We have discovered Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) eggs on Italian parsley for the first time.

- Alan, Brian

Rearing Notes July 2013:

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Rearing Notes 7/20/13-7/27/13:

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​Rearing notes for our Mexican Bush Katydids (Scuderria mexicana) that we found as nymphs of various instars in our front and backyards during the spring and summer of 2013. They were reared to adults in a glass fish aquarium with a homemade screen lid. Soil and live bean plants (Phaseolus) were added as the primarily food source but picked flowers were often put in to supplement their diet. All were eventually released back into the wild.

Rearing Notes July 2013:

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Rearing Notes 7/20/13:

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Rearing Notes 7/13/13-7/19/13:

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During our three days stay at Russian Gulch state Park, we encountered a multitude of interesting insects. Due to the extreme abundance of stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) along the trails we frequently saw the two local nymphalids that utilize it: the Satyr comma (Polygonia satyrus) and the Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). We also frequently heard loud Orthopteran chirping sounds so we went searching through the fields and found a green and brown katydid that we could not identify, though it looks like a type of shieldback katydid, possibly Neduba carinata.

- Alan, Brian

Rearing Notes 7/8/13-7/12/13:

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Rearing notes for our first instar Luna caterpillars (Actias luna). These were originally obtained as eggs from an Alabama source and reared indoors on American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) cuttings.

Rearing Notes 7/3/13-7/7/13:

- Alan, Brian