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Re: Thoughts on NABA?
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Re: First butterfly of 2024
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Thoughts on NABA?
by Nymphalis antiopa » Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:04 am
I am new to this place. I'm really into all macro-Lepidoptera but especially butterflies and Saturniids. I do butterfly counts and sightings as well as collecting, rearing, and breeding. I'm sure this topic has come up before, but I would really like to hear people's thoughts on the North American Butterfly Association and Jefferey Glassberg.
Also, those who do counts and sightings as well, what database do you use?
Regards,
Ethan
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Re: A parade of Catocala moths
by Trehopr1 » Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:37 pm
variation is the Tearful Underwing (Catocala lacrymosa).
I will try to periodically post pictures of some of my most
interesting examples of this species but, for now this will
be a start.
Here I offer a quite (typical) example of the species
which is most often encountered.
This specimen below, offers a very nicely "marbled"
appearance which is rich in light grey patches, caramel
zigzags, and black regions/overtones...
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Re: A parade of Catocala moths
by Trehopr1 » Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:21 pm
is this one. Unlike, the much more salt/peppered
look of (form) phrynia this one seems to have more
"stabilized" boundaries where the black/white meet.
This is just my humble opinion and for all I know this
(could) be another form with a name. Although, I am
unaware of any for this one.
This specimen was collected in Sayner, Wisconsin in
August 1947.
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Re: A parade of Catocala moths
by Trehopr1 » Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:43 am
species to encounter in northern N. America is this one:
The White Underwing (Catocala relicta)
The common name derives from it being a white-colored
member of the Catocala clan. This is quite unique as most
all other species are varying shades of grey, brown, or black
on the forewings.
The species name (relicta) comes from the Latin "relictus"
which means forsaken, lost or abandoned --- a clear
reference to other common names it is known by such as
Forsaken Underwing or the Relict Underwing.
Adults have a wingspan typically between 70-80 mm. The
species is variable in its markings with the "whitest"
individuals being a named form ---clara. Other, more
salt & pepper colored individuals are known as form ---phrynia.
Yet, still there remain others which don't quite "fit" either of
those named forms.
The species lives in southern Canada but, may be found in
many of the "northern" states bordering Canada. It has worked its
way down a bit further in places. Here in Illinois it is rarely seen
or encountered and if so it appears localised.
Only recently, I was able to acquire 3 relatively fresh specimens
of this incomparable species (for which I am very grateful). These
are Canadian in origin and are mighty special when one cannot
typically find or collect any oneself !
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Re: Global travel collecting
by wollastoni » Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:24 am
The good practice is to have a guide who will ask before entering a "land" the cost and negotiate it. Usually a pack of cigarettes + few dollars will make the job. If you don't negotiate "before", then they will ask you to pay "to leave the land"... and here the cost can be huge as you are seen as a very rude man that should be punished for his rudeness.
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Re: Global travel collecting
by adamcotton » Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:56 pm
Adam.
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Re: Global travel collecting
by adamcotton » Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:54 pm
Smoking is bad for the health.
Just in case anyone reading this thinks that Insectnet promotes unhealthy habits.
Mind you, the smoke helps protect specimens from pest infestations!
Adam.
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Re: Global travel collecting
by bobw » Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:25 pm
I know the feeling. I used to import them from Switzerland and sometimes got away with it. Then they started picking them up at customs and charging duty, but it was still a lot cheaper. Now, the duty's so much that it's cheaper to buy them here. But I can go to Spain for a long weekend, buy my duty free allowance, have a great weekend away and still save a fair amount!Jshuey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:34 pmYou can get anything you want here in the US - but it takes a bit of work. But the irony - was the stolen cigars were a mix of Nicaraguan and Honduran. So, I replaced them with Dominican sticks, which thanks to a hefty VAT - cost about twice as much there as I can buy them in the US...
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Re: Global travel collecting
by Jshuey » Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:34 pm
You can get anything you want here in the US - but it takes a bit of work. But the irony - was the stolen cigars were a mix of Nicaraguan and Honduran. So, I replaced them with Dominican sticks, which thanks to a hefty VAT - cost about twice as much there as I can buy them in the US...
