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Post by exoticimports on Oct 8, 2020 13:17:46 GMT -8
I put all the lights and night collecting stuff away. Calling it quits. Gonna be a sad six months.
Chuck
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Post by kevinkk on Oct 8, 2020 17:08:20 GMT -8
I put all the lights and night collecting stuff away. Calling it quits. Gonna be a sad six months. Chuck Another sad thing is the post is still slow, usually during the winter I'll find something on Actias I can raise during the winter. I've at least got my beetles to occupy the void, they are a little different though...tunneling through substrate unseen. I do have one new "pet" though, a Goliathus goliatus grub, apparently legal since 2016, feeding it reminds me of those antlion creatures in Star Trek 2.
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Post by wingedwishes on Oct 18, 2020 18:23:51 GMT -8
I put all the lights and night collecting stuff away. Calling it quits. Gonna be a sad six months. Chuck Another sad thing is the post is still slow, usually during the winter I'll find something on Actias I can raise during the winter. I've at least got my beetles to occupy the void, they are a little different though...tunneling through substrate unseen. I do have one new "pet" though, a Goliathus goliatus grub, apparently legal since 2016, feeding it reminds me of those antlion creatures in Star Trek 2. Where did you get the Goliathus goliathus? bugsincyberspace is out of stock. Any other resources? I know they are not cheap but I'd want several to start a colony of my own.
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Post by eurytides on Oct 18, 2020 18:34:39 GMT -8
Nonsense, there is stuff to do year round. Winter - cocoon hunting and specimen curation. Spring - egg hunting/breeding. Summer - raising larvae. Fall - hunting for final instar larvae.
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Post by exoticimports on Oct 18, 2020 18:45:52 GMT -8
I’m a field guy. I am always outdoors. I don’t tent; I’ve awoke covered in snow, and in jungle mud. And while I keep busy, I love only the warm weather activities.
Collation of specimens is a responsibility not a joy. At times I tire of it. After all, I’ve given away probably five thousand specimens.
Cacoon collecting is a by product. I don’t care to search for them, they are just there.
I love heat. 95F is comforting; over that is joy. I love the heat of summer, the beating sun, the warm swamps. Last year in Florida it was 98F and I didn’t sweat. This year I enjoyed working a 95F day and a tiny bead of sweat rolled down my temple, I took a photo and sent it to my wife
I like heat. I like to study adult insects, fish, etc.
Everything else is just killin time.
Chuck
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Post by eurytides on Oct 19, 2020 7:40:29 GMT -8
I like warmth also but probably not to the same extent. I enjoy finding and watching leps during all stages of their life cycle. For me, curation is a pain, but worth it when you see a nice series of specimens as the end result.
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Post by kevinkk on Oct 19, 2020 7:55:49 GMT -8
Another sad thing is the post is still slow, usually during the winter I'll find something on Actias I can raise during the winter. I've at least got my beetles to occupy the void, they are a little different though...tunneling through substrate unseen. I do have one new "pet" though, a Goliathus goliatus grub, apparently legal since 2016, feeding it reminds me of those antlion creatures in Star Trek 2. Where did you get the Goliathus goliathus? bugsincyberspace is out of stock. Any other resources? I know they are not cheap but I'd want several to start a colony of my own. Don't give up on Bugsincyberspace, I emailed Peter and found out that he keeps one or two in reserve for doas. Also, after joining Beetle forum, I learned about another source for Goliathus- Insect Brothers.org, at any rate, they also have Goliathus goliatus, they are a little more expensive than what Peter is charging, in any event, it's not cheap, and a colony is going to be expensive. My plan is to raise this one, and make sure I can do it, beetles are a new venture for me and there's a bigger investment with time and materials, after success with one Goliathus, I will buy more grubs hopefully of similar size in the hopes of breeding, anyone with a breeding colony of Goliathus is going to a popular person, a lot of people don't even know these are legal now, if I hadn't periodically checked my regular websites, I wouldn't have found out. I am raising Lucanus elephus right now, from grubs I bought from Greg Bingaman here at Insectnet, one adult female so far, she was l3 to begin with, and 5 others, that are growing right along. Beetles are awesome, it just takes longer, and the grubs aren't exactly the show pieces Saturniidae larva are.
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Post by rayrard on Oct 20, 2020 11:15:30 GMT -8
I like IDing things but yeah label making is a chore. It is nice to place the specimens from the season in with everyone else at the end though. Too bad a did my databasing and museum donations last winter as this Corona winter is gonna suck.
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Post by 58chevy on Oct 21, 2020 7:37:47 GMT -8
"I put all the lights and night collecting stuff away. Calling it quits. Gonna be a sad six months."
Under normal circumstances, it's easy to extend the collecting season by traveling south. Conversely, if a species you're after has completed its active season where you live, you can travel north to where it's still active. Unfortunately, the coronavirus makes traveling more difficult this year.
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Post by exoticimports on Oct 23, 2020 4:42:01 GMT -8
Heat wave, baby, 76 F today! 45 tomorrow. Today is the last day over 70 F....FOR FIVE MONTHS.
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Post by leptraps on Nov 4, 2020 2:37:42 GMT -8
Depending on your interest, any individual can collect moths year around. Especially if you are interested in Noctuidae and Erebidae. As I have mentioned elseware on this site, I collect year around.
Here in Northeast Ohio, we have a warm up coming, starting today. I will in the field this AM servicing my Bait Traps by adding bait and water and stiring the bait mixture in each Bait Trap and removing/cleaning out any unwanted individual moths/butterflies and other entrapped insects.
I have mentioned elsewhere on this site a number of times, collecting Noctuidae and Erebidae moths can be a year around activity.
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Post by exoticimports on Nov 4, 2020 4:28:41 GMT -8
Depending on your interest, any individual can collect moths year around. Especially if you are interested in Noctuidae and Erebidae. As I have mentioned elseware on this site, I collect year around.... I have mentioned elsewhere on this site a number of times, collecting Noctuidae and Erebidae moths can be a year around activity. And I think that's noteworthy. Particularly to younger entomologists who may more less restricted in their interests. Here near Lake Ontario I see moths at the porch light until late December; they are not showy or exotic, but if anything is going to be new or rare, December is likely when they'd be found since that time of year is poorly sampled. Chuck
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