The TILS team has been talking about making various changes on our web site and are slowly trying to fit these adjustments in. One adjustment is with our...
Hi Paul Opler and all, Last month I mentioned a Tiger-type swallowtail ovipositing on my domestic plum tree in Long Beach, CA and was wondering if it might be...
SEABA's field to trip to Garden Canyon on Ft. Huachcuca will take place on October 9. Wen will meet at 8:00AM at the Target Parking Lot in Sierra Vista. For...
Keep an eye out for ursus for me. ;) With emergence records up to October 3rd (today!), October 9 could be within the lifespan of a butterfly emerging now. If...
Andy and others, Thanks very much, Andy, for your thoughtful comments. Yes, Systasea out of range for either species should be collected and examined...
As if to say "we're here to stay" I caught this couple of cresphontes (see last pic in photos section, "Dave's World")having at it in Pasadena, Ca. this...
... Just goes to show that reason over force always triumphs. And who said Lepidoptera weren't intelligent and reasonable? Well, maybe Monarchs, from currently...
Stanley A. Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Oct 4, 2004 10:19 pm
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I believe the latest record I have for a wild cresphontes is Nov. 1 (a worn one). I have some later emergences of captive pupae. I also have noticed that giant...
CA folk - The latest date I have for a naturally occurring adult Papilio cresphontes in California is 10 December 1995, Hemet, Riverside County, John F. Emmel....
Greetings Lepers! Just had a record day for tagging at the Arboretum. SIx in one day, and even more amazing was that it was accomplished in 40 minutes! I...
Good to hear! What is the gilippus density like around here? I myself saw one definite female monarch and one possible male today away from milkweed; the male...
Enjoy http://sdbirds.basiclink.com/butterflies_of_san_diego_county(1).htm Douglas Aguillard San Diego, CA doug@... [Non-text portions of this message...
... From mid-Sept to late November adult migrant monarchs in reproductive diapause are arriving in the southern Calif. coastal areas. In early-mid Nov. peak...
All-- I finally tried Nick G's personal mounting technique today--of spreading a single very wide, wing-covering glassine strip over each half of the...
I just posted 3 habitat shots to the TILS-Yahoo site under Photos/Durden's Pix/AZ White Mts., to go along with the pictures posted in August. They show summit...
Date: 10/09/2004 Number of Species: 25 U = Uncommon, F = Fairly Common, C = Common, A = Abundant, S + Super Abundant Location: Garden Canyon AZ , USA 85613 ...
Four volumes on the biodiversity, taxonomy and biogeography of Mexican arthropods have been published since 1996. Three of these four volumes (I, II, and IV)...
Each of the following four books are still available for US $40.00 per volume. Send daytime phone number, shipping address, and check in US dollars to: Andrew ...
Hello all, Today I found time to compare your photos with my aberrant Vanessa from Limon, Colorado, and with Plate 42, Figure 8, of Comstock's book The ...
Dear all, I have spoken with appropriate USGS authorities and have come to the following position on the status of the butterfly and moth images, distribution...
paul opler
paulevi@...
Oct 13, 2004 8:30 pm
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Hello, The three *plexippus* 5th instar larvae I took in Rowland Heights, CA two weeks ago have all eclosed today (no *strigosus* adults or larvae seen at the...
I took a fresh Mestra on Sept 14th just east of Imuris, northern Sonora on Hwy 2 not too far from the Huachucas as the Sinaloa crow might fly one day. Paul...
paul opler
paulevi@...
Oct 15, 2004 3:41 am
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Greetings Lepsters (someone had a problem with being called lepers!!), Was walking along an Arboretum path yesterday, minding my own business, and a California...
I've been enjoying the fall flight of P. sennae down here in San Diego
county, but yesterday I was stunned when I saw a very deep orange Pheobis
flying at...