We have here on the north side of the Lake Ontario also unusual numbers of V.atalanta.Chuck wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:16 pm Last week, before it snowed, there was an unusual number of V. atlanta around.
It warmed up a bit three days ago, albeit with rain. Today it's 64F and sunny. There are hundreds of atlanta, everywhere. Most are flying fast, I've only observed one alight. They are absolutely beat.
So either there was a local population explosion late last year followed by a high winter survival rate, or they have migrated. Given the condition of them, I'd say they migrated en masse. I've never seen anything like this before.
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by Pedz » Thu May 02, 2024 2:58 pm
I’m a total newbie. I’m a retired programmer turned photographer. I have this fellow (see video) in my house and I’m hoping I can keep him happy until he turns into a pupa and then turns into a moth but I’m wondering about the timing. I want to do a time lapse. What would be great is to capture a time lapse of it turning into a pupa as well as when the moth comes out. But if I knew the timing it would help me prepare.
I’m hoping folks here can help me out. I’m in Austin, TX. I believe this is a Giant Leopard Moth Caterpillar.
https://youtu.be/xdmj1M4XbNU?si=usvaETR8_czAGvfE
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
by Annarobertson1947 » Wed May 01, 2024 11:48 pm
I was wondering as he usually is on Ebay, thought i got Ebay name wrong :bobw wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 7:29 amThat's because he's got nothing for sale right now.Annarobertson1947 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:43 pm Yep, same result i got ,nothing to show
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Re: Questionable Question Marks
by Chuck » Wed May 01, 2024 6:02 pm
I suspect it would be possible to track the migration of (for example. V atlanta) with iNaturalist. Since one can filter by date, it would be possible to start "this week" and start working backwards. It would though reflect both emergences and migration; in the case of the V atlanta here, which are beat, I suspect that the "beat up butterfly" trend would be visually obvious from individual iNat records during those periods. Just an idea.livingplanet3 wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:33 pm
Here in North TX, for weeks now, I've been seeing more V. atalanta than ever before - absolute swarms of them. Of course, TX has always been a great place to see swarms of things, but the butterfly numbers here this spring are really outstanding. Not just atalanta, but also cardui and virginiensis are quite abundant. Many Polygonia interrogationis and Battus philenor as well, among others such as Danaus gilippus, D. plexippus, Anaea andria, and numerous Pieridae.
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Re: Questionable Question Marks
by Trehopr1 » Wed May 01, 2024 5:35 pm
I still recall quite vividly the experience that I had in my early teens when some friends stopped over at my house and told me about all these monarch butterflies landing on a huge tree branch by a neighbor's house.
I ran over to investigate and sure enough we were experiencing a monarch overnighting "roost".
It would be the one and only time I would ever see such a phenomenon as that....
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Re: Questionable Question Marks
by livingplanet3 » Wed May 01, 2024 5:33 pm
Here in North TX, for weeks now, I've been seeing more V. atalanta than ever before - absolute swarms of them. Of course, TX has always been a great place to see swarms of things, but the butterfly numbers here this spring are really outstanding. Not just atalanta, but also cardui and virginiensis are quite abundant. Many Polygonia interrogationis and Battus philenor as well, among others such as Danaus gilippus, D. plexippus, Anaea andria, and numerous Pieridae.Chuck wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:16 pm Last week, before it snowed, there was an unusual number of V. atlanta around.
It warmed up a bit three days ago, albeit with rain. Today it's 64F and sunny. There are hundreds of atlanta, everywhere. Most are flying fast, I've only observed one alight. They are absolutely beat.
So either there was a local population explosion late last year followed by a high winter survival rate, or they have migrated. Given the condition of them, I'd say they migrated en masse. I've never seen anything like this before.
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Vanessa atalanta migration 2024
by Chuck » Wed May 01, 2024 5:16 pm
It warmed up a bit three days ago, albeit with rain. Today it's 64F and sunny. There are hundreds of atlanta, everywhere. Most are flying fast, I've only observed one alight. They are absolutely beat.
So either there was a local population explosion late last year followed by a high winter survival rate, or they have migrated. Given the condition of them, I'd say they migrated en masse. I've never seen anything like this before.
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
by bobw » Wed May 01, 2024 7:29 am
That's because he's got nothing for sale right now.Annarobertson1947 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:43 pm Yep, same result i got ,nothing to show
Will wait and tryin a week or so
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
by Annarobertson1947 » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:43 pm
Will wait and tryin a week or so
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Very nice! I've often seen several species of Trichiotinus in my area, including lunulatus. They're nearly always on either prickly pear cactus flowers, or thistles. Most commonly, I see T. texanus -
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Trichiotinus lunulatus
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Which would be the best to sell some antique and classic entomology books?
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Vernon's series of Hyphantria is impressive in that it demonstrates the variation within some taxa.
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
by Annarobertson1947 » Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:02 am
Thanks