For those of you who are not on FB, I thought you might be interested in the account I wrote of the buck moths (Hemileuca maia), Bob Perkins and I found yesterday in Patrick Co., VA. "All I can say is what an incredible day it was--WOW!!! Bob Perkins and I were successful in our Buck Moth hunt today. We drove to Patrick County, Virginia where Bucks had been reported in previous years and at 12:25 pm saw our first buck while driving slowly down a wooded lane. Shouts and high fives ensued. What an incredibly beautiful moth!!! We parked and within minutes I had captured one in my butterfly net. I'm really glad I brought the net because otherwise all of our views would have been brief and distant. These moths were on the move! We saw a total of 21 at our first stop and never saw one land or even slow down. Fortunately, they were all flying fairly low, 5-15 feet off the ground. At a second stop a mile or so down the road we saw another 10 in just 15 minutes. All were freshly emerged males. I ended up catching 4 which we chilled down in the cooler for the photo shoot. An absolutely beautiful fall day which neither of us will ever forget! 25 October 2012 near Woolwine, Patrick County, VA." Merrill Lynch Watauga Co., NC You have been sent 2 pictures. P1150023.JPG P1150025.JPG These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/
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