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Re: Global travel collecting
by bobw » Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:22 pm
I beg to disagree John. Much as I like Dominican cigars, they're not a patch on Cuban, but I guess, as an American, you can't go there.
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Re: Global travel collecting
by papiliotheona » Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:54 pm
One common one is an irate landowner claiming (very dubiously) that they own ALL the property, on both sides of the road, within 360 degrees of the edge of their little tiny lot that you got a bit too close to. You know they are full of crap, and don't have a leg to stand on (what methed-out old hermit has the $$$ to own acres and acres of prime forest real estate?), but they are willing to call the police to settle the score (and are quite possibly armed) and it's not like you can just whip out a county map of property boundaries then and there to shove in their face.
Another one is property owners whose land you accidentally fudged on not being convinced by you showing them the specimens, larvae, etc. that you found and *insisting* you must be there to rob them and this is all an elaborate ruse. I get that they didn't like that I was there without permission but this is just pathetic, folks. (On the flipside, one such ranch manager was in fact won-over by my specimens during a recent "oopsie" moment, and let me carry on.)
Yet another is when there is public or checkerboard land, but private property owners block the entire access road, and refuse to provide an easement for public access to land. I don't know how this is legal, but it is. It's a bigger thing in places like Texas than California or Arizona, but happens everywhere.
I haven't had kit stolen in the field yet, save for one stupid self-inflicted wound in the Huachucas of SE Arizona summer of 2009 when I stupidly left my car windows open (it was a scorching hot day) in the woods with my phone, digital camera, etc. in plain sight.
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Wanted Butterflies of the World vols 49 and 50
by Jshuey » Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:12 pm
Butterflies of the World 49 Hesperiidae II. New World Pyrrhopyginae (Text) by Mielke, O.H.H.; Brockmann, E.; Mielke, C.G.C
Butterflies of the World 50: Hesperiidae III. New World Pyrrhopyginae (short text and plates). Brockmann, E.; Mielke, C.G.C.; Mielke, O.H.H.
John
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Re: Global travel collecting
by wollastoni » Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:32 pm
- we had to leave a village in the Baliem Valley (New Guinea) because we were "not welcome". But our guide understood fastly it was safer to leave the village.
- my backpack with all butterflies and a net were stolen in my car in Greece (I was on the beach swimming).
- I have been blackmailed few dollars by Indonesian authorities (but that's part of the tourist fee).
Then of course, from time to time, you will be charged more than locals... but well, in the tropics, life is not expensive at all and you won't notice it.
This said, except West Papua, I have never been to "dangerous" countries where civil war is close but it's another topic.
Of course, I won't recommend a trip to North Kivu or Iran as a first collecting trip abroad !
But I am sure that when I will be old, my collecting trips abroad will be in the top list of my great souvenirs.
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Re: Global travel collecting
by Jshuey » Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:02 pm
In my travels, I've had exactly two "petty" experiences. In one case, I guy pumping gas in Merida Mexico, took my 200 pesos, and then pulled out 20 pesos and claimed that's what I gave him. I simply reached into his pocket and pulled my two one hundred peso notes out, and told him what for. That pretty much settled that! (note that they wear lab-coat like jackets at some service stations - so easy to reach in in a retrieve my money).
More impactful, I left a zip lock bag full of cigars too close to a cabin window once in the Dominican Republic. Someone reached in and swiped 5 of the cigars (leaving about 10 probably thinking I wouldn't notice). In the frigg'in cigar capital of the world!
Compare that to life in a small Indiana town, where once every couple of years people swipe something or other off the back patio - most recently a butane lighter my son gave me as a gift. But more typically, those little solar-powered lights you stick in flower pots.
Petty crime is everywhere,
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Re: Global travel collecting
by wollastoni » Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:57 am
The Agrias topic is here : viewtopic.php?p=9851#p9851
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Re: Global travel collecting
by papiliotheona » Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:17 pm
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Re: Bad Trading Report - Francisco Javier Castillo Garcia
by TomVD879 » Sun Apr 14, 2024 10:40 am
I can share in a DM though.
Edit: I was wrong - different name on the package, received everything I ordered within 7 days, even though some items I had won at bargain prices.