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Post by wolf on Sept 13, 2015 16:28:11 GMT
You know what, i actually wrote wrong when i said what i initially thought. I didn't think these were all satyrus, but all were P.faunus!!
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wolf
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Post by wolf on Sept 13, 2015 14:30:26 GMT
Well my conclusion was that they are all satyrus just with variable undersides, and the middle one possibly being a female. They were all caught on the same path along a river in Whistler. I dont think they look like P.progne, so not sure if i agree with that. But im by no means familiar with these species and where they may or may not occur in Canada As for the Plebejus i landed on idas also myself, but i was unsure of the subspecies, so thanks for that id
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wolf
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Post by wolf on Sept 13, 2015 12:38:06 GMT
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wolf
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Post by wolf on Sept 7, 2015 20:52:31 GMT
I was there in July, this specimen is from late July. i have one more specimen from Danang area in central Vietnam, which i caught mid July.
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wolf
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Post by wolf on Sept 7, 2015 13:31:52 GMT
Wolf, What is the data on the Graphium antiphates in the Vietnam frame? Adam. Its from Phan Thiet in Binh Thuan province, south in Vietnam. close to sea level. I can give you more specific details in pm if its of interest.
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Post by wolf on Sept 6, 2015 17:07:08 GMT
I keep most of my collection in cabinets, but i take out a few selected ones from each country i have been collecting and place them on the wall for showing .
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Post by wolf on Jul 23, 2015 10:05:32 GMT
I caught a female the 13th of june and decided to try to get eggs. Put her in a cup with the hostplant, Rumex acetosa, and she started laying eggs. The larva fed on R.acetosa and i also gave them R.longifolius. I ended up with something like 50 pupa, and they are hatching now. The whole lifecycle from the first egg hatched to first adult took 29 days! Newly hatched larva L2 L3 Fully grown larva Pupa Aquarium setup Newly hatched adult
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Post by wolf on Jul 18, 2015 15:43:54 GMT
This is definitely L.populi yes. As skandinavisk said, A.iris does not occur in Norway!
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Post by wolf on Jul 16, 2015 14:50:56 GMT
Just a short videoclip from todays trip. I use my bike to go back and fourth on this dirt road which is about 8km long. Today I saw 10-15 different male specimens. Males are much easier to catch as they come down to the road to suck minerals, I have yet to see a female!!
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Post by wolf on Jul 9, 2015 14:39:57 GMT
This is one species i've wanted to try since i found a population 4 years ago very close to my home. But since i've been studying abroad for the last 4 years and the schoolyear usually end in end of june i've always been too late(they fly in May, early June here). BUT, this year i ended in early june, and with a cold spring i managed to find a female. I also located another population this year some kilometers away from my home, which was fun. Anyway here's some pics! I found this couple and brought them home, as soon as the male let go the female started to lay eggs. This is the so called twin-cup setup, as taken from the raisingbutterflies.org website. I tested different plants on the larva and they fed on Lotus, Vicia and Lathyrus spp. I mostly used Lotus. The female laid many eggs but i didn't keep count because she put them together on very small closed flowerbuds, so it was hard to count them. But as an estimate i would say around 50 eggs was laid. Newly hatched larva L2 L3 L4/L5? I kind of lost track on how many stages they had Prepupa/pupa Pupa Pupa hibernates, so have to wait until next year for the adults. I ended up with 12 pupa in the end. In the beginning stages some larva died, and some just got lost. I think they are cannibalistic(allthough i did not observe this) and that's why some larva just dissapeared.
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Post by wolf on Jun 14, 2015 19:33:13 GMT
Thanks Bob. I did that with the first female i had, but as i wrote earlier she did not lay eggs for 3 days. i fed her 2 times daily, and there was alot of sunshine. I have reared som other lycaenidae and usually they started laying eggs the same day. I'll see how it goes. Maybe the first one had not mated yet? The new female was very fresh, so i hope that she has mated allready
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Post by wolf on Jun 14, 2015 13:00:03 GMT
These are from Norway! I've been looking for these 3 years straight now, and it seems third time is a lucky charm! Btw has someone here experience in breeding these? I collected a female but she did not lay eggs for 3 days, so i went to the spot again and released it and got a new one today. Any tips on how to get her to lay eggs? I put her in a small cup with Bistorta vivipara, which is the hostplant here. I'll see the upcoming days if she lays eggs or not!
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