Où étiez-vous le mercredi passé ?

("Where were you last Wednesday")
Steven and I decided to do some last-minute insect collecting on Wed. March 21. It was late by the time we made it to Washington and finally managed to get setup. We kind of figured that it would be too early in the season to catch anything good, but we were in for a surprise. Steven was collecting fiery searchers, and from the time the bulbs warmed up, until the time we unplugged, we were catching searchers! We could have continued to catch them, but we figured we had enough for one outing. We also saw a male luna moth, and some sort of longhorn beetle. Looks like it could turn out to be a great year for insects!

Michael