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Post by tv on Feb 8, 2021 12:40:46 GMT -8
I have looked over the years and never had much luck finding anything. I know they're around here as I've caught a large number of saturniids throughout the season last year. I've been scouring the woods around the area since it turned cold but have only located a couple empty cases that were at least a season or two old. Both of them were found around eye level in some smaller branches. Does anyone have any advice on the proper height to be looking? A lot of the local trees are very tall with no appreciable branches within reach, even from a ladder, so I've been focusing on the undergrowth trees that are still accessible. Should I be looking more toward the ground?
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 8, 2021 13:03:15 GMT -8
In Houston, TX I found an Antheraea polyphemus sitting on the road when biking home. I also found a cocoon of Actias luna on the walkway after a tropical storm.
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Post by leptraps on Feb 9, 2021 11:18:26 GMT -8
I journeyed out to western Ohio and the Lake LaSu An WA yesterday. I currently have three Bait Traps set out at Lake LaSu An. I only collected 21 Moths. Most were Lithophane and a couple of IDK. I also found some cocoons. About a half dozen Polyphemus and possibly a couple of Callosamia angulifera?? I broke off some twigs from the trees. They are not Sassafras nor Cherry. I tagged the tree. I forgot to bring my tree ID book.
The high temp was 16°F during my stay.
I drove the Ohio Turnpike to the Parkertown exit.
I stopped at Rest Haven WA. There was several inches of snow on top of several inches of ice. This is a large area. Did not see many birds today. I found no cocoons. The temperature was a balmy 11°F during my visit.
It snowed all the way home from Sandusky. I hate this cold winter weather.
As for cocoons, I am not familar with some of these areas. I may take an extended trip next week.
Also, I will make a journey to the Woodbury WA about an hour North of Zanesville. It is almost 20,000 acres.
I will take some time today to make four or five more Bait Traps. I think my seamstress in Illinois has a couple dozen cylinders ready ship to me.
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 12, 2021 16:26:21 GMT -8
These are my Hyalophora euryalus collected in Oregon from the top- a female from Brietenbush another female same location,different year a male from Lost Lake( the one with the hole) A raised specimen from Brietenbush stock
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 12, 2021 19:09:29 GMT -8
I have ALWAYS liked H. euryalus...big time. Gorgeous species. Those huge exaggerated crescents lend it an appeal unlike any of the other 3 (?) species.
I'd love to have a small series of it but, out east here they are seldom seen in most private collections.
Those antennae are absolutely HUGE in size -- much like H. gloveri (males). Certainly bigger than comparative H. cecropia (males).
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 12, 2021 20:14:39 GMT -8
Hyalophora cecropia, euryalus, columbia, gloveri, columbia/gloveri and kasloensis, which Tuskes and company cite as a sort of hybrid between euryalus and gloveri. Matt Campbell in Pendleton has offered them before. The first euryalus I ever captured was in northern Calif.
The grass is always greener elsewhere.. until you get out and see what's lurking in your own backyard, I was always envious of people that lived in the eastern USA when I was younger, still.. maybe just a little. A lot more macromoths. I'm too far north for Saturnia here, but they occur in southern Oregon on the coast.
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 12, 2021 20:14:54 GMT -8
Here is a photo of my lone example of H. euryalus now in my collection. I acquired it around 15 yrs.ago from a "riker mount" collection that was purchased by my dealer/friend from an aged collector. The collection did have some pretty nice stuff in it and the rikers had always been stored flat in a couple cabinets (out of the light). She is a "dandy" of an example and all I had to do was put her back onto a pin for my collection. I've never seen another one available through my friend since that purchase...
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 12, 2021 20:17:55 GMT -8
I still don't have the hang of photos here, maybe I need to turn down the resolution, I had to crop the sides of my picture to get under the wire.
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 12, 2021 21:22:56 GMT -8
Maybe kevinkk, you should try "switching" over to Imgur for posting of your pictures.
No fees, and size does not matter...
I know as a premium member your pictures are free to post as you please however, picture size is quite limited AND you have to really go thru a LOT more trouble of frame adjustments (using your computer) to see them post.
Really, do give Imgur a "go of it" using Adam's instructions and you will never look back.
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Post by 58chevy on Feb 13, 2021 9:20:17 GMT -8
I think Nike stole their "swoosh" from H. euryalus.
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 13, 2021 12:30:22 GMT -8
Interesting observation 58chevy !
One never knows where or how certain ideas are hatched.
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Post by kevinkk on Feb 13, 2021 17:47:06 GMT -8
I think Nike stole their "swoosh" from H. euryalus. It is an interesting observation. Nike is based in Oregon I believe, and nearby where I live, there is an upper scale beachfront neighborhood contractors call the "nike zone".
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 13, 2021 18:46:35 GMT -8
The Nike logo is a stylized representation of a wing of the goddess Nike, from Greek mythology. That said, it does indeed look amazingly similar to the markings on the wings of H. euryalis!
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Post by evra on Feb 13, 2021 20:16:00 GMT -8
Out in the West many of the host plants aren’t deciduous so it’s hard to find cocoons. The species I’ve had the most luck with is Agapema anona on Condalia globbosa. The population density per plant is high and the parasitism rate is low. Usually I can get 20-30 viable cocoons after searching only 10 or so plants in about an hour. Its cousin, A. homogena, is harder to find cocoons of but not that hard. The key with them is to find a host plant and then look at the base of any Ponderosa pines growing nearby. They love to spin in the bark of the Ponderosa no more than 2-3 feet off the ground.
As far as H. euryalus goes, the males seem to be reasonably common all over S. California in the spring. I usually get at least 1 any time I collect in the coastal chaparral between April and June, usually while I’m out looking for other stuff. A of couple years ago I had 10-12 fresh males by 10 PM at my lights.
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Post by leptraps on Feb 24, 2021 6:59:34 GMT -8
Yesterday. Tuesday 23 February 2021. I travelled from Aurora, Ohio to Georgetown, Kentucky. I was South of Wooster on I-71. I began to notice cocoons in the small Sassafras trees (Sassafras albidum). I stopped several times and I managed to collected 17 viable Cocoons. Just prior to the Sunbury Exit, I decide to stop for fuel. I noticed several cocoons just prior to the exit ramp. I pulled over and collected 6 viable Cocoons. As I returned to my car an Ohio State Highway Patrol officer pulled in behind me.
He was curious and ask what I was doing. I explained my activities, showed him my cocoons. The officer advised that my activities were illegal. I could distract other drivers who might observe my activity and cause an accident or other tragic events. I concurred and went on my way.
I stopped for gas at the next exit, Sunbury, Ohio. A few seconds later, the Highway Patrol Office pulled in and he went into the service area. I paid for his coffee, we had a nice conversation. As we were about to go are separate ways, he smiled and said "no more collecting those things".
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