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RJW1
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Jun-06-09, 07:30 PM (PST) |
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"Southern Utah Mountains"
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Just got back from a trip to the Dixie National Forest near St. George, Utah. It was really more of a diurnal insect trip in the end, as the nights were still in the high forties at 6800 ft.! Tried black lighting regardless, and some things did come: a Polyphemus Moth and another huge silk moth which came and went fast (but I don't collect moths...), lots of other moths (of course), but those shiny black and brown scarabs came, too -- still not sure of their identity yet. Ended up collecting grasshoppers, bees, a stonefly, etc. as seen in the rough field pinned specimens (a bit of a sign of slim beetle pickens), but in the daytime there were lots of Acmaeodera, a couple Rhagium and what was likely Chalcophora on the wing, but too fast for me to net (and they were only seen on the last day -- of course). Also found some blue-green cicendelids by a pond. Sure seemed like a lot of leps, between butterflies, moths and skippers (I saw an interesting skipper with blue markings). But I don't collect leps... SIGH Good trip overall, though. In a month, this location, with it's great diversity of tree species and so forth should be really nice for collecting. Robyn

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