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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 11, 2012 14:13:43 GMT -8
Check Entomological Reprint Specialists for monographs on North American Hymenoptera. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 8, 2012 18:44:20 GMT -8
Yes, you are correct. It is Nicrophorus orbicollis Say. It fits my specimens. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 7, 2012 15:45:43 GMT -8
I look at the name choerilus as being a synonym. Synonyms don't count. It's the original description that counts. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 7, 2012 5:30:25 GMT -8
I don't understand why Darapsa pholus has been changed to Darapsa choerilus on The Moth Photographer's Group. Cramer described Darapsa pholus in 1776, and then redescribed it in 1780 as Darapsa choerilus. Under the rules of nomenclature, Darapsa pholus should be the name that we should be using, not Darapsa choerilus. I'm not changing my labels at all. I'm going by what is written under zoological nomenclature rules. There's no point to what they are doing since pholus should have precedence. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 5, 2012 8:38:39 GMT -8
Family: Noctuidae. Subfamily: Acontiinae. Genus Spragueia species, onagrus. From the Moth Photographers Group. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 4, 2012 6:12:58 GMT -8
They were supposedly in Illinois, but I think that they were eradicated by the cold winters. I haven't seen any since 2004. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Apr 2, 2012 9:45:44 GMT -8
Actually, I think that he just killed the moth before it developed it's wings and is scamming people by saying it's a freak. I don't believe he's telling the truth about it. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 29, 2012 17:49:48 GMT -8
The green moth at the bottom left is in the family Pyralidae--Siga liris Cramer. I have the other three. The one on the bottom right is in the subfamily Pantheinae ( Noctuidae). I think it's in Seitz, but you'll have to cross reference, since a lot of genera have been changed since then. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 29, 2012 13:53:22 GMT -8
The cantharidin is only released when they are alive, so it's safe. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 29, 2012 5:11:48 GMT -8
Family: Meloidae. Lytta sayi LeConte. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 28, 2012 16:18:40 GMT -8
To go along with the caterpillars, there is usually an explosion of Calosoma scrutator, wilcoxi, and maybe other species of Carabids. I've seen similar outbursts here in Illinois during the spring. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 28, 2012 13:59:36 GMT -8
I caught a specimen here in Peoria, Illinois in our garden back in August of 1986. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 25, 2012 18:36:49 GMT -8
I saw two Psychomorpha epimenis-Noctuidae, Agaristinae, ie. The Grapevine Epimenis. I didn't expect to see them until April or May. Also, I saw several Spring Asures, and found a dead female along the side of a road. Very early for both of them. Beetles: Coleomegilla sp.= Coccinelidae, Selenophorus and Stenolophus ssp. Carabidae. I ddn't keep them because I have numerous records already. The Red Bud trees are blooming and I was checking them for Henry's Elfin. I didn't see any. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 24, 2012 15:05:23 GMT -8
I have all these moths from trading and exchange. Here in Illinois, it's been very warm. I'm seeing insects that I wouldn't expect to see until April or May. Example, two Papilio polyxenes, two Nymphalis antiopa, two Vanessa atalanta, numerous Pieris rapae, Colias eurydice, and Staphylinus cinnamopterus=Staphylinidae and other beetles which I haven't had time to identify, yet.. I'm still seeing winter moths, yet. Don't expect other species to emerge until next month. Jeff Prill
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Post by prillbug2 on Mar 23, 2012 14:14:20 GMT -8
those aren't Eupholus, they are related genera. Jeff Prill
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