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Re: some assembly required
by biscuit153 » Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:06 am
Bioquip adhesive is great. I've worried about where I might get it in the future. Does anyone have any idea what this adhesive is or where it can be sourced?
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Re: What insect is this?
by livingplanet3 » Wed Nov 06, 2024 10:15 pm
Dermestid beetles aren't harmful, and do not bite. They can become a nuisance however, if they become numerous.rupareliaa wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:49 pm Thanks! Are they harmful and do they bite? How do I get rid of them?
Do they live in nests? We recently had a pigeon lay eggs outside our window. Maybe that's what they came from?
Some species are indeed attracted to the nests of birds and mammals, where they scavenge for organic debris. As for how to get rid of them, the simplest solution would be to look around for the food source that they are coming from. If the source is indoors, it's most likely a stored, dried food such as a container of cereal, pasta, grain, or flour.
https://extension.usu.edu/planthealth/r ... dermestids
https://agsci.colostate.edu/agbio/ipm-p ... d-beetles/
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Re: What insect is this?
by rupareliaa » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:49 pm
livingplanet3 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:45 pmThis is most likely a beetle, and probably species of dermestid -rupareliaa wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:41 pm That's fair. I also have a video with a bit more clarity if that helps:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AxxAqGHxPFKGgc95A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae
Thanks! Are they harmful and do they bite? How do I get rid of them?
Do they live in nests? We recently had a pigeon lay eggs outside our window. Maybe that's what they came from?
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Re: What insect is this?
by livingplanet3 » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:45 pm
This is most likely a beetle, and probably species of dermestid -rupareliaa wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:41 pm That's fair. I also have a video with a bit more clarity if that helps:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AxxAqGHxPFKGgc95A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae
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Re: What insect is this?
by livingplanet3 » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:42 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera
or perhaps a beetle. It doesn't appear to be a bed bug, however -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug
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Re: What insect is this?
by rupareliaa » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:41 pm
That's fair. I also have a video with a bit more clarity if that helps:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AxxAqGHxPFKGgc95A
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Re: What insect is this?
by kevinkk » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:34 pm
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What insect is this?
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Re: some assembly required
by kevinkk » Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:20 pm
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Re: some assembly required
by Trehopr1 » Wed Nov 06, 2024 5:08 pm
Well worthy of its status as being a large female from a country not represented in your collection.
My "hats off to you" truly John for such a fine job !
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some assembly required
by Jshuey » Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:03 pm
First, I gently pinned it and spread the forewings. These were almost falling off, so I used BioQuip insect adhesive to secure them to the thorax (and the thorax to the pin as well). If you look closely at the left-hand photos, you will see that I lost the very basal FW blue band reflectance next to the thorax because of this glue - but acceptable. I used white glue to attach the head to the thorax, and then back to the BioQuip adhesive to attach the antennae. I flattened out the hindwings and let everything dry for a couple of weeks.
Then I carefully slid the hindwings into place, and again used the adhesive to secure them. After a couple of days, I moved her to her new habitat in the collection. You can see that she is noticeably larger than my only other female (just above and to the right). But she is also noticeably paler blue and she has much more expansive hyaline areas on the forewings. I think that she is happy in her new home!
John
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Re: Papilio bjorkae (Pavulaan, 2024) Tiger Swallowtail
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Re: Papilio bjorkae (Pavulaan, 2024) Tiger Swallowtail
by adamcotton » Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:54 pm
Adam.
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Re: Papilio bjorkae (Pavulaan, 2024) Tiger Swallowtail
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Re: Papilio bjorkae (Pavulaan, 2024) Tiger Swallowtail
by adamcotton » Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:14 am
The name was unavailable from the original paper because it did not comply with article 16.4.2 (no stated location of the holotype), and although the text technically does not satisfy article 16.1
the addendum subject mentions the word 'new', which can be interpreted as sufficient to satisfy this requirement.Every new name published after 1999, including new replacement names (nomina nova), must be explicitly indicated as intentionally new.
An example of a failed attempt to satisfy these articles is all but one of the new names published in Ek-Amnuay, P. [2007]. Butterflies of Thailand. In this publication Ek-Amnuay did not even designate holotypes for his new taxa; except for one Hesperiid, which had already previously been described and thus is a junior synonym. In the second edition, published in 2012, he tried to solve the problem by designating holotypes alongside the descriptions but did not state the names were new from 2012, thus not complying with article 16.1. There were no statements of 'ssp. nov.' or similar, and instead dated the names from the first edition.
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Re: Euphaedra sp. (I.D.) requested
by Trehopr1 » Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:58 pm
underside pictures. Finally, made time to take them !
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Note: this is all that is present on the underside
of the label. Topside: Adam deciphered as Thursday
3.May.2007
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Note: this specimen comes from Abidjan, Ivory Coast
as deciphered by Adam.
I very much appreciate anything that you can do with
these Cabintom. Many thanks to Adam for his "deciphering"
skills of the handwritten (limited) data on each of these !
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Re: large insect found in florida
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Re: large insect found in florida
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large insect found in florida
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Re: WSJ Article re African Leps
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