Dynastes granti September 2023

[ESP]

I will be in AZ this coming weekend but is this period still good in finding D Granti in Payson?

[ESP]

On 9/9/2023 at 10:51 AM, ESP said:

I will be in AZ this coming weekend but is this period still good in finding D Granti in Payson?

Further question, what’s the times that’s best to seek for them at night?

[Garin]

I know someone who is going this weekend so I'll let you know how he does. However, going next weekend can be a big difference. In one week it could be a lot less or could be the same, so hard to predict until you get there.

As far as times, I find the best time is the first 3 hours of darkness. So collect as soon as it gets dark. You can sometimes find beetles all night but I find that as it gets past 10 or 11, it starts to get a lot less.

[chandalowe]

On 9/9/2023 at 1:51 PM, ESP said:

I will be in AZ this coming weekend but is this period still good in finding D Granti in Payson?

I was just there this past weekend (the 9th and 10th) and had good luck. I started shortly after it got dark - but still found a few as late as 1:00 am (when I finally called it a night). They were definitely more plentiful earlier. 

[Garin]

Awesome! Glad it worked out well for you! Did you mainly catch them at the lights of the gas stations, stores, etc or did you set up your own lights?

[chandalowe]

On 9/13/2023 at 10:00 AM, Garin said:

Awesome! Glad it worked out well for you! Did you mainly catch them at the lights of the gas stations, stores, etc or did you set up your own lights?

I caught them around existing lights. I don't have any big, portable lights that would be suitable for setting up light traps. 

[Garin]

Good to hear you can still get them at the lights. I think it's all about timing.

[ESP]

On 9/13/2023 at 10:59 PM, Garin said:

Good to hear you can still get them at the lights. I think it's all about timing.

I went to Payson with my sons on the 14th of September and checked around the HomeDepot but could not find any Granti’s as it looked like the new LED lights simply was not attracting any sources of bugs.  However, we shift our way to a close by park with a lake and attempted to try using the the Halogen light system with sheets to see if any type of bugs would come but it only attracted moths so we decided to hit gasoline stations not using LED lights and headed up towards Pine.  Bingo, tones of Granti’s seen around and collected 10 of each male/female.  Sad thing was several female were found squashed by a car that came to fill up their car.  Condition was a storm hit Payson on the 12th that possibly produced lots of sap on the trees they live off of and we hit the jackpot coming in two days later.

[ESP]

On 9/19/2023 at 3:51 PM, ESP said:

I went to Payson with my sons on the 14th of September and checked around the HomeDepot but could not find any Granti’s as it looked like the new LED lights simply was not attracting any sources of bugs.  However, we shift our way to a close by park with a lake and attempted to try using the the Halogen light system with sheets to see if any type of bugs would come but it only attracted moths so we decided to hit gasoline stations not using LED lights and headed up towards Pine.  Bingo, tones of Granti’s seen around and collected 10 of each male/female.  Sad thing was several female were found squashed by a car that came to fill up their car.  Condition was a storm hit Payson on the 12th that possibly produced lots of sap on the trees they live off of and we hit the jackpot coming in two days later.

 

[ESP]

On 9/19/2023 at 4:00 PM, ESP said:

 

 

[ESP]

Even found a couple of this guys running around the grounds.  Lots of Elks were seen so made sense on why these were hanging around the area.

[Garin]

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you! I have heard it was a great year for grantii. I just heard from a friend that went on the holiday weekend and he got over 100 in Payson at his Mercury Vapor setup. He has a pretty elaborate setup. He was saying it was much better than last year. 

I think there is always a few old style MV lights if you drive around enough. There is someone on the facebook group who lives in Pine and she mentions that she finds some at the local stores. I have not gone to those areas.

[ESP]

On 9/20/2023 at 9:50 AM, Garin said:

Awesome! Glad it worked out for you! I have heard it was a great year for grantii. I just heard from a friend that went on the holiday weekend and he got over 100 in Payson at his Mercury Vapor setup. He has a pretty elaborate setup. He was saying it was much better than last year. 

I think there is always a few old style MV lights if you drive around enough. There is someone on the facebook group who lives in Pine and she mentions that she finds some at the local stores. I have not gone to those areas.

I believe we ran into that person in accident as we asked a lady on the street as we drove if she knew about the Granti.  She told us she has some and finds them around on the local stores in Pine.  The gasoline stand in Pine is where we spotted crushed female Granti’s but as you say the none LED lights contained Granti’s here and there.  Thanks for all the tips!