I am not surprised. Clearly they are coming from "south." The question is: why in such numbers?
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- Thu May 02, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Vanessa atalanta migration 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 73
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Vanessa atalanta migration 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 73
Re: Questionable Question Marks
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 ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Vanessa atalanta migration 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 73
Vanessa atalanta migration 2024
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 ...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: IN Marketplace, Classifieds difference?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 43
IN Marketplace, Classifieds difference?
I'm unclear why IN has both Classifieds and Marketplace. What's the difference?
Which would be the best to sell some antique and classic entomology books?
Which would be the best to sell some antique and classic entomology books?
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
- Topic: resource limit reached
- Replies: 10
- Views: 221
Re: resource limit reached
Just for reference, it did it again at 1:30pm Eastern.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 114
Re: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
That luna is spectacular. I have a specimen from KY that has purple edging, but no vertical stripes. AFAIK nobody has done genetic analysis to see what the relationship tree is for luna. Who knows what is variation, and what is something taxonomically significant. Vernon's series of Hyphantria is im...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Thoughts on NABA?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 382
Re: Thoughts on NABA?
If they just used common sense, 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 b...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 114
Re: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
Excellent. Of course, field guides have limited space. Species descriptions though often show only one/ one pair, and I have this feeling that the type specimens depicted are sometimes cherry-picked to match the morphological description/ differentiators.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Questionable Question Marks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 241
Re: Questionable Question Marks
Wisconsin is more like Canada than Upstate NY, so it's quite likely that many or most species can't overwinter. In Upstate NY we have several Nymphalid species that overwinter. The appearance of various Nymphalid species may be migration (e.g., Vanessa) or it may be just massive population explosion...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
- Topic: resource limit reached
- Replies: 10
- Views: 221
Re: resource limit reached
This type of message is usually used when the host servers are swamped. It's to avoid further usage of the servers, which may serve one website or twenty. Typical causes of high traffic swamping are (1) content that is getting a lot of views [not likely on insectnet, but they might also host a porn ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Using absolutes: always, never
- Replies: 8
- Views: 334
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Thoughts on NABA?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 382
Re: Thoughts on NABA?
Bunch of tree huggers with big hearts and few brains. "we are shifting the paradigm from collectors with nets, capturing and killing butterflies, to enthusiasts with cameras and binoculars, capturing beautiful images of live butterflies in nature." That's nice. We need more photos of misid...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 180
Re: I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
What I typically do from time to time, is rearrange things, and put them in "better" places. I broke down and spent a weekend doing that last year. What a nightmare. I'd been sticking specimens wherever they fit physically, and I had taxa spread all over in the wrong places. If you want t...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 180
Re: I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
Thanks guys for your compassion. This all started actually a couple days ago when I couldn't find them. Yesterday I made a concerted effort to find them. I went through all my NA Papilio drawers (minus the machaon-types) looking. Four times. Studied each drawer. Nothing. As you probably observed, I ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 180
I can't find my #@%*& type specimens!
I bought a ring light, experimented with it. Now time to re-photo the type specimens for publication. I cannot find them. This shouldn't be hard- all specimens, drawer after drawer after drawer, are collated chronologically. And the last drawer ends just before the capture dates of the type pair. So...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
- Replies: 11
- Views: 248
Re: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
I am missing the point of the original post. ..., step out of their field of expertise and rub elbows with the experienced. The motive isn't to get an answer. There are a myriad of reasons bots and scams post inaccurate stuff: 1. to identify the gullible, and identify those to avoid. This may be at...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
- Replies: 11
- Views: 248
Re: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
Well, if this is all the smarter that AI is at the moment, I'm not too worried about the future of humanity. j There are many with that consensus, and I believe it dangerous. Human technology went from biplanes to jets in six years. AI will mature far faster. It's already used quite often for uneth...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
- Replies: 11
- Views: 248
Re: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
I found this post strange, but I'm not sure it's AI ... wouldn't AI know that species names are spelt with a first small letter, and only genus names with a capital? Adam. AI is available in various packages (programs) and each have owner-adjustable settings for correctness, tone, writing level, an...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
- Replies: 11
- Views: 248
Re: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
It's either AI, or it's Voodoo.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
- Replies: 11
- Views: 248
Re: Clothes moths infestation — Tineola Bisselliella and Monopis Crocicapitella
Is this AI?
Are you from California or Oregon?
Do you smoke or weld?