Come on, I've dragged a Honda 350W generator around the world. Twice.

"Vacation with my wife" well presuming you've been married a while, she knows what to expect. We are most fortunate to have found wives that put up with our peculiar fascinations.

Eagerly awaiting LepiLED report....

It came up at Cornell that if a hoverfly / beefly is facing you, stick out your finger toward it (horizontal) and then make a circle, and the hoverfly will come to you. The entomologists there said it really does work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44785-3 Contrary to the expectation of attraction, insects do not steer directly toward the light. Instead, insects turn their dorsum toward the light, I cannot be alone in not having thought insects shot straight for the light. Anyone who collects at nigh...

I'll tell you what - I'm headed to Panama with a Lepi-LED next week. I got it for evening entertainment mostly (since all I really care about are Hesperiidae). I'll run it for sure, and let you know how it works. John YES! Can't wait for a real report. Are you also taking traditional UV or MV? Good...

Up north here the first "hard" frost we get pretty much knocks out 90%+ of adult butterflies. Frosts are worse than snow because the cold settles to the ground. Snow has an R value approximately equal to wood; 20cm of snow has the same R value as most homes built with 2x4s and stuffed wit...

After they "sprayed" for Gypsy Moths a few years ago the Saturnids have virtually disappeared. The same people demanding "spongy moth" sprayings (to boost property values) are those who scream bloody murder at the thought of collecting... :roll: I'd have to say you're correct. T...

-- oh' my are you lucky to see butterflies so early ! C. euytheme ... I wonder though - are these freshly emerged from pupae, in response to suddenly warmer conditions, or do some late-season adults just go into torpor when colder weather arrives, only flying on warm days during the winter, I can't...

very easily just utilize another drawer Do I look like Dr. Hyatt to you? Noooo, sir. I am out of space for drawers. My drawers are full. I have more drawers than I promised myself I'd have. I just counted, I'm 17 drawers past cabinet capacity. Thanks though! (if anyone suggests another cabinet, I'l...

Chuck, tell us more about the ones that are not MST, canadensis, or glaucus? Hybrids. But of what, and to what proportion, I don't know. That's why it's such a nightmare. Not anything exciting like a new taxon. On the latter topic though, both canadensis and glaucus trees each show two distinct cla...

I have one drawer that I absolutely hate to pull out. It's a mess- because for several reasons it's a taxonomic trainwreck. I really hate looking at it. It's labeled " canadensis " but most are not. I can live with the fact that it's a bit of a dumping ground including Pennsylvania MST (ri...

Mr. Stout said he was going to send ANOTHER free net bag, I said no need at all, but indeed he did.


I wonder how many nets I have to order to get a free Porsche.

I can see where this got sidetracked, and we've had this conversation before. I applaud Todd for his youth outreach, but face it, field collecting is headed downhill. That said, so long as there are nets and drawers available and not illegal, there will be some few who will continue to enjoy this ce...

https://store.raisingbutterflies.org/category-s/1853.htm - is a direct copy of the BioQuip net rim. I ordered two of the nets from the link above "Raising Butterflies.org" Took the risk despite never having heard of them. Very professional: online ordering worked, received a notice of ord...

Brent Karner, who used to run BioQuipBugs before Royce bought it, is a top tier guy. No kidding! He sure is. I went to that website when first posted, but I didn't recognize Brent...he got...older. Off topic, what happened with Jerry? I think he retired, but haven't heard boo from him in almost two...

Somewhere there is a discussion on plastazote and equivalent tight, closed cell foams for pinning. IIRC it has links to where I got mine in rolled sheets at a very much lower price than buying precut.

In our area south of @eurytides I really haven't bothered looking in decades...didn't need to, I'd just stumble on them. And if I wanted Promethea I'd step into the back yard and pull them off the trees. After they "sprayed" for Gypsy Moths a few years ago the Saturnids have virtually disa...

Sad to say, with "Java" and "2014" there's a pretty good chance it's extinct in 2024. I presume you've flown over Java and seen the destruction.

Impressive work Bob! Do you have a link to one of your more recent papers?

58chevy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:19 pm E marcellus is definitely attracted to white flowers

This had not dawned on me, but indeed every one I've caught has been on or near small white flowers, not far off the ground.

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