I was in New Brunswick this week. Not being able to locate a clear self ballasted MV bulb, I bought a 50W LED light at 365 nm. I did not get a spectral analysis and I have no side to side (or even night to night) comparison with incandescent, MV, or MH light sources. With those caveats out of the wa...

I am in New Brunswick right now. Peak canadensis season it would seem. Saw several driving today and even hit one. None captured. No ova located. The hunt continues.

Wait wait, go back. What’s this about bumblebees and fish?

That’s impressive. I had no idea they could survive for so long like that. Good luck with the lucanid search!

To each their own, but I also do not keep what I cannot spread. In my freezer, I have 3 specimens from this month and that’s it.

Chuck, that photo of the ISQ glaucus, are you sure? It, and the specimen above it look like glaucus. Were they captured when canadensis was still considered a subspecies of glaucus?

In the video, that’s not a two tailed swallowtail, but rather P. glaucus. That video was shot in Maryland.

Same here.

I am sorry to see you letting go of most of your collection. You have some fantastic specimens. Good luck. I hope they find a good home.

Agree not a tick. Those have 8 legs.

Never heard of this being a problem. The specimens are pinned and don’t touch the wood.

I also have a 365nm 50W LED light. Will be using it this summer for the first time. I went with 365nm because it’s supposed to be the best for leps, based on what I have read and personal comments from a couple of other people. 365nm is one of the major emission lines in the mercury spectrum, so it ...

Awesome! Look forward to reading more of your trip.

P.S. I have 16 Morpho from bought pupae, they hatched 2 years ago. No oil yet. also some M. achilles without problems. But i have some green Papilio where the oil destory the color. Since the colour is structural and not based on pigment, would degreasing not bring back the color? How does grease p...

Naprepa flexifera?

Thank you eurytides for that explanation. I never really gave it much thought; I only noticed that some males were "somewhat" diffrent looking than the greater number that I have encountered. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Characteristic-birdwing-butterflies-a-O-croesus-b-O-tithonus-...

I had no idea it was that expensive. I bought the books last year for about $500 CAD.

Contact the Department of Environment for permits (Dr. Mat Cottam mat.cottam@gov.ky) and the National Trust for help setting up your research (Paul Watler pwatler@nationaltrust.org.ky). Not sure which species are native, but the list of butterflies on the islands is not long. See book here: https://...

Yes, old wive's tales die hard. There are those that have been disproven, and those that were known at the time, but forgotten; a repeated tale somehow stays alive. I think I could surprise even some of you with truths (non-insect) concerning "well accepted" facts. Certainly caterpillar-t...

The old head capsule drops off with each molt, not the head itself.