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Post by Jonn on Jul 27, 2018 23:04:15 GMT -8
It has been raining almost all week here but i'm somehow catching a few Catocala. Added amatrix & neogama. Seeing an increase of neogama the past few years. Couple of them nearly fooled me from a distance. Thought i might of had my first ever subnata
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Post by mothman27 on Jul 28, 2018 3:23:56 GMT -8
No Catocala this morning for me although I got a nice noctuid, Scoliopteryx libatrix – The Herald Moth. This year I also collected several other neat owlets: Hypsoropha hormos – Small Necklace Moth Plusiodonta compressipalpis – Moonseed Moth Anomis erosa – Yellow Scallop Moth
Also, yesterday I collected my first Habrosyne gloriosa – Glorious Habrosyne Moth (Family Drepanidae). It too was in the bait trap.
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Post by jhyatt on Jul 28, 2018 5:44:34 GMT -8
On July 23 I ran 4 light and two bait traps on Sapelo Island, GA and one bait trap on nearby mainland. Not a single Catocala came in. Guess the season is all finished! jh
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Post by fishnbugz on Jul 28, 2018 23:10:49 GMT -8
Mostly amatrix here at home, I spent a few nights in SD this week and lots of amatrix there too. More "regular" amatrix than normal this year, usually it's about 50-50 here but I've only seen about 4-5 form selecta so far this year. I also had a few cara in SD, a few ultronia, a few parta. I had a Herald moth S. libatrix in a trap one night, another at light the next night. I had a few Apantesis virgo and saw a variety of sphinx moths up there, collected only 2 E. pandorus. Three polyphemus including a female came to the lights on thursday night, I had wrongly thought there was only one generation here. Of what I have previously documented in my area, I have only unijuga, junctura, and relicta missing from the 2018 list. Relicta seems to fly in early Sept here, and I'll try to find more of those; I also maintain some hope of finding a cerogama in my area, as we have at least some host trees. I had a couple dead nights a week ago, I don't think the bait was fermented enough and I caught absolutely nothing. After night one I doctored the bait some, but it wasn't enough. I just left that bait hang while I was in SD, and when I came home I had a half dozen amatrix and a couple neogama in the traps.
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Post by bugboys3 on Jul 29, 2018 5:40:49 GMT -8
This past week I have gotten meskei, unijuga and parta from the trap, along with the usual suspects ilia, insolabilis and ultronia. I am also waiting to see cerogama, amatrix, and hopefully concumbens and relicta. I have two black underwings on the boards I couldn't positively identify. I may need some help with them. So far it has been a great year for Catocala, I am up to 20 species for the season.
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Post by appybugs on Aug 1, 2018 6:44:15 GMT -8
Trehopr 1, You make Tennessee sound so good that I just might move here, if I didn't already live here! And yes, Beetlehorn's friend who is the C. marmorata maestro was with us on the 6th, and the spot picked for the sheet was one of his favorites. I think the guy must exude some weird pheromone that attracts the species - nobody else is that lucky with marmorata! I took a turn around some of my favorite local S. diana spots on Tuesday, and saw a good, strong flight of males (mostly very worn by now, though) - but I didn't see a single girl. The females are very sedate and don't come out to feed often; it's a lucky day when you do find them (which I have in the past, as many as 7 in a day). Thanks John. It's more dumb luck than anything. I'll walk by a gas station, grocery store, or other building and find one just sitting there. Only on two separate occasions have I seen marmorata at a sheet and never in a bait trap. Ironically, I have terrible luck with all other Catocalas. Yes, there is some great collecting in Tennessee, but a vast majority of my marmorata are from North Carolina.
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Post by bugboys3 on Aug 1, 2018 9:11:29 GMT -8
It is always fun to go out to your trap in the morning, look inside and say "That looks different". I had that moment this morning. Took the moth inside and identified it a C. piatrix. That is another new one for me.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 1, 2018 21:14:05 GMT -8
I haven't been around much but the Catocala season is quite slow so far in the northeast. 2015 and 2016 were very good and 2017 was a poor year. Don't know the triggers.
So far I've seen:
Catocala amica C. lineella C. connubialis C. blandula C. andromedae C. ilia C. micronympha C. ultronia C. coccinata C. innubens (ovipositing female) C. neogama (pale form) C. nebulosa (only second CT record since the 1950's!)
No black species or palaeogama yet
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Post by Jonn on Aug 3, 2018 7:11:17 GMT -8
Since my last post i've caught 3 piatrix (usually at pest numbers by now) 1 muliercula & 1 ultronia.
Worst year so far for me but maybe with piatrix, amatrix, ilia & maestosa not overcrowding the traps like usual, i'll get something new.
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Post by Jonn on Aug 3, 2018 10:39:25 GMT -8
No black species or palaeogama yet If it wasn't for 2014-15, i would have thought palaeogama was one of the rarest Catocala here. I've only seen 1 since 2016
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Post by rayrard on Aug 3, 2018 14:37:44 GMT -8
Tapping trees with high humidity and wind preceding a storm got things in a tizzy. The major find was a epic one: according to Larry Gall who I was collecting with this is a state record of Catocala maestosa for CT! Also kicked up a bunch of lineella, ultronia, a few neogama, a sordida, and maybe an ilia. Attachments:
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Post by mothman27 on Aug 3, 2018 16:57:32 GMT -8
I got an innubens tree tapping yesterday, my second ever.
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Post by Jonn on Aug 5, 2018 4:52:32 GMT -8
This morning from two traps i got 20 piatrix, 6 amatrix, 1 neogama, 1 maestosa & 1 FOY cara. I think that's close to the total of Catocala i caught in July.
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Post by rayrard on Aug 6, 2018 19:18:12 GMT -8
Added some new species tapping in the last few hot days:
Catocala palaeogama C. vidua C. obscura
plus the usual lineella, amica, ultronia, and a ilia form conspicua
Also a SECOND C. maestosa!
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Post by leptraps on Aug 8, 2018 4:32:01 GMT -8
I checked my bait traps yesterday, Tuesday 7 August 2018. Although I collected a number of Catocala judith in late July, I collected my first large Black hind wing Catocala's, Catocala angusi C. flebilis and C. robinsonii. I also collected Catocala cara, C. obscura, C. palaogama, C. neogama, C. amatrix and a worn Catocala blandula. All singletons.
The Asterocampa have become a real nuisance. Dozens and more in each trap. Lots of Zale's and Acronicta.
And, I had a first today in a bait trap. A male Colias philodice. I have taken other Pierides, this is the first Colias I have taken in a bait trap. Also, Colias philodice is having a banner year.
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