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- Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:41 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: always learning- ova hatch times
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1569
always learning- ova hatch times
Recently I learned something new, I had a pair of Citheronia slpendens copulate and the female laid eggs. I kept some, and sold the rest, what was a surprise is the short amount of time it took the ova to hatch, even being kept at my room temperature of around 72- 76 f. Nine days. Perhaps that is ty...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: New Colias
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2523
Re: New Colias
I've got a few Colias, I have found that they're locally common at times. Last season we spent a few hours near Detroit Lake in OR and one or two would fly by at a time, seems like there was always one flittering about. Just like real estate, location and timing. That being said- finding that spot t...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: faded female Papilio
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1735
Re: faded female Papilio
Once I put her on the spreading board, she showed more yellow. Probably just a worn female rutulus, I did sleeve one of her ova, all I could find... and reach. Watching them deposit eggs is a pleasure. I don't think she laid any eggs once I brought her indoors, I have to check the flight cage and th...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:27 am
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: faded female Papilio
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1735
faded female Papilio
My latest capture, in the yard here at home, I netted her after she deposited ova on the weeping willow. No need to go into the field. DSCN2118.JPG Papilio rutulus I assume, although I don't think I've seen one this pale. It took some looking, but today I found one of her ova, would've been easier y...
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Gynandromorphs! Lucky find of Speyeria cybele
- Replies: 7
- Views: 958
Re: Gynandromorphs! Lucky find of Speyeria cybele
I'm confused. About this thread. Speyeria cybele in the Pacific Northwest, the males and females are sexually dimorphic in a dramatic manner. Is that simply the "leto" subspecies? Even Robert Pyle's Butterflies of Cascadia book leaves me in over my head apparently. I would have never consi...
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 3:28 am
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Found in UK kitchen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 457
Re: Found in UK kitchen
doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. There's no such thing as 1 roach, ant, spider or other random critter.
I'd try the bait, I have ants and that's the only thing to do, and I mix up the brands instead of just using 1
product. It's a bug world and we're in the way.
I'd try the bait, I have ants and that's the only thing to do, and I mix up the brands instead of just using 1
product. It's a bug world and we're in the way.
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:12 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Shipping silkmoth cocoons
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1073
Re: Shipping silkmoth cocoons
you should be able to tell if the larva has formed a pupa by shining a strong light through the cocoon. if you can't see it for sure, simple clock watching will work also. My experience is that it takes about 10 days for a larva, of most Saturniidae to form a pupa after beginning it's cocoon. If I w...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: Insect Art
- Topic: Caterpillar Chronicles: Unveiling the Art of Preserving Lepidopteran Larvae
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2141
Re: Caterpillar Chronicles: Unveiling the Art of Preserving Lepidopteran Larvae
It must still be early- I almost typed in "caterpillar" for my password. In any event, I have noticed caterpillars are very colorful and interesting. Sorry though, I have no interest in preserving them. Too much work and space required. Years ago I read instructions for inflating larva, I'...
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:41 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: N. American fireflies threatened
- Replies: 4
- Views: 472
Re: N. American fireflies threatened
I remember seeing my first firefly. One could assume that all the issues concerning fireflies are a problem for a number of animals. Light pollution isn't something most people think about, the subdivision near me is lit up like an airport, and it's all empty vacation rentals, lets all go buy some m...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Polyamorous Polyphemus?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1237
Re: Polyamorous Polyphemus?
Besides being interesting the different species attracting the other, the times you quote for flight are completely different than what I have experienced here in Oregon, polyphemus flies early, maybe before midnight, and the euryalus always show up at 2 different times- the fertilized females fly e...
- Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Rothschildia arethusa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 372
Re: Rothschildia arethusa
I have to confess to buying these as cocoons. I do like the Rothschildia genus, very nice moths, and the larvas are varied in appearance.
Hopefully I'll be able to breed these.
Hopefully I'll be able to breed these.
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:51 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Rothschildia arethusa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 372
Rothschildia arethusa
Todays offering, a newly hatched female Rothschildia arethusa, resting on the Newton's cradle of cocoons
[a- Wed May 31, 2023 2:43 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: The Great Entomological Conundrum: Unit Trays vs. Space Optimization
- Replies: 14
- Views: 946
Re: The Great Entomological Conundrum: Unit Trays vs. Space Optimization
this subject has come up before in some form, I'd never seen or heard of unit trays until it came up in a thread here. I think you don't find out what system is going to work best until it's a pain in the back to change it. I see the differences, and while I'll never need to worry about it, I like c...
- Fri May 26, 2023 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Porch Light
- Topic: well lit
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1773
well lit
I still need to get out with my uv light. Has anyone else noticed the amount of livestock posts? I think perhaps this season I've seen more posts than usual. Do we have more members or is it something else? I normally get out right after Memorial day, besides the people, our weather seems to start c...
- Thu May 18, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: volunteer Papilio
- Replies: 4
- Views: 489
Re: volunteer Papilio
Well, it's on a spreading board now. Actually kind of a special specimen for me, the larva was on the Salix babylonica right outside my door,
"catch" hardly does the animal justice.
"catch" hardly does the animal justice.
- Thu May 18, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Why is collectors secret not used much anymore?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 705
Re: Why is collectors secret not used much anymore?
I like the Insectnet forum, I have no idea what the other forum is for. There is a variety of skill and interest levels among members. I am not a scientist, my interests are fun bugs and that's it, I keep the ones I like and they go into cases. That doesn't mean more specific threads and topics aren...
- Wed May 17, 2023 2:26 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Cabbage Butterfly: simple beauty, resilient, & adaptive.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 583
Re: Cabbage Butterfly: simple beauty, resilient, & adaptive.
Cabbage whites are the sign of warm weather and always the first butterfly I see in the spring, and the last in the fall. They do like nasturtiums, just a couple years ago, I found my first rapae larva on the nasturtiums. It wasn't too long ago I saw the first one flying around here, maybe a few wee...
- Tue May 16, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: volunteer Papilio
- Replies: 4
- Views: 489
volunteer Papilio
Hatched this morning, a P. rutulus adult from a larva I found here at home last season on the weeping willow. We don't get a lot of
Papilios right here next to the ocean, zelicaon is another we see now and then. Right now it's just cabbage whites flying outside.
Papilios right here next to the ocean, zelicaon is another we see now and then. Right now it's just cabbage whites flying outside.
- Tue May 16, 2023 1:23 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Monarch collapse: junk science or sloppy journalism?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 545
Re: Monarch collapse: junk science or sloppy journalism?
People notice butterflies. You can also use animal populations to support your agenda. I think 400 years ago, a lot of the area east of the rockies was probably covered in different vegetation, as easily as I'd assume milkweed can colonize an area, the butterflies would follow. I haven't seen a mona...
- Tue May 09, 2023 3:09 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Beetle elytra
- Replies: 9
- Views: 834
Re: Beetle elytra
I have a small bottle of Barber's fluid- I think you'll need some luck to find it now, since it came from Biouip.
Well, you can learn something nearly everyday- there is a recipe online for the fluid, apparently developed in 1934.
Well, you can learn something nearly everyday- there is a recipe online for the fluid, apparently developed in 1934.