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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Will wait and tryin a week or so
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Re: Trichiotinus lunulatus
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Re: Trichiotinus lunulatus
by livingplanet3 » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:01 pm
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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And much less often, another trichiine, Trigonopeltastes delta -
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Trichiotinus lunulatus
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IN Marketplace, Classifieds difference?
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Which would be the best to sell some antique and classic entomology books?
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Could be the phpbb forum, I will try to update it with the last version next week... it is not so easy to do and there is a risk of bugging the whole forum so I am always reluctant to do this kind of upgrades. Not sure it will change anything but it's worth a try.
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Re: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
by Chuck » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:44 am
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
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Thanks
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Re: Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
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The name has not changed
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Need help finding Ebay seller Ameriana
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Can anyone tell me if he goes by another Ebay name?
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Re: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
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Re: Thoughts on NABA?
by Chuck » Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:50 pm
There's your problem.
Look, it is universal country-wide that one cannot catch and kill song birds, despite many having very healthy populations. Meanwhile, house cats are allowed to roam freely and have been documented to have a significant negative impact on song bird populations. One isn't allowed in most places to shoot cats that are outdoors; "environmentalist" tree huggers are fine looking the other way when it's their cats that kill birds. These same NABA people who are horrified that some citizen scientists kill butterflies are the same types with the bird depleting cats, but somehow to their logic, that's OK.
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Perhaps someone else has better eyes.
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Blood Sucking Mites living on our skin
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