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Post by colin12303 on Feb 27, 2022 12:23:58 GMT -8
 Some swallowtails from the US the 3 on the left i caught when i was on holiday in Florida |
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 27, 2022 14:32:09 GMT -8
Nice drawer.
I see you managed capturing a nice large (female/light phase) of ssp. maynardi
That indeed had to be a thrill for you whilst on holiday !
There is a thread about maynardi which I did last year.
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Post by colin12303 on Feb 28, 2022 7:15:09 GMT -8
Yes it was amazing to see i caught all three in the Disney resort at Orlando.
Times have probably changed but back then you could do what you liked with the blessing
of the numerous security guards.I caught the male while i was fishing in the river.
I did catch quite a few butterflies and moths while i was there and gave nearly all of them to
a friend who collected American insects and he needed them all.
He got quite excited by a small hawkmoth with grey wings i got in a bus shelter and said it
was only the second record for the USA can't remember now what it was called
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Post by vabrou on Feb 28, 2022 7:49:11 GMT -8
colin12303 That sphingid was most probably one of two possibilities Eupyrrhoglossum sagra or Perigonia lusca. Here is E. sagra. both tropical species rarely encountered in Florida.
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Post by colin12303 on Feb 28, 2022 10:01:16 GMT -8
I really don't know. I will have to contact my friend who now lives in France and ask him
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