I have had great luck with Vanessa Atalanta as well, they seemed to actually multiply. I would go and get more nettle and a couple of days later there were more larvae, guess there must have been ova on the nettle I harvested. Got 100% success with these. But on the milberti, all I can think of is I...

Back in the 1980's, trading specimens as well as ova and pupae was easy. I made many contacts, mostly in the USA through Lep News, sent and received all sorts of interesting things. No problem with the Canada/USA border in those days. Made contacts for collecting trips for beauties such as Speyeria ...

In years past I used to occasionally see milberti, but have not seen one in my travels around Southern and Central Ontario for years. But in July of 2019 while visiting a friend, we were walking his property just west of Guelph when we found a mass of tiny larvae on a stinging nettle. Had to be eith...

I get the fall form on my catocala bait along with comma and Comptons./Users/haldonly/Desktop/PXL_20221118_193829583.MP.jpg

I was wondering if you carefully cut the top of those eggs attached to your larvae, if it might save the soon to be pupae from the parasite? I doubt the parasite eggs could be fully removed without killing the larvae. Its worth trying something as the parasite will surely kill the pupae.

Takes a lot of courage to make a trip like that, good on you. Memories for a lifetime.

We don't see a lot of buckeye's here in Ontario, but as Trehopr1 pointed out, hit it just right and you can have quite the bonanza. I made a 3 hour drive last week to Port Burwell, Ontario as the buckeyes seem to be on the waterfronts here in Ontario. A friend had been to a spot a few days prior and...

Like the others, I also did a lot of collecting from lights at stores, schools, maintenance garages, basically any building in a remote area that was lit up. Any time I needed hyalophora columbia, I would drive to Perry Sound, Ontario and drive the back roads, stopping at any bright light. Always ha...

I am also surprised that the female would lay in a paper bag. That is the common method for moths, especially silk moths, just put the female in a bag and you will have ova in a day or two. But butterflies, I have always put the female on its food plant and covered with netting, ensuring the plant w...

I don't visit marketplace either.

Panacanthus, love the arrangement, makes me want to go back and make a few changes in my birding drawers. And I have lots of ornithoptera females in paper that could be utilized in just such an arrangement. Thanks for posting.

A few more aesacus, also one of my favourites.

Excellent report, and great detail for the sphinx and saturniids.

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Have had mice, flying squirrels, tree frogs, but this is my first possum on my catocala bait.

Absolutely beautiful!!!

This is one species I have been hoping to find for the past 2 years. They are seen rarely in Central Ontario, a couple of known areas where there are a number of beech trees (larvae food plant). I have gone looking a couple of times each of the past 2 years in mid to late May, thus far no luck. But ...

Euphydryas phaeton from Markham, Ontario, Canada