EASTERN LONG ISLAND

[Michael Gochfeld]

Hugh,

Isn't eastern Long Island the most climatically mild part of the State,
and would that matter for Saturnids (which aren't at the northern limit
of their range).  What about light pollution.  I imagine it's pretty bad
on Shelter Island, maybe less so on parts of Montauk.  MIKE GOCHFELD

 

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From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
On Behalf Of Hugh McGuinness
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:54 PM
To: Leps List
Subject: Stop Please

 

I know Leps-list is supposed to mimic the wild west, but can we stop
this non-productive commentary about Monarch Watch and get back to the
biology of Leps? Here are some threads I'd personally love to see
discussed:

1. Anybody have some really exciting finds this past season?
2. Anybody noting any range expansions?
3. Anybody find any new exotic species this season?
4. Any undescribed species uncovered in your neck of the woods? 

I'll start:

In July I found Eacles imperialis at Montauk Long Island (NY) for only
the second time ever away from Shelter Island, where the species still
thrives. A little later in the month I also found 3 Citheronia regalis
at Montauk, the first time I have ever had multiple individuals on Long
Island. This species also only occurs on Shelter Island and at Montauk.
For both of these species, I believe that these populations are the only
ones that remain in the state, although Eacles may hang on in the
Adirondacks.

Here's my question. Shelter Island is an island and Montauk is
island-like being separated from the rest of Long Island by the open and
scrubby Napeague isthmus. All of the other Saturniidae are more abundant
in these two places than on the rest of LI. This has caused me to
speculate that perhaps Saturniids persist here because of freedom from
parasitoids, particularly from Compsilura. So my question is this: are
there other islands on which Saturniids show increased abundance? And,
is there any data about islands (or specific habitats) that offer relief
from parasitoid loads in Saturniids?

Hugh



On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman at hotmail.com>
wrote:


I don't know if Monarch Watch is an up and up conservation/environmental
organization or not but it is true that many so-called environmental
organizations are basically just liberal democratic party lobbying
groups with a top concern of providing good jobs for their staff. That
becomes pretty obvious when you look at the refusal of "environmental"
groups such as the Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, the National
Wildlife Federation, and the League of Conservation Voters to advocate
the control of human population growth in the United States. Liberal
Democratic Elites, their patrons, would not like then doing that.

Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan

> Subject: Re: [DPLEX-L:41884] MONARCH WATCH ANNOUNCES BRING BACK THE
> MONARCHS CAMPAIGN
>
> On 27/10/2010 20:11, Grkovich, Alex wrote:
> Send money, right?
>
> Not a chance...
>
> What is the matter Alex? Been sniffing the anaesthetic again? :-)
>
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Hugh McGuinness
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