This is the species that made me start collecting in Angola. One question: Is the color of the female at the bottom a normal color variation (I saw only this specimen) ? demodocus.jpg The lower specimen is an older normal variant. When some yellow Papilio get older the yellow turns dark almost oran...

I have noticed for the last two years a very low number of insect here in Southern Ontario as well. As we are ending now global warming era and entering global boiling era propagated by global elites and politics what is really that contributes to such a drop in relatively short period of time. 5G w...

These are Naphthaline balls that you use which are 100% useless, they will not kill anything.
The temperature of 46°C will not kill pests, it’s the environment where they are, exposed to prolong dry air in the oven.

Thanks but i have no possibility to freeze Them, the small refrigurator WE have ist for food especially ice cream and pizza and i have over 100 boxes Go to the nearest restaurant which is equipped with build in freezer ask them if you could place your boxes somewhere in the corner, maybe pay small ...

Insert box into a large ziploc bag and freeze it for few days, unfreeze, wait couple of day and freeze again for few days. Double freeze make sure all adults, larvae and newly hatched larvae from possible eggs will die. Wait 24 hrs before you remove box from the bag after you take out of the freezer...

Which part in Richmond Hill did you visit

Thysania agrippina has only 2 pairs of prolegs and the larvae on the photo has at least 3 or 4 but the fourth one is not really visible. Unless the larvae add one more pair while grow? There is a true photo of freshly emerged larvae. http://www.danske-natur.dk/images121b/bere215539apm.jpg I don’t k...

Thysania agrippina has only 2 pairs of prolegs and the larvae on the photo has at least 3 or 4 but the fourth one is not really visible. Unless the larvae add one more pair while grow?
There is a true photo of freshly emerged larvae.
http://www.danske-natur.dk/images121b/bere215539apm.jpg

I have no idea if this is correct. I am also not familiar with caterpillars from this group of moths. Any thoughts as to whether or not this may be legitimate? “This is the caterpillar of the white witch moth (Thysania agrippina), the world's largest moth by wingspan. It is the first ever and only ...

sexed a lot of moths, in questionable cases, by examining the frenulum; moths usually (not always) have a frenulum, which is a wing-coupling device that joins together the forewing and hindwing. Look at the base of the wings on the underside... Males have a single, thick, hairlike spine that extend...

I suppose this is a normal behaviour.
The adults emerge and first search for minerals to successfully mate.
That’s why most of mud puddling butterflies are fresh.
I also noticed that while collecting in tropics.

daveuk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:40 pm

wollastoni wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:46 pm The red one is not a doris indeed. Any locality ?

Picture with the data now Olivier. You were right. It's Heliconius sara according to the data

I suppose it is H.doris, definitely not H.sara

wollastoni wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:46 pm The red one is not a doris indeed. Any locality ?

Actually there is a form of Heliconius doris doris that looks exactly the same so it could be it.

58chevy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:25 pm I love heliconians, especially variable species like these.

Heliconius is my favour genus as well.
It is such enjoyment to watch them flying slow between the vegetation.

wollastoni wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:32 pm The US legislation is sometimes totally crazy...
Here in Europe, an amateur collector doesn't need any import permits for non-protected specimens.

Same in Canada, hopefully stays this way.
I’m not really buying the specimens but it’s much more easy to bring back collected material.

Good luck Paul. Are you going to Moosonee? No, I don’t want to take train. I was thinking of Fraserdale, there is a road 634 going north of Hwy 11. Try to find them along that road. There is one record near Fraserdale. The problem is I have only 3 days for that and out of these 2 days of driving so...

No brevicauda, very frustrating. I went to 3 dunes, perfect habitat, abundant food plant, but no eggs, larvae, empty eggshells, or evidence of leaf damage from caterpillars. I am not bad at locating eggs/caterpillars. In fact, I think I am pretty good at this. However, I couldn’t find anything this...

eurytides wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:07 pm I am in New Brunswick right now. Peak canadensis season it would seem. Saw several driving today and even hit one. None captured. No ova located. The hunt continues.

Did you find Papilio brevicauda on your trip?

Roppon-Ashi has for sale those. I have one and its much more flexible than Bioquip one. It is much easier to fold and unfold. They also sell amazing net bags which are very soft. I never personally ordered from them but I've got my set from Yutaka Inayoshi while I lived in Chiang Mai. The one you wa...

This species is included now in genus Parantica
I have collected the nominate subspecies in Northern Thailand. It is a mimicry model for many butterfly and moth species in East Asia.