my best night of black lighting looked like this:

that is nothing to that picture!!

I have never seen so many moths in one place before. Things like this really urge me to do a sheet trap like this. I have photographed 170 moths currently in Alberta and I'M sure that will boost high if I did it. Too many to choose from..

Is one of the greatest places to collect insects in late July. I went on vacation there last year just to set up my MV light in the canyon. In a span of four days (July 19-23) I added around 20 new species of moths to my collection. My sheet was literally covered in moths and beetles. I have a few more Saturniids and a bunch of Sphingids still to post so keep any eye out for them when I post them. The first day didn't give me a whole lot, a few oslari and splendens, and 2-3 gloveri. The second day a few sphingids, falco, typhon and some others, and the third day is when a bunch of new Saturniids and Sphingids started flying in, and I caught most of my quarry that day. The fourth day provided a few sphingids and Saturniids, but nothin as exciting as the third day. I can't wait to go back there, it is spectacular.

~Zak

Do you have an image of the sheet covered with bugs? :)

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/mothlist.html

The Lep. Soc. met in the area in 2005. I went, got to get back there!