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- Thu May 16, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Coleoptera
- Topic: Trichiotinus lunulatus
- Replies: 3
- Views: 342
Re: Trichiotinus lunulatus
T. lunulatus box of blue, box of green and box of Trigonopeltastes delta
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Coleoptera
- Topic: Strategus mormon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 164
Re: Strategus mormon
Strategus aloeus male
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Coleoptera
- Topic: Strategus mormon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 164
Re: Strategus mormon
We published a review of the genus Strategus in Louisiana in 2018, mostly using the adults my wife and I captured over the past 55 years of non-stop collecting. Here is the link to a free access to that pdf: https://www.academia.edu/37938943/THE_GENUS_STRATEGUS_KIRBY_COLEOPTERA_SCARABAEIDAE_DYNASTI...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:52 am
- Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5220
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
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...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:18 am
- Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5220
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Hemiptera are extremely common in high-wattage UV light traps. I have certainly captured numerous hundreds of thousands of adults here in Lousiana. Few are flamboyant or overly colorful here.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Questionable Question Marks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 525
Re: Questionable Question Marks
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...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 225
Exactly what is Hyphantria cunea?
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...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Questionable Question Marks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 525
Re: Questionable Question Marks
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 ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
- Topic: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5804
Re: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala
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...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Shiiping dead insects from other countries into the USA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 466
Re: Shiiping dead insects from other countries into the USA
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...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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 ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:11 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Shiiping dead insects from other countries into the USA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 466
Re: Shiiping dead insects from other countries into the USA
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...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Fulgoridae of Louisiana
- Replies: 0
- Views: 362
Fulgoridae of Louisiana
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
Freely accessible link:
https://www.academia.edu/117030842/Fulg ... _Louisiana
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Using absolutes: always, never
- Replies: 8
- Views: 608
Re: Using absolutes: always, never
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...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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 ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: butterfly bait trap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: butterfly bait trap
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...