In Saudi Arabia, they don't pay attention with catching and exporting insects. As in most Muslim countries, insects are considered something worthy of attention :) I wish that would be the case in Indonesia. And Malaysia. And how about Turkey, that's a great Muslim country to break their collecting...

they are easy to spot, the year I had them here at home, I found a dozen or so. It's been a year or more since I've seen one in the neighborhood,
but they just tend to fly though, so you need to be out at the right time.

They both look the same... except I can't grow dill to save my life. The fennel, on the other hand is going to be doing battle with my flamethrower one of these days. I bought 1 container at the nursery for about 10 bucks, nice bronze fennel that has a purplish color in spots. We have volunteer fenn...

The use of liquids that can also cause dessication, I probably butchered that word- is interesting, many of us use dispatching liquids that have a drying effect, livingplant3, absolutely correct, what works for one person may not work so well for someone else, that's why there are so many "sure...

It took a long time to fully relax those big butterflies, water only, with the insect layed on a moist paper towel. Water only. Some of the larger females took 7 days, much longer than the purported 24 hours, but that was for much smaller specimens. It did work though, and a good thing, I was inject...

Fennel also grows wild in northern Cali, I spent nearly 20 years in Humboldt and that stuff was everywhere, maybe dill grows wild as well, I know here at home, I have seen Papilio zelicaon oviposit on my fennel plants, they're not very common here on the coast though. Finding wild larva or pupa is p...

Try to soak the kitchen paper with vodka, it works better than boiling water and avoid moisture. With vodka, you can then leave big specimens like Agrias for 2 or 3 days if needed and don't have to inject them. Now, I only use this method, that I learnt last year from an entomological friend. Olivi...

Cabintom wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:33 pm Either a giant Dynastes or a tiny Chameleon or maybe a bit of both? (I may have staged the photo...)

You could probably get a good story going, like they used to do on "Wild Kingdom".

I had good contacts even before the internet, and in hindsight, appreciate the 80's, as far as shipping livestock, I've never had an issue. It's like anything else, once you ask for permission from the authorities, that's your first mistake. One of the problems our hobby has run into, is that person...

Coincidence. This is the right spot to trade or sell deadstock. Being in dissimilar countries may present an issue. I just answered an ad posted on the classifieds and sold my extra papered material, mostly bred stock, but some wild caught and just extra, we don't go into the field to make money, ev...

ok, time will tell. and just now, i make a small donation thanks so much, david A realistic approach. I find exterminators amusing and predatory. Simply trying to keep things clean is the best way, and even then it can be frustrating at times, I just dumped out my sugar from a plastic container wit...

I've found that legs of lepidoptera usually get in the way, I'll agree the forelegs exposed are a nice touch, but nearly all my leps have the legs
tucked underneath, depending on the species it can be a real challenge.

It's a sphinx, without a better side shot, it's hard to tell, someone more familiar with southwestern species might pick it out easy, but it could be Hyles
sp, or Euproserpinus weisti, Lintneria separatus-

Mantids are always interesting, I've released hundreds here at home, but on the Oregon coast, they never got out of L3 outdoors.

Chinese mantis- Tenodera sinensis and the European Mantis religosa are both introduced species, I've raised many sinensis, because those are the ones sold at nurseries for pest control, they always have had a brown color, what ever you have is probably a native. I'd hang on to her and she may attrac...

Exactly, the process is interesting, but modifying animals is dicey. Just like hybrids, meh.. I've hybridized Hyalophora before, but it was an afterthought.

Some interesting "comments" with the video. A handful of twits. if there is anything amusing, it's watching people who will never meet, argue. I think I recognize one name, it would be helpful if people used the same or their actual names when they get involved with things like this. Maybe...

There are 46 species of bumble bees in North America, your location is important for id, as well as more than just a side picture, males, females and workers all can have different patterns of color, black, yellow, orange and white. There are a number of interesting documentaries about bumble bees a...

I don't spread a lot of Sphingidae, but I've never had an issue with the proboscis of any that feed, perhaps it is the way they are dispatched, I just had a batch of Acherontia that I simply put in the freezer for dispatching and none of the tongues unfurled, the same with Manduca rustica. One might...

Looks like a wasp, maybe a solitary type.