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occasions in an artificial bog and rock garden of exotic plants that were not purchased, but personally imported by my wife and me with full measure of TLC (tender, loving care) and at extreme inconvenience. They don't bother commercial items, it seems. On second thought it would be stamps. Yes, it would be stamps — no comparable harassments there! June 13, 1962 would mark an abrupt change in my life.
The next move was to dismantle the moth trap. From force of habit (I still was in a daze), I picked up each egg carton in it individually (used to afford refuges for the moths) and turned it over for examination. If I had had my wits about me I would just have dumped the whole thing in the brook. When I got down to the very bottom, which practically never produces anything anyhow, I just caught myself in time from slapping the last carton automatically (my customary procedure to knock off the "bugs" and worthless Leps. before reassembling the trap).
It took a double-take and another pinch to realize that it was real — a spectacular bilateral gynandromorph Automeris io! Besides Iseta, this had been one of my dreams over the years. So, — a second monumental decision, this, too, spontaneous, final and irrevocable! I continue to collect Leps. After all, 1963 is another year to plan for Erora Iseta, but what year can one make plans to capture a gynandromorph A. io????
Since I do not expect to take another gynandrous io (soon), a description and photo and discussion of this one are now being prepared for publication. Any papers on Iseta can wait for next year's findings.
Nettleton Hollow, Washington, Conn., U. S. A.
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RECORD CHARTS FOR THE COLLECTOR OF LEPIDOPTERA by Richard Heitzman
For the past six years I have been using a method of correlating my observations on the occurrence and habits of Lepidoptera found in this area. It has occurred to me that this method might be of interest to other members of the Society. So with this thought in mind I would like to present it at this time.
I keep a note book of all observations and captures and every month I transfer the data to two types of record charts. After a few years the flight period of different broods becomes quite clear for many of the species. Certain of the more difficult ones still remain rather vague but at least a little understanding is gained from the results. The most
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difficult species are those whose annual resurgence of numbers is due to more than one source. An example of such for this area would be Colias (Zerene) cesonia Stoll. Every year a few individuals hibernate in this region, the numbers depending on the severity of the winter. These specimens are of the fall form ("rosa") which occurs from late September until the end of the season. In early to mid-May a few brilliant fresh specimens appear that have survived the winter as pupae. Then in late May and on into June numbers of large, pale, usually worn migrating specimens arrive from more southern areas. These three different groups are easily separated themselves, but the offspring that they produce are next to impossible to separate. Most species, however, are far less complex, and a few years of observations in one general area give a very clear picture of flight periods and number of broods of most species.
I use the date chart like a calendar but run the dates up and down to give a clearer picture of flight periods. I use a different color for each brood or designation, such as blue for hibernators, red for the first brood, green for the second brood, and black for undetermined specimens. I also record the type of season, numbers-wise, that the species had; for example, "very numerous", "scarce', "unobserved", etc. Collectors who live in areas of very different climatic or elevation differences might find it preferable to keep different charts for each area.
The second chart that I use is for all the little things that one sees and usually forgets if not recorded. I only record information that pertains to the species as it occurs in my own area. Several observant
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g . ftelitaea ntjjcteLd , Doubieday.
Area Covered The, fadtenn. tkind of Kcuvxlj and the IfedteAn half, of ftL&dotvu. _________________between. jB and 4fl deoAee^ latitude.___________________________
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Habits______A wide Aonaina 4pejcjue*6 which, pnjzfeAA bnuthy, aiuetvi oa. atoIL cleaningA
------------------in. wooded aAea*. Often ob*>A.v*d Ae^tina along tixuitmpi in the woods and
along. cA£jeh oedd.
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Attractions Often, taken, at maiat places along. /wadMdjtt and cAjtek beds._________
________FloweAA visited — Zinnia, Buddleia, Apoajnum cajvwdbinjum*, A*clepinA tuheAo-da*,
___________________________AacJjtpisLd inxxiAnata, Piuchia campho/iata, VeAOnia,_____
fihud alabAa, fielilotud albas* Echinacea pallida^________
* pgjzfeAed_____________
Broods # / — noAmaUly late flay to the end of. June.____________________________
__________#2 — lata. %JLy to lateAugu^L_________________________________________
___________# ? — a ptedi male, collected in Mite. SeptembeA. AuaasAtA the possibility
of apoAtiai thJUtd b/wod
Ho3t Plants_____Several ApejcieA of Aste/iA found in wooded onea*.
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Larvae________/Ag lwivae. quite black and Jpiny Assemble* that of fiklUaea ooAgone
______________cajilota. Jt feeds openly. 1st the, daytime, on the, top <sid& of the. leavtsk
______________Cfn&pLniouA at finAt the. JoAMie. yjoon dispense, oven. neighboAing, plantA,
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collectors over the country keeping such records could add a great amount of knowledge to our present understanding of the Lepidoptera. I would be interested in hearing from anyone interested in this subject. A sample of each data sheet accompanies this article.
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