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Post by greenie on Mar 2, 2012 14:30:51 GMT -8
Today i saw the first P.glaucus of the season and was ready to just enjoy the sighting and move on but when it lit on some blooming flowers I noticed there was something unusual about this butter. It was almost all yellow there was no black markings at all ( has anyone ever encountered this type abberation?) so I ran to my work truck to get my net for the first time this season and low and behold it was dry rotted and useless so I had to watch this weird but beautiful specimen fly away. anyone out there have luck like mine?
Steve
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ckswank
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Country: USA
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Post by ckswank on Mar 3, 2012 3:37:00 GMT -8
When I first started collecting again a few years ago, I bought an inexpensive net for around $30.00. It only had a 12" diameter bag, which I thought at the time would be plenty large enough. One night I came across my first Black Witch moth (Ascalapha odorata) resting on the pavement at a gas station. I swung from side to side instead of placing the net over it from the top. I missed & had to watch it fly off into the night sky. I've since captured five more plus a Thysania zenobia thanks to changing my technique & buying a 21" diameter net with a 5 foot handle!
Charlie
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Post by nomihoudai on Mar 3, 2012 4:12:10 GMT -8
My first net was a net with carbon handle which quickly broke as I usually hit with the net pole against trees and bushes (which you shouldn't do too much with carbon handles). The net of it became lose and I did not see that. One day I saw in my backyard a Colias croceus female white form for the very first time. It is a rather common form in some parts of South Europe but this was the first one I saw and it was short after I started collecting so I was very excited. I ran inside the house to get the net, when I came back the butterfly was still there and I approached slowly. When I swung the net to catch it the net came off the handle and the butterfly flew away. I later destroyed the net including pole in a burst of anger when the same thing happened with the first Charaxes jasius I saw in my life. Now I have a solid aluminium rod handle which is able to withstand my anger  |
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Post by rayrard on Mar 3, 2012 15:03:55 GMT -8
I came across my first Hayhurst's Scallopwing upstate and made a swing, only for the dumb net to hang up on thorns AND a projecting little bush stump I didn't even see. I have not come across that species since.
I also had the puny 12'' "student net" which I use in certain situations, and the stupid collar came off the net when I was trying to approach a skipper. The wire ring fell off the stupid thing and I had to reassemble the thing as I tried to keep an eye on the lep at the same time. I missed that one too.
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