You're not alone. Everyone has noticed different behavior at the light, some species tend to land on the fringes of the light footprint, and some never seem to alight before flying off out of sight. I try to not stare at the light in the first place :) It certainly appears that many fly to the light...

L 5 .
About as big as they get.

There is an amazing color change just before they burrow in, I'll get to that later.

I have read that mercury vapor attracts a wider range of insects, as well as some that won't fly to UV. Mercury vapor takes more electricity, so you may need a generator in the field. I haven't seen any posts or read anything about battery operated mercury vapor. Let us know if you find one. I have ...

Interesting. Anyone who has worked or been around building construction has probably noticed water beetles and other aquatics will sometimes land on a plywood roof, and presumably other reflective surfaces.

DSCN2190-1.jpg Nice beetles, I've always wanted to make a display mount with weevils. We might as well have a new caterpillar picture- this one is a freshly molted wallichi larva, the blue color is transitory and only happens after molting. Seems like I always forget something. One interesting thin...

there is the canned air I use for blowing dust around the house, it won't do much good now, but Bioquip sold a cleaning fluid for insects, in particular, beetles, it's components are- ethyl alcohol ,ethyl acetate and Benzene (5.5%). That's exactly how the ingredients are listed on the bottle. It was...

The net I normally use is green, I never thought of the color being discreet, I read that green is less frightening to the quarry. Maybe, maybe not. Maybe I need more time in the field- In any event. any one else with me that wants a net gets white. Although my folding net is white and I use that a ...

Well, I think all mammals are cute on some level, as far as the rabbits, there aren't enough or any of them to be pests. I have an old photo of a rabbit here at home, but it was at least 10 or more years ago. Right now the starlings are frustrating me, the deer here are virtually tame, and very relu...

Those are nice. I grow flowers here on the Oregon coast as well, we typically stick with the natives from the local nursery, while it is cold now- 26f this morning, it never lasts long, only just long enough to kill off anything weak or that I took a chance on. The real threat are the forest goats, ...

Yes. Such a variety of life. Fake looking animals on a fake looking plant. It would be a feat to burrow in the ground with those antennae.

Most of the larva have molted a 3rd time, now the appendages are much larger and more of a shiny black. Nice we don't have those things on our
heads.

I always just put fresh leaves in, most of the larvae would migrate to the new material within a day- or hours. Yes, I did have to use that approach for a species that needed some help deciding on a food plant, I tossed in a variety for a week or so, other than that, I like to use potted plants whe...

Update- The second molt.
I am thinking I realize why some breeders use bins and toss in leaves.
A lot of patience is required to move larva with a brush to new food plant.

Brahmaea wallichii larva after the first molt, feeding on Ligustrum japonica, they may not be much
to look at now, but wait a few weeks.

I'm glad you asked Chuck. This species is eating Ligustrum japonica, at last I have found a use for this plant I bought years ago for a different species. I do have a number of leafy evergreens that have proved useful in the past as well, Eucalyptus gunni, olive, an evergreen oak, ceanothus, and the...

Yes.
I already have a good start without even leaving the house. 2 new Genus/species of livestock, in fact some of my newly purchased ova
hatched this morning. Now I need the luck.
Best wishes to everyone. Good bye '23, I'm not going to miss it.

I tossed them outside. One may have limped away... if any more show up in the future, I'll get a picture.

I have noticed something. There are fewer spiders in my house now that it is the cold season. A plus, since earlier this year I caught 2 giant and creepy spiders in my house. When someone with a life size tarantula tattoo on his back says a spider is big and creepy, it is. Giant House spiders to be ...

Sure thing Whitmow, I think it's safe to consider my issue with Stuart Simpson unresolved and likely to remain that way. I gave him a break and did not make the paypal claim I could have after following dubious advice from fellow traders. He owes me 73 bucks, which might not seem like a lot of money...

While my whining got some attention, and an email...little has changed. If, and it's a big one, the situation becomes resolved, I will make a
retraction, unbelievably, this situation and my handling of it has cost me 2 relationships with other members of InsectNet. Find out who your friends are.