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17 



period of greatest flight occurs. For example, at Garden City in 1935 

 the peak flight occurred in July, in 1936 in May, and iii 1937 in June. 



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Figure 5. — Nightly flight of Phalaenidae at Lincoln and Scottsbluff, Nebr., and 

 at Hays and Cherry vale, Kans., 1934-37. 



In other words, there is no definite pattern in the flight periods of the 

 Phalaenidae as a group, largely because individual species vary greatly 

 in numbers from year to year. 



