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Post by leptraps on Aug 17, 2018 4:22:15 GMT -8
Acleris albicomana #3502 mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=3502I am no Tortricid expert, however, I have seen this moth before. Microlepidoptera are a difficult to work with, especially for me. It is a wide open field with new species being found and described with great regularity. My favorite group of Micro's are the Sessidae Moths. And when you learn to mount them correctly, you also learn to say many bad words. The other is an Heliothinea: Schinia species. The color does not appear correct. |
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Post by leptraps on Aug 17, 2018 4:39:17 GMT -8
I am going to stick my neck out, however, the location (Nebraska) and the time of year, and because the species is rather variable: Schinia septentrionalis #11110.
Okay all of you Schinia experts, I have stuck my neck out, now cut my head off......
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Post by fishnbugz on Aug 17, 2018 11:18:18 GMT -8
Thanks guys, I can agree with both of those ID's. A bit of glare in that photo but otherwise the color is pretty accurate to the specimen, not sure I'm gonna find an exact match on it. So far 2018 hasn't been great to me for Schinia; but I have collected a couple of Schinia siren, which tripled the number of that species in my collection.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 19:25:50 GMT -8
I collected a Catocala retecta today. So far it's the only Catocala I've seen this year.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 17, 2018 19:56:40 GMT -8
Today I collected piatrix, amatrix and maestosa.
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 18, 2018 14:29:00 GMT -8
Had great luck tree tapping 10 minutes from my house. Collected 9 specimens of Catocala innubens. Didn't even see any other species. The woods was full of locust trees, their host. Also, at my house I saw and collected my first ever Cercyonis pegala. Always nice when I add a new species of butterfly  |
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Post by rayrard on Aug 18, 2018 22:12:38 GMT -8
This has been the longest period of protracted hot weather since I got to CT in 2013. We finally broke the heat wave tonight and it is a pleasant 60's now. Catocala have been OK but not super-common. We had the boom year in 2015-2016 and last year was down a lot. This year we've made up for scarceness with some really good species. We've seen 3 nebulosa specimens and 2 maestosa in coastal CT and that is unheard of. I want to find a lacrymosa because it must be up here too.
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Post by leptraps on Aug 19, 2018 4:24:09 GMT -8
It has rained almost everyday last week and it is still spitting rain now. I finally decided to get wet and go check my Bait Traps Saturday.
The best catch for me. Catocala Serena and Catocala ulalume. I got a very nice female of each. I also collected Catocala flebilis, Catocala dejecta and Catocala subnata. I am not into Beetles, but it must be a good year for Cerambycidae. I collected three Black and yellow LongHorns in one trap.
I collected numerous black hindwing Catocala's. I collected a couple dozen. I will ID them as I mount them this AM.
It is starting to rain again. I should not complain, it has been great for Catocala moths in my traps.
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Post by leptraps on Aug 20, 2018 16:08:06 GMT -8
I made a journey to eastern Kentucky to check my Bait Traps. My last visit was Thursday 16 August.I brought home about 40 Catocala moths, several Sphingids, a ton of Acronicta and Zale. I even collect several Nymphalis antiopa, and a very nicely colored Limentis arthemus astyanax.
I also collected about a dozen Cerambycidea beetles and some odd looking flies.
I will be up half the night spreading moths.
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 20, 2018 17:14:04 GMT -8
Wife busted one of the 3' tubes in my dual BL megalight.
The ballast on my vintage trap died. Probably easier to toss it and buy a new one. Damn, these things got expensive!
Not to worry, I threw a sheet with a light up, we'll see what happens. Saturnids are gone, probably most of the sphingids, so it'll be just Catocala..ooh, maybe some Arctiids?
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Post by leptraps on Aug 20, 2018 22:42:06 GMT -8
What type of Light Trap do you have. If the ballast stop working, they are rather easy to repair.
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Post by leptraps on Aug 20, 2018 23:00:00 GMT -8
I have two for identification. The first, either subnata or neogama, this seems to be a perfect mix of the coloring of my other subnata and neogama so I don't know which it is. Any opinions?  Your specimen appears to be Catocala neogama. Oddly, I have not collected or seen a Catocala subnata in a couple of years. Maybe I should pay more attention to my yellow hindwing Catocala.The only yellow hindwing I actually look for is Catocala nebulosa. |
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Post by rayrard on Aug 21, 2018 14:17:26 GMT -8
What type of Light Trap do you have. If the ballast stop working, they are rather easy to repair. Send me a PM at Leptraps@aol.com kind of offtopic but do you know how to repair the Bioquip type 15W blacklights. My tubes got busted and I have the ballast, and the red end caps with the wiring still attached to the ends. The red caps don't appear to come apart to plug into a new BL tube? |
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Post by leptraps on Aug 22, 2018 8:56:48 GMT -8
Send me a PM at Leptraps@aol.com.
I will fix it for the price of the bulb plus shipping. Or, a trade for Catocala moths!!
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 22, 2018 12:43:25 GMT -8
Recently I have collected amatrix, maestosa, neogama and subnata.
Also, a member of the family Drepanidae, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides.
Have any of you collected Drepanidae?
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