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Post by mothman27 on Jul 16, 2020 18:38:00 GMT -8
Tree tapping today in overcast, humid and hot weather yielded C. innubens, C. lineela and C. ultronia. Saw a larger species also but missed it.
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Post by exoticimports on Jul 17, 2020 3:35:13 GMT -8
I have catocala coming to the MV. Darned things, I can't tell them apart. I have several on the board now, I'm sure when I go to put them in the drawer I'll find I already have plenty of that species.
Chuck
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Post by mothman27 on Jul 18, 2020 6:08:59 GMT -8
At the sheet today I got my first ever Catocala judith.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 20, 2020 15:10:23 GMT -8
Catocala have been out in force now in CT for a couple weeks. I have accrued a dozen species as of yesterday, almost totally at light but a select few tapping trees like ilia, and lineella/amica
amica lineella micronympha sordida praeclara similis ultronia serena dejecta ilia epione palaeogama
Went out tapping today in the local park and hit up TEN species. Most of them were new for the season
ilia ultronia amica lineella maestosa - 1 (3rd year in a row for this new CT species) nebulosa - 2 (also still going strong in CT) parta innubens form scintillans neogama relicta - 1 on bridge underhang
18 species by the 20th of July... pretty good!
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Post by leptraps on Jul 22, 2020 4:30:38 GMT -8
I checked "all" of my Bait Traps yesterday. I had several butterflies in each trap (Nymphalids) and three (3) Catocala moths. Catocala antinympha and Catocala illecta. Both were very fresh. I believe the season is a little late.
I plan to set out two Light Traps in a wetland area in south eastern Astabula County near Eaglesville. There are several areas of older forest.
We're received a real "Down Pour" early in the evening. The Bait Trap in my yard was flooded. Added bait and some sugar water.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 22, 2020 13:07:46 GMT -8
Lighted again and lots of singleton Catocala added up
ilia ultronia micronympha serena concumbens - new lineella amica gracilis - new grynea - new
Three more new species for the year so up to 21 species
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Post by 58chevy on Jul 23, 2020 7:32:10 GMT -8
I'm jealous of all you guys who haul in multiple species of Catocala. All I ever get is ilia.
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Post by mothman27 on Jul 24, 2020 1:47:22 GMT -8
I collected my first ever Catocala insolabilis at the sheet today. That makes 13 species thus far in 2020.
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Post by leptraps on Jul 24, 2020 4:19:46 GMT -8
Your way ahead of me. I only have seven (7) species in my yard. Three (3) in my four (4) Bait Traps in the Mantua Wetland. (I must add a comment: I think that someone is spraying for mosquitoes, virtually everything has dropped in numbers, except the Mosquitoes. I think the culprit is a large farm that not only is a Chicken farm for both eggs and processed Chicken meat.) The reason for that assumption, I have two Bait Traps to the west of the farm as part of the Cuyahoga River. I have butterflies and moths in numbers.
Another reason is the absence of birds (In general) in the Mantua Wetlands.
One of the local residents told. me the Chicken Farm has a running battle with the Ohio EPA.
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Post by mothman27 on Jul 27, 2020 4:23:08 GMT -8
Tree tapping in 90 degree weather yesterday in Allen Co. Indiana produced C. lineela, C. junctura (i think), C. innubens, C. neogama, C. palaeogama and C. ilia.
This morning a nice C. maestosa was at my sheet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2020 8:14:53 GMT -8
My species caught to date........
C. ultronia, blandula, marmorata, ilia, unijuga, junctura, neogama, subnata, innubens, grynea, sordida, insolabilis, flebilis, andromedae, paleogama, parta, coccinata, amatrix, cara, epione, nebulosa, dejecta, illecta, lacromosa, piatrix, amica, residua, minuta, maestosa, micronympha, cerogama, and several small orange ones I have yet to ID. Looking forward to more action. IL has had a decent season so far. Many of these I’ve caught sugaring in my backyard. Just last night I got a subnata, ultronia, amatrix, and two grynea before it rained.
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Post by rayrard on Jul 27, 2020 19:01:06 GMT -8
Still good numbers and diversity of Catocala.
Good amounts of parta this year, and neogama has made an appearance
New species to tally
connubialis: black form neogama: several today residua: 2 tapping
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Post by rayrard on Jul 27, 2020 19:03:41 GMT -8
amica lineella micronympha sordida praeclara similis ultronia serena dejecta ilia epione palaeogama maestosa nebulosa parta innubens neogama relicta connubialis residua concumbens grynea gracilis
23 species as of 7-27
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Post by leptraps on Jul 28, 2020 7:39:19 GMT -8
Catocala in NE Ohio have been few and far between. I collected a single Catocala parta in my back yard along with 3+ species of Zale.
I set out two Light Traps in the Mantua Wetlands. I collected several black hindering Catocala. However, the best catch for me was Sphinx gallii. Several males and two gorgeous females.
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Post by Paul K on Jul 28, 2020 12:01:02 GMT -8
Just wondering what is the best mixture for Catocala sugaring
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