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Post by leptraps on Dec 22, 2018 10:18:13 GMT -8
Aberrant Speyeria diana. Collected in Kingdome Come State Park, Harlan County, Kentucky 4 July 1984  Double click the image for a larger photograph. |
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Post by leptraps on Dec 22, 2018 10:21:55 GMT -8
Melanic Female: Speyeria diana; Collected in Proverty Hollow, Jefferson NF, Montgomery County, Virginia: 7 July 1977.  |
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Post by leptraps on Dec 22, 2018 10:23:32 GMT -8
An oddly marked Speyeria Cybele female:  |
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Post by leptraps on Dec 28, 2018 19:21:30 GMT -8
Having been ask how many Speyeria diana I have collected. Below is a my drawer of Speyeria diana. They are from Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia. I reared them several times while living in Virginia. The last time I collected a Speyeria diana was in 2016 in Wise County, Virginia.  Double Click the photograph to enlarge. |
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Post by leptraps on Dec 29, 2018 5:50:10 GMT -8
I basically have a drawer or two for each species of Speyeria. Most species I have multiple drawers due to subspecies. Have two drawers of cybele (Actually need one more). Atlantis I have four drawers. (mostly western). Aphrodite, three drawers, hesperis, two drawers (actually need another). Mormonia, two drawers, Idalia, one drawer, nokomis, 1 1\2 drawer, shares a drawer hydaspe which has two more drawers. Zerene, coronis, edwardsi, and carolae, one drawer each, and egleis, callippe and odds and ends, including UFO's two drawers each. When I complete my Speyeria mounting from South Dakota and northern Wyoming southern Montana, (2014 & 2016) will add several more drawers.
I am planning a trip west in 2020 to collect Speyeria in Washington, Oregon, northern California and northern Nevada.
Did I mention I like Speyeria?
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Post by leptraps on Dec 29, 2018 5:50:55 GMT -8
Would you like to see more of my Speyeria drawers?
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 29, 2018 6:17:10 GMT -8
Yes please! Last year I captured a female Diana with very little blue, much like the one you have pictured here, not quite as drastic though, but of all the Dianas (thousands over the years!), I have never seen one like the lightly marked male you have there, spectacular!. That female S. cybele is quite a prize as well, and I have only seen this once in the wild. I have one in a video I made, but did not collect it-(for some dumb unknown reason).
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 29, 2018 6:20:39 GMT -8
Would you like to see more of my Speyeria drawers? Lol. All mine fit in one drawer and are effectively by-catch. Not a big fan since there were none where I collected as a kid. Show us more Leroy! I like Nokomis. |
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 29, 2018 11:36:14 GMT -8
Here is an example of some specimens that approach the variations Leroy has pictured with the typical forms for comparison from my collection. The specimen of S. cybele in this photo is not nearly as dark as Leroy's, but is definitely much darker than usual, so I didn't hesitate to swing my net at this one, as I should have done with the one I encountered previously. Of the specimens posted above, I am most impressed with the dark S. cybele. What a gem!  |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:47:50 GMT -8
Hello Speyeria Fans, Following are some unusual Speyerias that I have come across over the yrs... they were all posted to Clark's old deleted forum yrs. ago... some newer members might find something of interest here:  John K. |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:49:03 GMT -8
& another:  |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:49:57 GMT -8
& another  |
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Post by mothman27 on Dec 29, 2018 12:50:50 GMT -8
Here is an example of some specimens that approach the variations Leroy has pictured with the typical forms for comparison from my collection. The specimen of S. cybele in this photo is not nearly as dark as Leroy's, but is definitely much darker than usual, so I didn't hesitate to swing my net at this one, as I should have done with the one I encountered previously. Of the specimens posted above, I am most impressed with the dark S. cybele. What a gem! Beautiful!! I love the species that are dimorphic. |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:51:17 GMT -8
& another  |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 29, 2018 12:52:53 GMT -8
& another  |
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