Post by nomihoudai on Dec 7, 2013 2:37:34 GMT -8
Hello, I will once again be in the US for a business trip next February. I will have to go to San Francisco from the 15th to the 19th of February.
I would really like to see Philotes sonorensis on the wing and I wanted to ask the members of insectnet if they do fly already in the last week of February or not? I could do some collecting between the 20th and the 25th, is this way too early for them or not? I checked butterflies of America and the few specimen that they reported were unfortunately all from the first week of March. Supposed that they do fly, do you think that it will be possible to collect some of its hostplant and let the female lay eggs on it and bring them back to Europe? It would be really great to establish a breeding stock of this species over here.
Any help is appreciated and thank you for the information.
Regards Claude.
I would really like to see Philotes sonorensis on the wing and I wanted to ask the members of insectnet if they do fly already in the last week of February or not? I could do some collecting between the 20th and the 25th, is this way too early for them or not? I checked butterflies of America and the few specimen that they reported were unfortunately all from the first week of March. Supposed that they do fly, do you think that it will be possible to collect some of its hostplant and let the female lay eggs on it and bring them back to Europe? It would be really great to establish a breeding stock of this species over here.
Any help is appreciated and thank you for the information.
Regards Claude.
