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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2012 11:02:44 GMT -8
Bill on the same theme I will be breeding inachis io this year in good numbers if you want some sending just send me your address in a private message and I Will send you some around September time
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2012 11:09:10 GMT -8
Wow, thanks guys....what a neat surprise to see both offers Dunc, thanks so much for the offer, but I have plenty of that gorgeous butterfly. Your kindness is indeed appreciated Saturniidave, Yes, I'd love a couple. Thanks for your kindness. I will send a PM later on today to you Now that is really cool------------------two fellow collectors who merely wanted to provide beauty to another w/o the hassles of $ and rarity being a factor. ;D Thanks again Dunc and Saturniidave
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2012 11:15:19 GMT -8
No worries bill if there is anything we get commonly over here that you want particularly let me know and I will see what I can do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2012 13:07:13 GMT -8
Duh------I forgot to say to both of you.....are there any ones from here in the eastern USA you would like? Do let me know.
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Post by saturniidave on Feb 9, 2012 18:04:37 GMT -8
Hey no problem Bill, they are on the wing in June so give me a wake-up call if you have not heard by then. Regarding Eastern US moths, I have a list of species I want but they are mainly Noctuidae etc. They are species that have been recorded here over the years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2012 19:22:12 GMT -8
Hey Dave,
Send me a PM list and I can see what I can do, or at least what to watch for this coming season.
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Post by saturniidave on Feb 10, 2012 9:08:28 GMT -8
Bill, I have the list as a word document, can you P.M. me your email address and I will send it to you. Many thanks for the offer.
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Post by papilio28570 on Feb 12, 2012 8:10:46 GMT -8
Each life form is a wonderment. My first butterfly, which also instilled in me the desire to collect 54 years ago, was the world's most common butterfly, Pieris rapae. I still think it is a beautiful species and several of my customers purchase this species and also Pieris brassica. These butterflies remind them of home or the lazy summer days of their youth when they would see these butterflies in their mother's flower garden or father's cabbage patch.
Other butterflies which people buy for the same reasons are Vanessa species, Anthocharis cardamines, Nymphalis antiopa, and Inachis io.
Oddly, the sulphur group (Colias) is never asked for, which probably makes this group the most under rated..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2012 15:16:10 GMT -8
since you have mentioned Pieris rapae, i don't seem to see them in abundance like i used to. do you? I know they are still a common species, but not in the numbers they used to be. I was only talking to my wife about this last summer just gone, or am i just not looking hard enough? cheers pete
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Post by saturniidave on Feb 15, 2012 15:52:50 GMT -8
Plenty here in Kent Pete, I see clouds of them over my allotment every year. There are at least three broods here now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2012 15:54:09 GMT -8
we used to have them everywhere up here in yorkshire, but i hardly ever see any..
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Post by saturniidave on Feb 15, 2012 16:01:30 GMT -8
Maybe you guys spray your cabbages more than we do! I would say it is probably the commonest butterfly all round here, even out on the Downs.
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Post by papilio28570 on Feb 15, 2012 22:14:29 GMT -8
I grow cabbage specifically to attract and keep this butterfly in my yard and garden. I love seeing them flit and dance all over my yard most of the warm season. The numbers fluctuate from year to year depending on the level of parasitism and predation. Scarcely saw any last season.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2012 1:57:23 GMT -8
"we used to have them everywhere up here in yorkshire, but i hardly ever see any"
Pete, I have not noticed any significant drop in numbers in rapae here in South Yorkshire, in fact the only species to become more scarce are the wall l megera which in my youth was the most common butterfly around Pontefract non existant now, large and small skippers o venata and t sylvestris and the small tortoishell a urticae which has had a difficult 5 years here, on the plus side the speckled wood and commas pp c album and p aegeria are everywhere and dingy skippers e tages are on the increase, fluctuations even of common species occur at any given time especially here in our concrete jungle.
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Post by bobw on Feb 16, 2012 3:51:04 GMT -8
There's no shortage of P. rapae here in Surrey either; it rivals Maniola jurtina for the title of commonest species. Many other species are way down in numbers though, the most obvious example being Aglais urticae; it was nearly as common as P. rapae when I was a kid, I've not seen one in this area for 15 years now!
Bob
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