Canaan Giants continue + Derby Sachem

[Grkovich, Alex]

Peter,

We were there yesterday also...Many Giants along Sand Road near the quarry and elsewhere...

Actually, best time to get good photos (or specimens if you use a net) is during the morning hours before the high sun and the high heat of the day when they are nectaring (or puddling) before the afternoon mating exercises...9:30AM until ~ 11:00 to 11:30AM...This is actually true for ALL of the Heraclides Swallowtails (i.e. the Giant group)...

Alex
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Subject: Canaan Giants continue + Derby Sachem

8/6/11 - My father (Paul DeGennaro) and I went up to Canaan today for the Giant Swallowtails. We met Andy Brand and had the following totals:

Hollenbeck Preserve: about 4 Giants, one was puddling on the ground but never totally stopped flying. Seems like the best chance for photos is to find one puddling after a rainstorm.
Robbins Swamp: easily a dozen Giants, especially when the sun came out. At one point, there were four in one binocular view.  Also, good numbers of Eastern Commas were present. Well worth the trip up there if anyone is contemplating to go.

Link to a short video showing a male trying to copulate with a female: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7gPh3v6rv0 He never was successful.

Also, I had my FOY Sachem for Connecticut on Buddleia in the butterfly garden in Osbornedale SP, Derby yesterday (8/5).

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck

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