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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 7, 2013 17:27:15 GMT -8
Here is a brief version of the Buckmoth movie I made this past season. It covers some natural history of this moth in regards to flight times, hostplants, females ovipositing, and collecting males in flight. There isn't much info on this species, in fact there is yet much to discover. I wanted to share some of my personal experience of this moth with those of you that appreciate the Saturnids, especially Hemileucas. Tom
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2013 18:05:24 GMT -8
Wow....this video was totally awesome. Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to drive on down next season. Good job Tom.
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Post by anthony on Dec 8, 2013 4:53:53 GMT -8
What a wonderful video, very well done and informative.Thanks and hope to see more.
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Post by admin on Dec 8, 2013 9:46:18 GMT -8
Hey, now we have two videos on buck moths! One from the east and one for the west: www.insectnet.com/videos/field/nev07/nev07.htmWhat I find interesting is that the Eastern buck moth and the nevedensis out west are very closely related and almost identical in appearance, yet their host plants, oak and willow respectively, are very unrelated. Go figure. |
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Post by jensb on Dec 8, 2013 10:10:46 GMT -8
thnx for posting was awesome to see.
Greets je s
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 8, 2013 13:24:58 GMT -8
Hey, now we have two videos on buck moths! One from the east and one for the west: www.insectnet.com/videos/field/nev07/nev07.htmWhat I find interesting is that the Eastern buck moth and the nevedensis out west are very closely related and almost identical in appearance, yet their host plants, oak and willow respectively, are very unrelated. Go figure. I too saw the similarity in the two species. One thing about H. maia is that most of the time they fly quite fast, and are very directional. That one location in the video was situated so that the swirling winds carrying the scent plumes from distant females confused the males as they came streaming in, so they slowed down enough for me to capture them with a net, and on video. I also read that the hostplant for some of the H. maia populations in the Great Lakes region is actually willow instead of oak. This is according to "The Wild Silkmoths of North America"(Tuskes,Tuttle). Somewhere down the evolutionary ladder, they must have had a common ancestor. The similarity of not only H. maia and H. nevadensis, but all Hemileucas, is too great. |
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Post by collector on Dec 8, 2013 18:35:13 GMT -8
Very nice video, well done Tom.
Bedros
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Post by appybugs on Dec 9, 2013 4:39:06 GMT -8
Great video Tom!
Eric
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Post by czar3233 on Oct 20, 2015 17:58:39 GMT -8
Great video! I'm wondering if its too late in the season for me here in NY, Long Island?
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Post by exoticimports on Oct 21, 2015 4:20:16 GMT -8
H. maia in upstate NY and lower Ontario has six populations that are unique in that they live in bogs and eat only bog buckbean.
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Post by appybugs on Oct 22, 2015 4:19:49 GMT -8
H. maia in upstate NY and lower Ontario has six populations that are unique in that they live in bogs and eat only bog buckbean. I believe those populations would be Hemileuca lucina. |
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Post by exoticimports on Oct 22, 2015 5:10:35 GMT -8
H. maia in upstate NY and lower Ontario has six populations that are unique in that they live in bogs and eat only bog buckbean. I believe those populations would be Hemileuca lucina.They are currently considered maia, and genetically they are. Here's a recent paper, the end of which has several excellent references: www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/045.021.0401The locations of these colonies are kept as secret as possible. Even a 1998 article in Lep Soc Journal does not give specific locations. Since they live in bogs, and fly during a two-week window in cool September, they weren't found until the 1970s. |
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Post by appybugs on Oct 22, 2015 8:16:47 GMT -8
I believe those populations would be Hemileuca lucina.They are currently considered maia, and genetically they are. Here's a recent paper, the end of which has several excellent references: www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/045.021.0401The locations of these colonies are kept as secret as possible. Even a 1998 article in Lep Soc Journal does not give specific locations. Since they live in bogs, and fly during a two-week window in cool September, they weren't found until the 1970s. Very interesting. Thanks for the info. |
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