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by Chuck
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951
Replies: 1
Views: 23

Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951

https://c.l3n.co/i/O8meMi.md.jpeg I pulled this book out to research something, and got caught reading it. I'd forgotten just how wonderfully chock full it is with information. It's not just about Virginia's butterflies- it goes into extensive observations by Mr. and Mrs. Clark and other researcher...
by Chuck
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 919

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

eurytides wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:21 pm Chuck, what happens with the genus Amphion? I thought this was still legit?
My error- old age. Amphion is valid, the species name was changed from nessus to floridensis. It's still nessus to me. I ain't changing any labels either.
by Chuck
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Euparthenos nubilis -- the false underwing.
Replies: 2
Views: 80

Re: Euparthenos nubilis -- the false underwing.

They are attractive, but here they are so common as to be a horrible nuisance...just like their host plant.
by Chuck
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Cartoon name for new species?
Replies: 5
Views: 144

Re: Cartoon name for new species?

I think lisimpsonia is a great idea! John Tennent told me he tried to get Polyura thane pushed through; the reviewers couldn't figure out what he was up to, but knew he was up to something, so wouldn't approve. Snobs. I threatened to name a new butterfly tennentisapennis but he said he'd kill me. Fo...
by Chuck
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 602

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

All impressive displays! I wish I had the space and time for that.

The white underwings are in this area locally common, depending on where the trees are. Where I run lights now I have yet to see one.
by Chuck
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: LepSoc meeting @Cornell 14-18 July who's going?
Replies: 1
Views: 125

LepSoc meeting @Cornell 14-18 July who's going?

LepSoc annual meeting 14-18 July 2024 at Cornell University in Ithaca.

Who's going?

There will be day field trips, not sure about night. High season for the MidSummer Tiger Swallowtail and Poanes massasoit.
by Chuck
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
Replies: 38
Views: 919

Re: Rarities in Charaxes

Dave, you go ahead and call it Polyura, I do.

And remain steadfast in the use of genus Amphion and place names like Stanleyville, New Hebrides, and Sears Point. I will not surrender.
by Chuck
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: A beautiful fournierae pair
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: A beautiful fournierae pair

@anna did those fournierae arrive already set? I generally hand-deliver set specimens. I wouldn't mind mailing some within the country, but I'd be very concerned (these days) about set specimens arriving undamaged. I used to send large boxes of set specimens across country, but that's when packages ...
by Chuck
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 602

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

Trehopr, you mean that C robinsonii is hard to find. But surely you have other more common black catocala, right?

We get a few species, some so common as to be a nuisance; I get a dozen of a couple species each night in the UV trap.

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by Chuck
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: A beautiful fournierae pair
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: A beautiful fournierae pair

Thank you @annarobertson1947. I hear about this species but had no idea what "expensive" meant.
by Chuck
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:05 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: A beautiful fournierae pair
Replies: 7
Views: 301

Re: A beautiful fournierae pair

livingplanet3 wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:50 pm That's a superb pair of a truly stunning Charaxes. C. fournierae has long been on my "top 10" list of butterflies that I hope to eventually acquire; time (and price) will tell! :roll:
So how much costs a pair of C fournierae?
by Chuck
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
Replies: 5
Views: 247

Re: Collecting in Vietnam

is it safe to just send the speciems I collect back to the U.S in the mail? Instead of going through the hassle of bringing them in luggage and dealing with customs Officially, the export of insects from Vietnam is banned. I am always suspect of broad, unsupported statements, and a quick google sea...
by Chuck
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
Replies: 5
Views: 247

Re: Collecting in Vietnam

In short: AFTER obtaining export approval (paperwork) from VN, you need to: 1. Have a USFWS import/ export license 2. File a form 3-177 with the import into USA and pay for an inspection You can do #2 two ways: 1. via post 2. Schedule an inspection upon arrival at a USFWS-designated airport #2 is ac...
by Chuck
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 299

Re: Making a butterfly decoy

58chevy wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:11 am There is a metallic blue mylar balloon stuck in a tree near my house. It looks a lot like a morpho. Maybe it would be a good lure.
Not for Tigers. Nor for ulysses. So at least in the case of P ulysses, it's more than human-spectrum color, there must be a UV component.
by Chuck
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 299

Re: Making a butterfly decoy

This might help lure tigers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay9uqQvEqYE Thanks, though I became dubious early in the video. It's worth a great laugh at 0:38 seeing the mature Papilio larva they stuck in a barren bush. Poor thing is just curled up there, not knowing what to do. I've been unable to ...
by Chuck
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 299

Making a butterfly decoy

For 2024, my plan is employ decoys to lure in adult Tiger Swallowtails. I can't find anything via search. So these are my plans: feel free to add/ critique. I plan to emulate several butterflies puddling. To do so, I will use dead but real specimens. Some will have wings spread flat, some over the b...
by Chuck
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 215

Re: More Spring Captures

For you guys in TX, Dryocampa kendalli was recently described. It's locally common around San Antonio / Bourne. It's flight period is now. Reportedly the larvae are easily found.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observation ... id=1497570
by Chuck
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 215

Re: More Spring Captures

Chuck, This begs the rhetorical question whether they get MST down south before you do. I assume not. Adam. Hi Adam, I assume you mean "Mid Summer Tiger" Swallowtail. There is no record of it in TX, nor anywhere near TX. Hybrids with canadensis , whether recombinant or casual, are restric...
by Chuck
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 215

Re: More Spring Captures

Very nice- and to think, we get the same species- but two months plus later.
by Chuck
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Light collecting
Replies: 22
Views: 1757

Re: Light collecting

@boghunter John those look like alien spacecraft, I'm surprised the cops don't show up.