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Post by tims on May 24, 2012 5:38:09 GMT -8
Took this picture this morning. Any questions? Attachments:
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Post by bigwhitmer on May 24, 2012 15:28:54 GMT -8
I usually find that one of the males is attached to something other than the female, like one of the bars.
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Post by admin on May 26, 2012 14:37:59 GMT -8
Took this picture this morning. Any questions? Here's my contribution. A hot threesome of Battus philenor. Attachments:
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Post by genzod on May 28, 2012 22:27:26 GMT -8
hey ,i found one of these the other night ,by the light at the garage , how rare was that ? i set up a light the next night and got nothing,but only had time to keep it up until 10:30 pm , is that too early still ? will they be around for long ?
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Post by tims on May 30, 2012 19:15:54 GMT -8
Clark, Thought it was interesting that your photo was of a diurnal lepidoptera and mine was nocturnal. As bigwhitmer suggested the odd man out in my trio was not clasping the female.
Genzod, Mated females will probably start flying after dusk looking for suitable host plants for their eggs. Females soliciting mates generally release phermones between 11:00-1:00 in the evening. Males may be seen flying in this time.
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Post by bluemoth on May 31, 2012 12:48:59 GMT -8
Hay Genzod just got first "Poly" of the year at my light the night be for last. It was a very fresh male with two tiny nicks in one wing. I am in central coastal CA. ----- Never seen a pairing of three leps. Never knew that could happen.
I expect some time In the next 7 days I should get at least one female "Poly" at my light - any one want eggs? PM me.
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Post by oehlkew on May 31, 2012 14:27:45 GMT -8
Sometimes in peak season on a warm night I have seen as many four male polyphemus gathered around a single calling female. Only one of the males is paring with the females. The other males are usually affixed to the female's or each other's abdominal hairs.
This most often occurs when I have several females calling all at same time. I think the frenzied males will attemt to pair with just about the first furry thing they encounter.
It is not a good idea to have a calling luna close to a calling polyphemus, because you may find a male polyphemus coupled with the luna. Such eggs are not fertile, and I think the female luna's egg sack may be ruptured during such copulation, making it difficult for her to expel the infertile eggs.
Bill Oehlke
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Post by creobroter on Jun 1, 2012 13:46:22 GMT -8
bill, goin along with wat u said
NEVER EVER EVER have any furry thing in the cage OTHER THAN THE FEMALE!
i learned this the hard way when a male luna mated with a piece of towel in my calling cage instead of the female
they both ended up as mantis food for 2 different reasons
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Post by admin on Jun 2, 2012 16:34:36 GMT -8
bill, goin along with wat u said NEVER EVER EVER have any furry thing in the cage OTHER THAN THE FEMALE! i learned this the hard way when a male luna mated with a piece of towel in my calling cage instead of the female they both ended up as mantis food for 2 different reasons  |
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Post by creobroter on Jun 7, 2012 13:57:30 GMT -8
oh dont gimme that  the back of the cage wuz made of an old towel and that was the first time i had that problem the female then stopped calling and didnt mate so i fed her to a mantis the male was food because he was such an idiot |
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