Can’t see the photo.

I don’t have an answer, but it seems reasonable to posit that they puddle as soon as they can to load up on mineral salts, and once they have fuelled up, this could last them a long time (perhaps they only need to do this once?).

Years ago when I was in Florida, I found 2 eggs on Persea. Unfortunately both were parasitized by small wasps.

Good luck Paul. Are you going to Moosonee?

No brevicauda, very frustrating. I went to 3 dunes, perfect habitat, abundant food plant, but no eggs, larvae, empty eggshells, or evidence of leaf damage from caterpillars. I am not bad at locating eggs/caterpillars. In fact, I think I am pretty good at this. However, I couldn’t find anything this ...

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?