'Cisco: be sure to get info on what it takes to become a licensed importer! :-) _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
the plan as of now is were going to leave Wed night around 8ish and head south, then were going to head someplace to look for some beatles (Frisco knows where) then after that pitch a tent somewhere under the stars till moring and then head to the Hotel, I dont know what time check in is but im sure if we get there early we can hit up the pool. _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Kyle,
the plan is to leave wed around 8 pm, we will hav e to drive to Rio rico first since we will be getting to PAyson at around 3 am that will be kind of late to look for D granti.
Check in is Thursday 3 pm and check out is Sunday 12 pm
I would love some beetles if anyone finds any extras!!! _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
I would *love* a pair of Phanaeus either dead or alive... And/or a male of this(was found in southern AZ). _________________ - Kevin aka What
Oderint dum metuant My photos
Weve arrived drove all night but it was worth it, we beat the major heat and the hotel let us check in already. _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
Did anyone find any bugs for those of us who couldn't go? (Just wondering). _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
HEllo All,
OK here are some pics of bugs and arachnids we found in AZ
Ortophorus sp Found 2. One large and a smaller one (the hole next to the milli was made bty the smaller one)
Long Horn Beetle
Diving Beetle (This one came to the light while hunting for scorpions with the ATS group)
Toe bitter or Water Bug (This one came to the light at Pena Blanca, 2 were collected)
Small Wolf collected along the FWY on our way back while looking for Ts
Small Solifugid found in Pena Blanca feeding on the moths that came to the light.
Dung Beetles These guys also came to the light in Pena Blanca
Another Toe bitter or Water Bug that came to the light in Pena Blanca
We also found several Ts (Did not keep any), lots of Strategus aloeus,Pseudolucanus mazama,Plusiotis or Chrysina gloriosa,large Long horn beetles,one large click beetle,tiger beetles, tons of moths.
Unfortunately these bugs did not make it or have already die.
Will post pics once I pin them.
regards
francisco _________________
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Night Collecting At Pena Blanca Friday Night
My set up
Nice Moths
Nice Beetles
My friend Bob Duff's and his Canadian friend real professiaonal set up.
Mercury Vapor lights run by small generators.
Notice the amount of stuff these sheets and lights attract.
Johnny was walking away from Warren, I think Warren told him that he looked like a walking condom.
Johnny was wearing the poncho to protect himself from all the moths, small,large and Huge that were crashing at us on their way to the sheets.
Noticed the two lights one is a black light and the other one is Mercury vapor light, these two produce two different light sprectums, not all the bugs are attracted to the Mercury light and vise versa.
Some Bugs just fly to the edge of the light, and not to the sheets so we were regularly walking around the camp to collect some cool stuff.
Most of my Dungs,Water bugs and Strategus were collected at the edge, not at the sheet.
Warren being very selective, he almost look like a pro.
Nice Tiger Beetle
Me next to the sheet,
Saturday Night
Collecting at Pena Blanca
Kyle and Scott looking at moths on the sheet.
Pure Darkness, wait I hear a noise perhaps a Bear??? or a Chupacabras???
Oh no it was only Warren,Anette and Dawn (dawnsfall on ATS) coming back from collecting scorpions down the road.
Warren acting like a chupa cabras!!!!!!
I did not want to tell him, he had a huge spider going up his shirt.
Moths started to come and just land around us, lots of nice ones.
_________________
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I will recomend all to plan on attending next years ATS conference, it is a great experience, not only the Conference, the bugs and animals but the great company of friends.
These memories will definately stay with me for ever.
Looking forward to next years and hopefully next year we do find some D granti, that by the way I heard that they came out late this year.
Oscar, I am still trying to figure out how to download the videos so I can post them here.
Dr Wehling and Brent'ss presentations were the best ones
francisco _________________
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I can't look at your pictures of the light traps Fransisco. Just pure torture to look at all those bugs. Been a very quiet summer for the lights in my yard. I didn't get much compared to last year.
Fransisco, if you are going to the Lorquin Show & Tell bring some of those bugs dead or alive. I will trade you some Gemmatus nymphs for whatever you have.
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