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If you have additional information regarding flight times (listed below table) or additional species to add, please send email to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Agapema anona dyari: September-October
Agapema anona platensis: October
Agapema galbina: September-late october
Agapema homogena: May-July
Agapema solita: September-late October
Anisota oslari: July-August
Anisota senatoria: June-July; eastern Texas
Anisota stigma: June-July; September; probably two broods
Anisota virginiensis: June, September; at least two broods
Antheraea oculea: April; extreme western Texas (Mike Quinn); Can be fairly common in the Chisos, Davis, and Guadalupe Mts. (Brewster, Jeff Davis, and Culberson Co.'s respectively. We have specimens... Not just a pic of a FW.) At least Mar-Aug in TX. (Charles Bordelon)
Antheraea polyphemus: March-April; June; August-September;
November-December; at least a partial fourth brood
Information courtesy of Mike McCormick, Joe McKoy,
Jim Klinger; Ron Votaw reports a wild male, March 10, 2008 in Comal County.
Rick Illingworth reports pairing of caged female with wild male, Johnson County, August 14, 2008
Automeris zephyria: June
Automeris louisiana: June-September; probably broods continuously along east coast
Automeris io: February, probable subsequent broods up to and including October
Callosamia angulifera: May 8, 2004, Cass County
Information courtesy of Charles Bordelon, via reports from
by Hugo Kons and Bob Borth
Callosamia promethea: March-April, probable subsequent
brood(s)
Charles Bordelon writes, "Adults of 1st brood in southeastern Texas
begin flying in March. Uses sweetgum and persimmon down here.
Prefers sweetgum. There is another flight in August-September."
Citheronia regalis: September-October
Coloradia pandora davisi: August-September
Coloradia pandora pandora: August-September
Eupackardia calleta: March and October; two broods
Citheronia regalis: June
Dryocampa rubicunda: May-July; probable subsequent broods
Eacles imperialis: May and September
Eacles imperialis female, Austin, Travis County, Texas, September 1, 2008, Linda Edelstein.
Hemileuca grotei: November
Hemileuca hera: March; July-September
Hemileuca juno: October
Hemileuca maia: December
Hemileuca oliviae: September-December
Hemileuca peigleri: November-December
Hemileuca slosseri: November
Hemileuca maia: November; east
Hemileuca nevadensis: October; extreme west ?
Hyalophora cecropia: March, April, May; Ron Votaw encountered a wild female on March 10, 2008 in Comal County.
Mike van Buskirk writes, "I found several Hyalophora cecropia cocoons locally over the past winter in the Helotes area (Bexar County), and kept two, one which seemed to be a male, and a larger one I hoped might be a female.
"The male emerged on March 27th, but the other held over until Sunday April 13th. It was a female, and I put her out for a mate on the oak outside my front porch. No males from April 13-15th, and I was sure she would simply start laying infertile ova, but she continued to hold on to the oak trunk, so I left her alone.
"The nights on April 13-15 were cool-cold, clear, and with waxing moon--very few moths flying. Last evening April 16th was slightly warmer, overcast, and she had no mate when I left for work at 5:30am this morning (April 17th). However, when I returned from work at 5:30pm this afternoon, she indeed had a mate, a very fresh male! In my experience, the males fly to the females at the cusp of dawn, which would have been more towards 6:00am.
"The female has been sequestered for ova, and the male retained as a local voucher. It is the first H. cecropia I have seen in the vicinity of my home since moving to Grey Forest (near Helotes) in August 2005."
Hyalophora columbia gloveri: July
Rothschildia lebeau forbesis: late August-October
Sphingicampa albolineata: April-October; at least two-three broods; Brownsville
Sphingicampa bicolor: September-October
Sphingicampa bisecta: August
Sphingicampa blanchardi: April; September-early November
Sphingicampa heiligbrodti: March-April; September
Sphingicampa hubbardi: August-September
Charles Bordelon writes, "Don Bowman has reported both Citheronia phoronea and Copaxa manana in Texas. We have seen the photos, both very worn individuals. They have been published in LepSoc. I know that I published both in the Season Summary. Let me know if you need specific data. I believe Opler published the C. phoronea article in the News. No formal article was written for C. mannana, and we do have a photo of it."
I doubt that there are breeding populations of either of the two species mentioned above. I suspect they were strays from much further south, possibly assisted by strong winds or even on motor vehicles. Copaxa mannana hails from Hidalgo, Mexico, and Citheronia phoronea generally is not reported north of Panama.
Rothschildia lebeau forbesi fifth instar, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas,
(visible parasitoid eggs and entry wounds), August 2010, courtesy of non-member Janice Mingus.
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