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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 10:58:55 GMT -8
Ok, my springtime currently has snow on the ground, so the only thing I can do is enjoy and photograph the instars of this neat moth. This is the day they started hatching. . I'm starting them on a softer road ditch grass. Abt 3 or 4 mms long
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 15:09:25 GMT -8
Just for fun......another pic of early first instar........
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Post by oehlkew on Mar 15, 2017 20:03:22 GMT -8
Wishing you success, Bill. Happy munching to the caterpillars. Still much snow on the ground here. Bill Oehlke Nice pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 21:13:01 GMT -8
Bill,
We, too, have snow now on the ground which will be gone this weekend....I hope. So.....being the goon I am, I planted (a few days ago before the snows came) some of the grass in pots for a fresh supply in getting them started for this week in my reptile/insect-rearing room until the snow melts. Hope your winter ends soon.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 17:53:13 GMT -8
Early 2nd instar.......abt .6 to .8 cms long
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Post by oehlkew on Mar 24, 2017 4:51:35 GMT -8
Congratlutions, Bill, Hope you continue to have success. It is very nice to have all the instars depicted and I have made copies of these four images for inclusion on the Louisiana file. Glad you are able to get grass to feed them. That must be quite a chore in itself. We had another blizzard here night before last and there is still much snow on the ground. Always nice, this time of year, to see live moths or larvae from warmer parts of the world. Working on some Costa Rican Sphingidae right now. Bill Oehlke
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 6:14:41 GMT -8
Pic w third instar in foreground w late second instar larvae in background Pic w several newly moulted third instar larvae...abt 1.0 to 1.2 cms long All feeding nicely on roadside soft ditch grass......
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Post by oehlkew on Mar 30, 2017 6:32:35 GMT -8
Thanks, Bill, I just happened to be working on the A. louisiana file while you posted these. I will add them to the website very shortly. Great work. Bill Oehlke
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2017 16:06:33 GMT -8
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Post by vabrou on Apr 2, 2017 13:46:25 GMT -8
All of mine are doing well on prunus serotina Attachments:
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Post by oehlkew on Apr 4, 2017 18:27:16 GMT -8
Best of luck to Bill G. and Vernon B. with the louisiana larvae. Bill G. I would love to post a detailed article of your rearing techniques of louisiana on WLSS. Many people in the more northerly states would probably like to try this species before leaf out, so using grass as a host would be a great thing for them to try. Bill O. PS. Thanks for sharing images.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2017 6:03:34 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 9:02:15 GMT -8
A lot bigger. Honestly, this 44mm larva may have moulted. They are all in different stages among the giant clump of grass in each cage. Most are between 36 and 44mm.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 9:28:49 GMT -8
Still trying to ID this grsss.......
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Post by bugboys3 on Apr 21, 2017 9:57:57 GMT -8
Hey Bill,
The closest I can come to identifying your grass is one of 2. Either Johnson Grass (Sorghum helepens) or Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea). I am assuming it is a perennial grass. Look those 2 up and see if either matches.
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