oslari
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My profile is of the great Hemileuca electra clio. Teenage lepidoptera hobbyist.
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Country: USA
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Post by oslari on Aug 29, 2021 12:14:34 GMT -8
Greetings all, Does anyone have any information or recent (2015-2021) sightings of H. cecropia in Denver? Does anyone know what happened with those populations? Introduced or not? Thank you so much!
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mikeh
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Post by mikeh on Aug 29, 2021 18:35:20 GMT -8
My understanding is that the population is native and the south platte river supports a thin band of habitat that extends from the east.
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oslari
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My profile is of the great Hemileuca electra clio. Teenage lepidoptera hobbyist.
Posts: 43
Country: USA
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Post by oslari on Aug 29, 2021 19:16:16 GMT -8
Would there be any way to find them now? Any tips?
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 30, 2021 7:10:38 GMT -8
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Post by 58chevy on Aug 30, 2021 9:49:32 GMT -8
Here's an abbreviated quote from "The Wild Silkmoths of N. America":
"Its western limits in the Great Plains are discontinuous; it is common in Nebraska and in the Denver, Colorado area, but not in the mountains to the west. It has been reported from S.Dakota, N.Dakota, Wyoming, & E. Montana. It is uncertain whether the Great Plains populations represent the natural range or are a recent invasion following the westward movement of agriculture across the plains. H. cecropia was not reported in these areas until it became a pest in the late 1920s. Maples, esp. box elder(Acer negunda) were heavily infested, and outbreaks occurred in cycles until the species began a general decline in the late 1940s. It is possible that the records from some areas (e.g., Denver) represent adults inadvertently brought in as cocoons on shrubs & trees shipped from regions where cecropia is native. It is also possible that the moth was always present in low numbers and was simply overlooked before systematic records were kept."
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mikeh
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Post by mikeh on Aug 30, 2021 10:09:47 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Aug 30, 2021 13:19:54 GMT -8
Would there be any way to find them now? Any tips? I highly doubt that you can find adults now. This species is univoltine and it flies in the spring. Possibly last instar larvae or cocoons.
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oslari
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My profile is of the great Hemileuca electra clio. Teenage lepidoptera hobbyist.
Posts: 43
Country: USA
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Post by oslari on Aug 30, 2021 17:10:10 GMT -8
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oslari
Junior Member
My profile is of the great Hemileuca electra clio. Teenage lepidoptera hobbyist.
Posts: 43
Country: USA
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Post by oslari on Aug 30, 2021 17:10:50 GMT -8
Would there be any way to find them now? Any tips? I highly doubt that you can find adults now. This species is univoltine and it flies in the spring. Possibly last instar larvae or cocoons. I should have specified whatever time you can find the adults, but thanks!
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Post by exoticimports on Aug 30, 2021 17:51:40 GMT -8
Cocoons are easier to find than adults. You have nine months. Get searching!
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Post by jellybean on Aug 30, 2021 19:04:17 GMT -8
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