steve
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Post by steve on Dec 30, 2011 12:56:39 GMT -8
What food do you use in the trap to attract the butterflies?
That looks amazing....
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Post by leptraps on Dec 30, 2011 17:27:46 GMT -8
Below is a link to Leptraps website which has a tutorial on "Effective Baiting". www.leptraps.com/baittrapping.htmI use fermenting fruit based baits. When the weather is hot and dry, bait traps are extremely effective. Bait Traps are very effective for Catocala (Underwings) moths. There a dozen or more in the photograph. Attachments:
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Post by papilio28570 on Jan 16, 2012 19:50:11 GMT -8
I used to use bait traps but grew weary of the A1 butterflies becoming A2 from beating inside the trap and against the other insects therein.
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 17, 2012 5:40:53 GMT -8
I heard that adding rhum to the bait make them drunk and they remain calm in the trap...
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Post by irisscientist on Jan 20, 2012 4:01:45 GMT -8
Rutowski conducted a lot of detailed work on Asterocampa and he recorded his collection/study sites in all of his publications. If you combine all of the comments, the details of the sites are noted as follows: In the upper Sonoran Desert of Arizona, known as Blue Point and Round Valley (2000). Round Valley: (111.5°N, 33.8°W), East of State Route 87 (Beeline Highway) where the highway crosses Sycamore Creek, South of Sunflower. Arizona. Blue Point (  ): (33°48’N, 111°29’W), In a flood plain of the Salt River in Sycamore Creek, North of the Bush Highway and Northeast of Mesa, Arizona. Austin’s (1977): early behavioral studies of Asterocampa (on which Rutowski subsequently based some of his later work), noted his study area as being on the “Western slope of the Santa Rita Mountains, CA. 10Km SE of Sahuarita, at an elevation of 1150M”. Langlois (1964), who although reported quite a comprehensive early ‘life-history’ of Asterocampa, simply noted his study area as being conducted (not very accurately) "midway between Minnesota and Virginia"! For those of you who are interested, most of Rutowski’s publications can be downloaded directly from his publication list, which can be found at the following URL: rutowski.lab.asu.edu/Publications.htmlAustin’s paper is located at the following URL: peabody.research.yale.edu//jls/pdfs/1970s/1977/1977-31(2)111-Austin.pdfLanglois’ paper is located at the following URL: kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/4971/V64N01_001.pdf?sequence=1I hope some of this is of use? Mark |
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): (33°48’N, 111°29’W), In a flood plain of the Salt River in Sycamore Creek, North of the Bush Highway and Northeast of Mesa, Arizona.