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Post by admin on Feb 2, 2012 18:27:23 GMT -8
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 2, 2012 23:34:47 GMT -8
It took me about 2 years after this video to get a pair of the Sonorian Blue myself ! Please stop making awesome videos as it takes so much time to get the shown species, I am still lacking the ones from your Hemileuca video  Just kidding. It would be great to get seeds of the hostplant and eggs or pupae over to Europe but I guess this will never happen as it already was a pain in the ass just to find two dried specimen =(. I may try to get to the US next year but I think it can't be before mai and then again they won't be on th flight and finding a pupae (?I guess they are in pupal stage in mai) will be really difficult for somebody that never ever has looked for the species. Rgds Claude |
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Post by admin on Feb 3, 2012 12:18:16 GMT -8
It took me about 2 years after this video to get a pair of the Sonorian Blue myself ! Please stop making awesome videos as it takes so much time to get the shown species, I am still lacking the ones from your Hemileuca video Just kidding. It would be great to get seeds of the hostplant and eggs or pupae over to Europe but I guess this will never happen as it already was a pain in the ass just to find two dried specimen =(. I may try to get to the US next year but I think it can't be before mai and then again they won't be on th flight and finding a pupae (?I guess they are in pupal stage in mai) will be really difficult for somebody that never ever has looked for the species. Rgds Claude Relaxing and mounting sonorensis from the dried state is difficult, not to mention that the males secrete oil to the wings after a short time in the envelope. From now on, if I get some I will freeze them fresh to avoid these diffficulties. The month of May is too late for these in my area of LA County. But for those of you who can come to the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles in MArch, I'll give you a collecting tip: drive up Mt. Baldy Road or Azuza Canyon Rd. (Rt. 39) and stop and check the culverts and side canyons along the way. The butterflies nectar on very small flowers. Their favorites are miners' lettuce, storksbill filaree, and wild mustard. They need these tiny florets to feed on because their probocis is so short. The best collecting spots will have the host plant growing nearby the nectar sources. The host plant grows on shaded rocky cliffs. The season here is March, but they do start appearing in late Feb. I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing them even earlier this year because we have been having unseasonably warm weather. That's the upside of global warming! |
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Just kidding.