Arizona mothing

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Sun Aug 15 16:17:45 EDT 1999


Sphinx action in August can sometimes be interesting so we headed for Sycamore
Canyon in the Atiscosa Mountains to see what we could see.  We keep records of
what we see by the hour and how many.  We set a personal best with 12 different
sphinx in the 8-9 hour.  We ended up with 15 for the night which is slightly
above.  Silk moths were way down as expected with a total of 3 different
species.  All in all, a great year for us.  We managed 16 Rothchildia cinctas
this year and im told we got real lucky.  We also took 7 Automeris
panagoniensis in one night, so it looks like weve got some magic working for us
this year.  Anyway, listed below is our count for the night.  Pardon the
spelling as Im winging this without references.  Take care all.                
                              lineata
quinquemaculata
sexta
rustica
muscosa
florestan
occidentalis
myops
achemon
soliceti
dolii
typhon
second hour through the rest of the night
ello
sonorensis
smithi (new species)
Silkies
Antherea occulea
Sphingicampa hubbardi
Citheronea oslari
And thousand of unidentified "Ids"
Thats all folks.


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