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by 58chevy
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Hemileuca sp. (Buck Moths)
Replies: 10
Views: 5238

Re: Hemileuca sp. (Buck Moths)

Nice drawer, Evra. Did you rear your specimens from eggs, larvae or pupae?
by 58chevy
Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:23 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Odds & Ends
Replies: 17
Views: 14077

Re: Odds & Ends

Excellent displays, Trehopr. I was hoping people would respond with drawers like that.
by 58chevy
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Odds & Ends
Replies: 17
Views: 14077

Odds & Ends

Sometimes drawers containing multiple families of insects rather than a single family or species can be interesting. Here are a few of mine. Let's see yours.
by 58chevy
Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Eumaeus godartii
Replies: 2
Views: 2722

Re: Eumaeus godartii

Very impressive, Dave!
Here's E. atala (male, upperside) for comparison:
by 58chevy
Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Smerinthus cerisyi variations
Replies: 10
Views: 3845

Re: Smerinthus cerisyi variations

Nice specimens, nice genus. Thanks for posting.
by 58chevy
Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:17 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Two Saturnia of eastern Europe
Replies: 5
Views: 2394

Re: Two Saturnia of eastern Europe

Very nice moths, Trehopr. I like the genus Saturnia also. Pictured below is Saturnia mendocino from California and a pair of Agapema homogena from Colorado, which look very similar to Saturnia species.
by 58chevy
Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Insect Photography & Video
Topic: Citheronia splendens
Replies: 9
Views: 3226

Re: Citheronia splendens

The moth sheet photo was taken July 18, 2000. I've been to SE AZ on 3 occasions (latest 2019) and my sheets typically looked like this. Timing is very important. Usually the best time is about 2 weeks after the monsoon rains begin in late July. Keep in touch with locals before you go.
by 58chevy
Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Insect Photography & Video
Topic: Citheronia splendens
Replies: 9
Views: 3226

Re: Citheronia splendens

If you look closely at this photo, taken at Pena Blanca in southeast Arizona, you can see numerous C. splendens (as well as E. oslari, the yellow moths).
by 58chevy
Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: SE Arizona
Replies: 1
Views: 1855

SE Arizona

I haven't noticed any reports from this year's monsoon season. Has anybody been out there? If so, how was the collecting?
by 58chevy
Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: Insect Photography & Video
Topic: Osmeteria of P. rumiko
Replies: 9
Views: 4217

Re: Osmeteria of P. rumiko

I also have a problem posting pictures in the correct order. I usually have to post them in reverse order (last one first) in order to make them appear in the correct order. Adam, how do you swap them around?
by 58chevy
Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:15 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Three favorite Eudocimas
Replies: 7
Views: 2707

Re: Three favorite Eudocimas

Vernon,
Charlie Swank, who sometimes visits this forum, caught this several years ago near Houston, TX USA. We think it's E. apta. Is that correct?
by 58chevy
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Papilio glaucus
Replies: 5
Views: 2562

Re: Papilio glaucus

I used a female P. glaucus maynardi specimen as a model for a painting I did (see Insect Art, "Butterflies & Bees" on this forum). The blue was just as extensive as on this photo. Not all females have this much blue, however.
by 58chevy
Thu Aug 10, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Strange burrows
Replies: 12
Views: 2169

Re: Strange burrows

Could be burrows of Sphecius grandis (western cicada killer)
by 58chevy
Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Hemileuca sp. (Buck Moths)
Replies: 10
Views: 5238

Re: Hemileuca sp. (Buck Moths)

More USA buck moth species, top photo:
H. electra mojavensis (top)
H. electra clio (lower two)

lower photo, top to bottom:
H. grotei (top)
H. electra electra
H. electra mojavensis
H. electra mojavensis
H. burnsi
by 58chevy
Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Ceanothus Silkmoth (Hyalophora euryalus)
Replies: 2
Views: 1694

Re: Ceanothus Silkmoth (Hyalophora euryalus)

Nike stole their logo from this moth.
by 58chevy
Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:21 am
Forum: Coleoptera
Topic: Fun with Strategus
Replies: 0
Views: 1823

Fun with Strategus

This is my bug-enthusiast grandson.
by 58chevy
Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Replies: 3
Views: 1682

Re: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2

Evra, where in AZ can you catch them all? I was unaware that Smerinthus had been revised. Now I have to figure out what I have and what I need to look for. Thanks for the info.
by 58chevy
Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:26 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Replies: 3
Views: 1682

Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2

Top to bottom:
Smerinthus saliceti
Smerinthus cerisyi
Paonias astylus
by 58chevy
Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:20 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Blinded Sphinxes. Part1
Replies: 0
Views: 1479

Blinded Sphinxes. Part1

There are several species of "blinded sphinx" in N. America.
Here are some I have collected, top to bottom:
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
by 58chevy
Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:25 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Heliconius doris
Replies: 8
Views: 2581

Re: Heliconius doris

I love heliconians, especially variable species like these.