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Re: Unique papilio polyxenes
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
by Chuck » Tue May 28, 2024 12:21 pm
In "Butterflies of Viginia" 1953(?) Clark & Clark went off-topic and delved into many pages on forms and ranges and flight periods found throughout eastern North America. For the most part, there has been no significant effort to add to that study- most of what we know is by-product of specific study (e.g. the description of appalachiensis).
About Tigers in the Toronto area, both Wang and Schmidt have published papers that discuss the ranges of glaucus, canadensis, and MST, including maps. I've posted links in this thread somewhere in the past. They are, of course, not comprehensive, and the range of MST (at least) is fluid. But the Canadians do have a far better view of the range of the three taxa than can be found for NY or anywhere in NE USA.
So I'd urge everyone who's interested to offer observations of any sort concerning Tigers, and not just in the east, there are "issues" in the west, and in the US south.
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25 May 2024 I went up near the Lake Ontario shoreline to search for small Tigers that I believe a hybrid between Spring Form and canadensis. Hiking through some real tough deciduous regrowth for hours I saw nothing. Only when I got back in the truck did I see one, flying high along the forest edge as they do. Then garbage weather came in, and continues through today 5/28.
Observed 1, captured 0.
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
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Re: "Proboscis case" in Sphingidae pupae (continuation)
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
by Trehopr1 » Sun May 26, 2024 7:56 pm
I do hope you were able to catch that one before it flew away.....
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Re: Unique papilio polyxenes
by Trehopr1 » Sun May 26, 2024 7:54 pm
I have never seen anything quite like that in all my life !
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Re: "Proboscis case" in Sphingidae pupae (continuation)
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"Proboscis case" in Sphingidae pupae (continuation)
by lamprima2 » Sun May 26, 2024 4:09 am
structure and function of Sphinginae pupae's maxillary loops (aka "jug handle”). There was no reply. I contacted a few specialists in this area. One of them replied: "If you would look inside, you will see that the galeae extend from the head into the loop, then the galeae bend sharply back and turn back to the head of the pupae. On the pupae, you can see the distal part of the developing galeae in the midline of the pupae between the developing wings." I spent some time trying to find something illustrating this observation and finally found this amazing photograph by M. Albrecht (from Danner et al., “Die Schwarmer der westlichen Palearktis,” Herbipoliana, Band 4/2, 1998, Plate 46).
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Thank you very much for the extensive information. Much appreciated!
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
by Paul K » Sat May 25, 2024 8:17 pm
I only saw males and despite lilacs in full bloom I wasn’t able to spot a female. I’m still missing a female of this species leaving in Canada for over 3 decades. I suppose I did not make enough effort.
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Unique papilio polyxenes
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
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Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
by Paul K » Sat May 25, 2024 6:01 pm
Toronto And Mississauga: they are flying here around first two weeks of June, one generation only. They are larger than Canadensis and somehow looks like hybrid between glaucus and canadensis.
West of Toronto ( Hamilton, Cambridge and south west of it) I never recall to see tigers there in the spring but I maybe missed them. They are flying starting in end of July, August. I assume these are true P.glaucus as they certainly look like.
North/ east of Toronto ( about 100km ) we can easly find true canadensis around last two weeks of May, begin of June. They are much smaller.
I also found once at Georgian bay Tiger in mid July which I thought was canadensis but it was too late in the season and it is also larger specimen.
It is complex group and to exactly specify fly times and which actually species flies when and where one has to spend more time like Chuck is trying to do now in his region.
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