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Post by jackblack on Dec 12, 2012 0:52:29 GMT -8
Its shaping up to be a great insect season here this year, this Python slithered under the roller door of my work shop the other night and we got a surprise when we started work the next morning , it has now been relocated into the forest. Attachments:
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Post by jackblack on Dec 12, 2012 1:05:55 GMT -8
Hi Adam, Each place is different , depends on where you are talking about. Iv`e heard numerous reports from people , oh only on dusk , or only in the early hours of the evening. Its not the case here in the rainforest where I live in Nth Qld. I run the light almost every night of the year , I turn it on just before dark and run it all night till daylight .Still encounter few of these moths and when I do they are battered to pieces .I live here 30 years now,because I run the light every night nearly I have uncovered many new species on my farm , many collectors in the past follow the beaten path and only come collecting in the insect season , its different for me , I live on site. I check the light many times during the night . Many species of insects are poorly or rarely attracted to light , hence why the rainbow stag beetle Phallacrognathus muelleri was considered extremely rare and in the early years commanded extremely high prices for a specimen. we wrote a paper about this species some years ago and after going into the forest and chopping logs found this species actually to be quite common , soon people started breeding them and now people breed them all around the world.Which is great for conservation of a species. So in which area`s are you referring to about the Hepilaids . Like I say everywhere is different each species is different.
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Post by jackblack on Dec 12, 2012 1:08:37 GMT -8
Adam , I meant to say , my Hepialids have been emerging between 5pm and 8.30pm , so not all fly before dark , although I imagine some do as one pupa I found last week merged from the log had flown off just before dark.
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Post by maruska on Dec 12, 2012 1:48:08 GMT -8
Hello Jackblack,
I am only curious if also some Buprestidae (Temognatha, Castiarina, Calodema) are already flying in your area.
regards, Dusan from Slovakia
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 12, 2012 8:14:29 GMT -8
Jack,
I am sure you are correct, and have no doubts about your local experience and valuable knowledge. I used to collect moths quite a lot with other people who came here for that purpose (private collectors and scientific researchers), and in all that time I only saw relatively few Hepialids come to light, and only ever just before dusk/dark, never during the night.
I agree it is quite possible that Hepialids behave differently in different places, but would also like to offer the possibility that actually Hepialids may fly at other times of night, but just aren't attracted to light, or if they are attracted during the night they actually sit so far from the light they are normally not seen. That would certainly explain why they reach the sheet at dusk, when relatively speaking the light is not as bright as it is in full darkness. This is just an idea, not based on fact.
Adam.
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Post by jackblack on Jan 1, 2013 3:53:14 GMT -8
Yes Adam there are a lot of factors to take into consideration. We will never know them all.Nature is so unpredictable.
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Post by jackblack on Jan 7, 2013 1:12:27 GMT -8
Hi Dusan, Not yet. Its been terribly dry for some time but Xmas day the rain started so hopefully some more beetles about soon Am dealing with a new computer at the moment so till I get it trained or it trains me minor delay in next pics .
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Post by coleoptra on Jan 17, 2013 3:56:16 GMT -8
Hi jack how long do the shiny anoplognathus live for? And what bait do you use for collecting cetoniidae in aus? Because the wine and beer dosent work in Australia?
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Post by jackblack on Feb 6, 2013 15:11:13 GMT -8
I don`t know how long the ruteline live , I never bothered to keep adults alive. Re bait , I use fruit such as Mango , Bnana , anything sweet and very ripe.
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