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Post by timsbugs on Jan 2, 2012 20:22:34 GMT -8
I run 8 bait traps throughout the summer, I couldn't imagine being with out them! Peaches in a recipe seem to out preforme all others for me, except when I can gather local fruit. The next trap I build will be out of floral material. Last month at a market in Maui Hawaii the monarchs couldn’t stay away from the flowery dresses, then again who can? ;D Tim Attachments:
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Post by africaone on Jan 4, 2012 4:28:59 GMT -8
sape flow fermented from tree trunk attracting Charaxes females (3 guderiana and a bohemani) (and males : 2 guderiana and a saturnus) Attachments:
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 4, 2012 6:56:26 GMT -8
Very nice picture.
In Papua, Polyura jupiter is lured by human urine. (both males and females)
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Post by redpacu on Jan 4, 2012 8:12:58 GMT -8
Here's an excerpt from a 1970 Lepid. Soc. Journal article about use of traps in the Philippines.
"A most astounding result was noted when, for a joke, someone placed human feces
inside the trap. Since the initial result seemed to indicate that certain butterflies,
especially nymphalids, showed an unusual liking tor this bait, it was decided to try
alternating overripe fruits and human excreta, and then concentrate on the one that
proved more fruitful. In a short time, it was found that human feces placed early in
the trap would attract more visitors near noon on hot days than anything else."
That type of bait also works in the Neotropics, some collectors swear by Jaguar or other big cat dung.
Greg
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Post by africaone on Jan 4, 2012 8:52:26 GMT -8
greg this is a well known method for many years. LeMoult's hunters in Guynane used the technics at this time .... nearly all the African Charaxes (and many other genera) are caught on human or dogs feces (sometimes from wild animals) ;D following what you eaten before, this has not the same "attractivity" (fish and meat is the best ....  |
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