Giant Swallowtail Larva

[Wagner, David]

Sorry about that last post.  Didn't realize I was responding to a  CT-LEPS post.
 
Just back from SE Arizona. 285 caterpillr rearing lots....I soon will be buried in frass.  Moonsoons crazy. Snakes and toads good,  Flowers great.  Blacklighting in mountains so so to below average.  Lighting in desert otherworldly....5,000 bugs on sheet at one time.  At one point I practically had to disrobe to rid myself of moths and beetles in clothes.  A Mohave Rattlesnake and round-tailed honed lizard decided to visit one   evening. Of course the scenery, desert storms, stars, geology, indian culture, and birding were all good too.
 
Dave Wagner



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From: owner-ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu [owner-ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Wagner, David [david.wagner at uconn.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 11:48 PM
To: westonh11 at gmail.com; CTLEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: Giant Swallowtail Larva

I have a few eggs of Automeris cecrops pampina and some larvae of Eumorpha typhon for you.

There will be others from Ben.

Just back....buried.

d
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From: owner-ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu [owner-ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Weston Henry [westonh11 at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 11:31 AM
To: CTLEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Giant Swallowtail Larva

This last Saturday (8/14/10) I took a trip to Robbins Swamp WMA in Canaan, mostly looking for Sphinx canadensis and the Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes.  In the middle of the forested swamp, I came across a 3rd or 4th instar Giant Swallowtail caterpillar - about 3 ft. off the ground on Northern Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). This is the same swamp in which Peter DeGenarro spotted a giant swallowtail adult on 7/18/10, so there may be a breeding population.

Weston Henry
Mansfield