Colorado, Oklahoma and eastern Kansas for Heliothinae (Schinia). And of course a visit to Killpecker Dunes in Wyoming.
Wish me luck.
I forgot to mention, I spread moths into the early morning hours. I filled a Schmidt Box with Diptera and another almost full of Coleoptera.
This is the best collecting I have had since I departed Kentucky.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 15, 2020 15:02:30 GMT -8
Out of curiosity rayrard do you collect some of the more notable species whilst doing all this tree tapping? I can see making a "footnote" in one's field ledger of all the common place species but, others would have to get captured if possible... Do you have any pic's to show us of some of your Catocala collection or perhaps at least some of the more interesting species ? I can show pictures when the material is set. I collect what I can get tapping but the escape rate is sometimes high. I managed to get both the insolabilis and lacrymosa though. I think I have 55-60 Catocala species but a donated a chunk of specimens to the museum to free up some drawer space. I think I only have 4 boxes of Catocala with small series of even the commonest species. Most of the eastern species are easy with the exception of the small yellow ones in the blandula/mira/pretiosa/crataegi group. Th black ones are quite easy to tell apart unless you live in the overlap zone of retecta/luctuosa
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Post by trehopr1 on Aug 15, 2020 15:23:05 GMT -8
Thank you rayrard for answering my idle questions concerning Catocala !
I look forward to any pictures "down the road".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 20:42:40 GMT -8
My species caught to date........L lights, S sugaring C. ultronia, L,S blandula,L marmorata,L ilia,L,S unijuga,S junctura,S neogama,L,S subnata,L,S innubens (reg),L,S grynea,S sordida,L insolabilis,L,S flebilis,L andromedae,L paleogama,S parta,L coccinata,L amatrix, f. nirus and selecta. S cara,L,S............actually caught my first cara ever at a light this year......usually done w S and tapping epione,L nebulosa,L,S dejecta,L,S illecta,L lacromosa,L judith,L piatrix,S amica,L residua,L,S minuta,L maestosa,S micronympha,L cerogama,S and several small orange ones I have yet to ID. Looking forward to more action. IL has had a decent season so far. Many of these I’ve caught sugaring in my backyard. Just last night I got a subnata, ultronia, amatrix, and two grynea before it rained. Add.......... relicta,S vidua,S innubens f. scintiilans, hinda, L,S umbrosa,L mira L IL action is heating up........Aug. 14th, while sugaring, got my first IL angusi (caught them before in TN and KY) along w some caras, subnatas, and a real orange HW fringed nebulosa ........37 sp. so far in 2020. Three more..... connubialis,L obscura,S habilis,S ........40 sp. to date Just got a C. retecta, S......41 sp. to date (Aug. 17, 2020)
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Post by rayrard on Aug 15, 2020 21:52:49 GMT -8
amica lineella micronympha sordida praeclara similis ultronia serena dejecta ilia epione coccinata palaeogama maestosa nebulosa parta innubens neogama relicta connubialis residua concumbens grynea gracilis cerogama flebilis subnata habilis minuta antinympha andromedae muliercula As for 2 weeks later I added the following, including 2 species I've never collected in PA insolabilis - 1 tapping lacrymosa - 1 tapping obscura vidua retecta Up to 37 species finally saw a cara while baiting to get to 38 species. First good bait of the season after a few abysmal attempts with at most 1-2 Catocala. I had 4-5 vidua, 2-3 neogama, 1 palaeogama, 1 ilia, and 1 cara.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 16, 2020 7:13:36 GMT -8
First nebulosa today in a trap. Also an amatrix.
Got a nice C. serena a couple days ago.
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Post by bugboys3 on Aug 19, 2020 11:12:30 GMT -8
My catocala season has been a little slower than the last couple. Probably because I was about a week late putting up the trap and I had a week in Colorado and a week in Arizona. I am up to about 20 species to date. The highlights include C. relicta, C. innubens form scintillans and this morning a new one for me, C. paleogama form phalanga (very striking).
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Post by rayrard on Aug 24, 2020 12:43:39 GMT -8
Saw amatrix last night at light to get to 39 species. Bait and light have been productive for Catocala lately but the new species have plateaued and it's a lot of the usual species now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 13:53:59 GMT -8
Yep......the ones showing up now are repeaters. Maybe tomorrow.
Well.....just some amatrix, neogama, and vidua tonight.....the 25th. Going out again tomorrow.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 25, 2020 4:44:21 GMT -8
Not much lately just the usual amatrix and piatrix with another C. serena and a C. insolabilis. Back to school this week so probably scaling back my tapping efforts.
Did anyone else have a stellar year for Sphingidae? I collected so many more than previous years. I got the following species:(in order of first sighting) 1. D. inscriptum 2. S. abbottii 3. A. juglandis 4. D. myron 5. P. myops 6. C. undulosa 7. A. floridensis 8. C. amyntor 9. D choerilus 10. S. jamaicensis 11. S. kalmiae 12. P. excaecata 13. P. modesta 14. E. pandorus 15. C. catalpae 16. D. hyloeus 17. H. lineata 18. M. sexta
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Post by bugboys3 on Aug 25, 2020 12:24:59 GMT -8
The Catocala collecting has really picked up this past week for me. I have had 20-30 moths at a time in my trap each morning. I am up to 24 species so far from my trap in the back yard. I also collected some in Arizona which I have yet to spread and identify. My list from soouthern Wisconsin includes: blandula amica piatrix innubens including form scintillans cerogama relicta retectca residua obscura insolabilis serena ilia unijuga paleogama including form phalanga neogama subnata ultronia parta lineela habilis amatrix nebulosa judith cara
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