Ultronia

Dale Roberts/Bill Yule droberts03 at SNET.Net
Sun Aug 18 15:12:06 EDT 2002


Hey lepsters,
     What a difference a few miles makes.  JH lives a scant 15 miles from me
and as I posted on Thursday the beautiful moth C. ultronia is the most
common large moth at my porch light... with an average of about three or
four a week since late June, though some nights two or three at once. Some
nights it's the only moth out there.
   Today at Osbondale state park-
Skippers-
Zabulon 6+, four fresh females
Pecks- numerous
Least- numerous
Tawny-edged-  one
Dun- one
E. Tiger Swallowtail- numerous
Spicebush Swallowtail- numerous
E. Tailed Blue
UID'ed Azure

                         Bill Yule----- Original Message -----
From: "jh" <jhimmel at mindspring.com>
To: "CT Leps-to-all" <ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 1:56 PM
Subject: Ultronia


> CTlepsters - I was out hiking in the woods with my daughter today when a
> good sized Underwing Moth (Catocala) flew across the trail.  It landed on
> the far side of a black oak about 15 feet off the ground.  It turned out
to
> be a nice fresh Ultronia - my favorite!  Coming across an Underwing like
> that is really a rare experience (for me, at least).  Really made my day.
> Wish I could'a gotten a picture - but there's one still in my head that
> can't be beat.
>
> There's a picture of one at Lynn Scott's site -
> http://www.hei.ca/dls/08857.html
>
> As far as the other leps go, 5 butterflies - one individual of each!
Black
> Swallowtail was one of them - which I haven't seen in a while.
>
> Stay cool -
>
> John
>
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> Killingworth, CT
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