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Post by 58chevy on Jan 31, 2017 13:37:18 GMT -8
The azaleas & tulip trees are blooming. Butterflies are popping out. It's been a warm January on the gulf coast. Looks like the 2017 collecting season has started early. Caught a few pierids and a long-tailed skipper today.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 16:34:07 GMT -8
You are lucky it's going to be at least another month and a half for me
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Post by exoticimports on Feb 1, 2017 7:45:30 GMT -8
You are lucky it's going to be at least another month and a half for me LOL. Try three months. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 9:04:06 GMT -8
That's terrible. 3 months of winter is plenty for me. Florida is looking better all the time
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Post by jhyatt on Feb 2, 2017 6:44:55 GMT -8
Buckeyes and Phoebus sennae eubule were flying in some numbers on the central coast of Georgia around Jan. 25. (They're usually present in low numbers all winter.) Didn't see any skippers, though. Azaleas were starting to bloom. Bring it on!
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jh
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Post by exoticimports on Feb 2, 2017 11:46:58 GMT -8
Buckeyes and Phoebus sennae eubule were flying in some numbers on the central coast of Georgia around Jan. 25. (They're usually present in low numbers all winter.) Didn't see any skippers, though. Azaleas were starting to bloom. Bring it on! Cheers, jh Stop. Just stop. You're all killing me. I was in Hawaii, and while the weather was nice there's just not that many leps there. Chuck |
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Post by oehlkew on Feb 3, 2017 4:38:58 GMT -8
February is usually the coldest month of our winters in Canada, but at least we can see the sun getting higher in the sky and the days are getting longer. Occasionally we see Saturniidae here in late May, but peak flight is definitely in June. Butterflies that have overwintered as pupae usually don't start to eclose until late April to early May. Lots of beautiful moths flying in Brazil and Peru, though, so lots to keep me busy.
Bill Oehlke
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Post by T.C. on Feb 3, 2017 10:39:00 GMT -8
Oh, I am sick of hearing all of you whine becuase you have a month or two of winter.  I have 5 month winters here. And then our falls are too cold for insect collecting as well. I have a very short time period to collect. |
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Post by leptraps on Feb 3, 2017 14:37:33 GMT -8
If you collected cold weather moths (Winter Moths),you would be rather busy. I spread about 30 moths today from my Kill Type Bait Traps. Several Feralis jocosia and Feralia major. I also collected several Eupsilia moths and lot BBM's (Basic Brown Moths).
I have been walking fence lines, trails along creeks and power line right-of-ways since late December. I found at least 100 Hibernacula and lots of cocoons. Don't just sit at home P&Ming. "get out and get among them".
I also found a fossil of a piece of a tree trunk or limb in the creek. It is soaking in a bucket of soap water to loosen up the caked on mud.
The temps later next week in the upper 60's low 70's. I will be out checking traps, probably set out light traps or two or three and I will have a net in my hand.
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Post by eurytides on Feb 3, 2017 20:57:13 GMT -8
Hey Chuck, I was in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago, Oahu actually. Saw lots of A. vanillae but no eggs or larvae despite searching many spots and loads of host plants. It was so strange. When I was in Kauai a few years back, I could find these with nearly zero effort! Was it just my bad luck. What was your experience like?
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I have 5 month winters here. And then our falls are too cold for insect collecting as well. I have a very short time period to collect. 