We do have two of the largest stinkbugs in North America here at my home Loxa flavicollis and Alcaeorrhynchus grandis . I published about a few of these back around 2010, reporting Loxa flavicollis (Drury, 1773) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) a new invasive stink bug in Louisiana . For many decades I pla...

Around 10 years ago I published a two page species account concerning Polygonia comma in Louisiana. In that publication, I reported P. comma had only three annual broods then. But, I could not convincingly state that this species also has five annual broods, due to my very small sample size of 44 ad...

My approach and opinion has to do with multiple variations within a single species even a single geographic location. Most field guides illustrate a single specimen image of a particular species. What are the chances of identifying the specimen or image you have based upon those publications when so...

The answer to these questions is that if one collects long enough, you will see that what you assume to be, is not so. Having collected continuously non-stop since 1969 to today 2024 (55 years) (=more than 51,000,000 trap hours), we also identified and logged millions of adult insects daily during ...

I first submitted Catocala adults for use in the MONA Catocala Fascicle in the early 1970s, That is over a half century ago. Gall (the 3rd author for the Catocala fascicle) took over around 40 years ago. Over this half century, I have personally discovered about 12 species of Catocala new to scienc...

Luehdorf You asked how much NaCn do I place in my traps? In 1969, I began using Ethyl Acetate in the bottom of my automatic-capture light traps placed in an aluminum pan below the screened tray onto which all of the insects entering the trap funnel fell onto. Every night I would place one pint (= 47...

A bit more concerning collecting and shipping permits. What is misunderstood about these matters is the the regulations concerning these matters have been hijacked by the employees of the regulatory agencies over the decades to be applied against any persons regardless of being regulated by these re...

Correct, I use rolls of flexible fiberglass window screening, as I have fabricated and used a lot of these traps over the past half century. UV resistance is a must. But even this heavy duty window screening can be chewed up by hornets and bigger wasps. Over 300 of my 464 entomological publications ...

I have watched decades of discussions and posting about these very same matters in this forum and others. Thus far, I have chosen not to participate by giving my true knowledge, because there is an inordinate amount of self proclaimed unknowledgeable experts giving their uninformed meaningless opin...

Newly released, the first publication to specifically address the known species of Fulgoridae (sensu stricto) for the state of Louisiana.

Freely accessible link:
https://www.academia.edu/117030842/Fulg ... _Louisiana

I can safely proclaim that 'virtually everyone' is guilty of using 'absolutes'. People write in the same mannerisms they do when speaking. I am certainly guilty of doing these things, though I am aware of the prevalence of this affliction and when writing make an attempt to eliminate doing this. I c...

Chuck, I direct you to view our 30-year sphingids of Louisiana study. We published the results from the first 26 years about 27 years ago (1997). Later we followed up with captures taken in four additional years completing 30 total years which covered the years (1970-1999) in which we reported perso...

I was asked what does the inside of the collection chamber look like. Here is a photo from my files where lid is removed after 24 hours of collecting. Specimens on tray allows for quick visual selection and removal from trap. Those specimens not selected are dumped from tray. If dumped insects nearb...

FYI---- Every aspect (components and numbers of components and sizes of the components) of my trap designs have important and necessary purposes for handling, operating and the best performance results. Due to the fact that I worked as a Quality Assurance/Quality control Engineer most of my early li...

papilio7119 click on forum archives and search for 'bait traps'. Since you are new, you will find numerous pages filled with information concerning bait traps. Many if not all links listed among those old postings do not link to anything. You may learn something there. Here are 57 freely accessible ...

Why don't you design and fabricate your own traps. Here are two publications i published over the past half century. Regarding the small holes created by wasps, hornets, etc. in live capture versions of traps. In these butterfly captures must be removed daily. I have found these holes very beneficia...

FYI -- Answers to all of the questions asked about insects and attraction to all wavelengths of the light spectrum from X-rays to infrared bands is available to anyone on the world wide web, and if one searches for it, it is all free. If you are one of the fools who pay one of these pay-for-access ...

58chevy ... no

I have fabricated these wooden glass top drawers for over a half century. Link to freely accessible detailed instructions to make high quality drawers: https://www.academia.edu/30703260/Do_it_yourself_Cornell_size_specimen_drawers Key to fabricating high quality drawers is using high quality wood. ...