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by 58chevy
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Tiger Beetles Zoom Meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 55

Tiger Beetles Zoom Meeting

ABF zoom presentation on Tiger Beetles of Texas Monday, March 25 @ 7 PM central time Mike Quinn via listserv.uh.edu Mar 23, 2024, 10:39 PM (11 hours ago) to TX-BUTTERFLY Greetings, Dr. C. Barry Knisley will present to the Austin Butterfly Forum on TIGER BEETLES; BIOLOGY, CONSERVATION, AND DIVERSITY ...
by 58chevy
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: A beautiful fournierae pair
Replies: 7
Views: 305

Re: A beautiful fournierae pair

Very nice pair, Anna!
by 58chevy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 32
Views: 602

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

I agree with the above comments. Love 'em.
by 58chevy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books
Replies: 7
Views: 237

Re: Favorite Classic & Modern Insect Books

Boghaunter, please show us some plates from the books you mentioned.
by 58chevy
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Eumaeus debora
Replies: 1
Views: 181

Re: Eumaeus debora

Wow, I love that genus. Very nice.
by 58chevy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 299

Re: Making a butterfly decoy

This might help lure tigers:
by 58chevy
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Making a butterfly decoy
Replies: 10
Views: 299

Re: Making a butterfly decoy

There is a metallic blue mylar balloon stuck in a tree near my house. It looks a lot like a morpho. Maybe it would be a good lure.
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:45 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 339

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

Yes, it's the Cockrell. Mike Whitley's collection is still owned by the museum but most of it is kept in a building that is not adjacent to the main museum. He kept collecting after he sold the collection. He is now deceased but his wife has the specimens he collected after the sale. I don't know ho...
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 339

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

There is a similar butterfly dome in Houston. They used to sell the specimens that had died for $2 each, but they had to stop doing that for legal reasons.
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 217

Re: More Spring Captures

D kendalli is on my radar. I plan to look for it soon.
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 217

Re: More Spring Captures

P palamedes is the most common swallowtail in the Houston area. They are everywhere.
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 217

Re: More Spring Captures

A few more: palamedes, glaucus, cresphontes, D rubicunda, P sennae, A nicippe
by 58chevy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 339

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

Great shots. How much longer will the exhibit be there?
by 58chevy
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: More Spring Captures
Replies: 10
Views: 217

More Spring Captures

A Luna, A polyphemus, Paonias excaecatus, Smerinthus jamaicensis
by 58chevy
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book
Replies: 13
Views: 327

Re: Beautiful Plates in a 1910 German Book

They don't publish books like that anymore. Thanks for sharing.
by 58chevy
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Net bag color?
Replies: 20
Views: 13059

Re: Net bag color?

Another P palamedes flew into my white net today.
by 58chevy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Spring Captures
Replies: 6
Views: 280

Spring Captures

A few butterflies from last month
Left: Anthocharis midea, Abaeis nicippe, Callophrys niphon
Right: A. midea, Polygonia interrogationis (winter form)
Note the professional-quality spreading boards (Hey, they work.)
by 58chevy
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:02 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Kawahara Smithsonian Article
Replies: 2
Views: 292

Re: Kawahara Smithsonian Article

Pages 3 & 4:
by 58chevy
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:58 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Kawahara Smithsonian Article
Replies: 2
Views: 292

Kawahara Smithsonian Article

Pages ! & 2, from the latest issue:
by 58chevy
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:47 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Agapema homogena
Replies: 6
Views: 458

Re: Agapema homogena

Nice moth. Here's a pair of mine from Colorado: