JKim Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 An image of L1-L2 larvae of Pelidnota punctata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehuth Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 Wow!! Are you captive breeding these? This is one of the species motivating me to try my hand at more serious light trapping this season. BugGuide lists Pelidnota punctata for my state (NY), but I’ve never seen it. I’m always on the prowl! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted July 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 6 hours ago, davehuth said: Wow!! Are you captive breeding these? This is one of the species motivating me to try my hand at more serious light trapping this season. BugGuide lists Pelidnota punctata for my state (NY), but I’ve never seen it. I’m always on the prowl! 😄 Yes, these are F2 larvae. I collected a pair two years ago, and bred some larvae. They became adult beetles, and laid another batch of eggs. AND I actually collected a handful this year, so I added couple alive ones in the same container.. So I'm guessing they are all mixed up. I just looked up on BugGuide, and most recent records indicate P. punctata in New York are mostly active in July to August. In Louisiana, P. punctata are found in May to early July for the most, and still be found couple latter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehuth Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 I’m getting started at the right time I guess! I’ll let you know if I draw any out of the shadows. It would be the first BugGuide submission from my county 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted July 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 3 hours ago, davehuth said: I’m getting started at the right time I guess! I’ll let you know if I draw any out of the shadows. It would be the first BugGuide submission from my county 🙂 One tip I can give you is to light up (if you are doing light trapping) at the forest where it actually has grapevines. There is no other reason why they are called as "Grapevine beetles." They love feeding on grapevine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehuth Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 13 hours ago, JKim said: One tip I can give you is to light up (if you are doing light trapping) at the forest where it actually has grapevines. There is no other reason why they are called as "Grapevine beetles." They love feeding on grapevine. Thanks for sharing your advice and experience. There are areas in my town where wild grape vine grows in large patches and chokes out trees. I also have a neighbor who cultivates horticultural juicing grapes on his property. I know wild and cultivated are different species. Is one better than another for this beetle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKim Posted July 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/15/2019 at 3:38 AM, davehuth said: Thanks for sharing your advice and experience. There are areas in my town where wild grape vine grows in large patches and chokes out trees. I also have a neighbor who cultivates horticultural juicing grapes on his property. I know wild and cultivated are different species. Is one better than another for this beetle? the grapevines where I mostly collect these beetles were definitely different species from the harvested on in my backyard long time ago. But that didn't matter. I fed captured adults with the one at my backyard. So, probably, no, it does not matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Menagerie Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 3:03 PM, JKim said: One tip I can give you is to light up (if you are doing light trapping) at the forest where it actually has grapevines. There is no other reason why they are called as "Grapevine beetles." They love feeding on grapevine. I just did it, and I had one in about five minutes. That was the only one, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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