[NatureNS] Moths on the wing

Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:59:43 -0300
From: "Stephen R. Shaw" <srshaw@Dal.Ca>
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Hi Derek,
Out of curiosity, how do you collect this info?  I don't suppose you  
do it by 'sugaring', so do you run a mercury vapour lamp light trap?
Steve (Halifax)
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Quoting D W Bridgehouse <d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca>:
> Here is a list of moths encountered last night on the wing in NS for June
> 8th

> Sphinx -
>
> Smerinthus cerisyi(1) May 29-July 29
> Lapara bombycoides(2) June 8- July 30
> Sphinx poecila(5)May 24-July29
> Sphinx kalmiae(1)June 16-Aug 5
>
> Saturniids
>
> A.polyphemus (2)June 7- Aug 4
> H. cecropia(1) June 4-July 11
> H.columbia(1)June 16- July 4 ( this is a early record for H.c.columbia -
> only other early record was June 3 1998 for PEI ) * we had a early spring
> that year too *
> A.luna(1)May 31-July 24
> D.rubicunda(10+)May 28- Aug 16
>
> Also included are known flight time ranges for each species in NS from The
> Lepidoptera of NS - Ferguson ,1955
>
> *Just of note don't forget that July 23-29 2012 is National Moth Week ! !

> ******************
>
> Derek W. Bridgehouse

> "Night hath a thousand eyes." - Lyly, c.1589






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