Went out for a little jaunt this afternoon – swung the net a couple of times…   This was in the back area behind my mother-in-laws house outside of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.  See here for a map of the area where I was… List for this afternoon: 2 Glaucopsyche lydamus couperi (Silvery Blue) 1 Colias [...]

Fired up the genny tonight with my lights to see what might be flying…  This was at my mother-in-laws just outside of Smiths Falls, Ontario.  See this post for a map of where I was collecting.  Nice evening, good variety but not large numbers. List from tonight: 1 Laothoe juglandis (Walnut Sphinx) 1 Odontosia elegans [...]

Fired up the generator again tonight to see what might be flying about. Again, the weather was way cool for much to be flying. Picked up a couple of fresh moths though.  This again was at my mother-in-laws, just outside of Smiths Falls, Ontario.  See here for a map of where I was. List from [...]

Did some country driving today to try to see what was flying. The sun was shining but the air temp was still a bit on the cool side. Maybe somewhere in the 60′s F. There was also a bit of a wind blowing which may have kept things down as well. I stopped to collect [...]

Got to my mother-in-laws in Smith’s Falls, Ontario quite late tonight. After 11:00pm. Set up the lights quick, but did not hold out much hope as the temps were quite cool. Ended up pulling in a couple of moths in about the 45 mins I was out before heading to bed. See post 083107 Night [...]

Daytime collecting at the quarry north of Milton, Ontario. 43 33′ 1959 N  -79 58′ 3823 W 4 C. ladon – Norbert 1 N. antiopa – Norbert 2 Psychomorpha epimenis – went to Howard Grisham

Went collecting at my old favorite in the Milton area near the Dufferin Aggregates quarry. The one that is slowing wiping out my favorite collecting area. Not much flying today as it is still a bit cool and overcast.  See this post for a map of my collecting area.  The lat. and long. are N43.33.1959 [...]

Went out collecting after work today. First swings of the season! Drove up north of Brampton, Ontario into the area of Terra Cotta. Did not see much other than Morning Cloaks flying. I drove slowly and when I saw a cloak from the road, I stopped and watched it patrol for a couple of mins [...]

Did some lighting tonight to see what later season stuff might be flying. However, it was very cool this evening, so not much was flying. I set up sheets just beyond my mother-in-laws house. Click here to see in Google Earth. See 083107 for temperature details. List of stuff from tonight. 2 Large Tolype (Tolype [...]

After a long collecting layoff – I finally found some time to do a bit of collecting at my mother-in-laws again. I’ve been so busy this summer with other projects like buying a new boat/home. See weliveonaboat.com for more on that. Anyway – nice day here – warm but not hot. Full sun. I don’t [...]