Papilio arcturus can also be found at mountain streams mud puddling. But it is hard to find the right spot, they can be at one stream but not at the other just few hundred meters away although same approach has been taken ( urine bate in this case )

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Can anyone identify this species of Papilio.
Looks like cross of tiger with Danaid

I do place species name labels ( usually for butterflies only, too many moth species to bother) also below the column of specimens and I attach to the bottom with #1 or #2 pins. Minutens are less visible but on the other hand are more difficult to reach between the specimens in case of rearrangement ...

C.semiramis is quite common in French Guiana and I was able to collect few specimens ( including one female )
There is also another species C.jehovah that occurs in French Guiana.
When semiramis flies close to light all you can see is big moth chased by two small white things. They are the tails ...

Heliconius is one of my favourite genus.
I think of going once again to France Guiana for butterfly collecting. Which month of the year is most productive there? In 2004 I was on moth collecting trip in February but butterflies were rather few that time.

Back to the subject I do remember seeing O.priamus in Niagara Falls butterfly house. It is not really in US but just across the river. I had pleasure to meet Chuck there few years ago.

It is also disappointing to travel to tropical forests and find out that the number of encounter butterflies ( per square area ) is much lower than in visited previously butterfly house.

Eggs were super common, one just had to look. I remember one day during my second trip there, we stopped by a roadside stand where someone was selling juice. They had an orchard in back and I asked if I could have a look. Found several eggs in under 5 minutes.


Note that Eurytides has eagle’s ...

adamcotton wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 7:55 am

benihikage92 wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 7:35 am That's Hestina assimilis, not Euripus consimilis, Adam.

Kuni

Kuni,

Thank you, my error!

Anyway it is definitely not a Papilio as stated in the post containing the photo.

Adam.

First clue in the photo would be four legs instead of six in Papilio.

Keep in mind that in Thailand cash is still a major form of payment for everything.

Paul,

Actually, digital payment has taken off bigtime here in the past few years, with people scanning QR codes to pay for items in shops and even some street vendors accept digital payment.

Luckily most ...

I want to add that you can not ( at least that was the case in 2013-2018) pay overdue electric bill at 7/11. That has to be paid in electric office directly which as Adam said is usually quite in the distance. But that is another opportunity to make an extra cash.
There is usually a person in the ...

It’s Attacus atlas-male, one of the biggest moth.

Thank you Chuck

I have collected this specimen in my garden in Milton, Ontario, Canada last summer.
According to NA Moth Photographers website it seems like it is Eichlinia calabaza.
The problem is that this particular species occurs only in Texas and south Arizona.
It is possible that it was brought here with ...

This is ventral side

That's a beauty Paul, a once in a lifetime catch. Can you post a pic of the ventral side?
You likely got a lot of new interesting stuff in Alberta.

Thank you.
Ventral side is rather normal, nothing unusual as both sexes are identical on the ventral side. I will post it when I get to label it as ...

I collected this specimen in Alberta, Canada, Crowsnest Pass on beautiful mountain meadow on Jun12, 2024.
The forewings are male and one side hindwing is female and second hindwing is partially both. I suppose it looks like mosaic gynandromorph, isn’t it.
Habitat

It’s a weevil beetle

Thank you for sharing your adventure with us, the photos and your priceless specimens!

I can count on 2 hands the number of people in Canada who go out and collect their own butterflies and moths for nothing more than personal enjoyment. John K is in northern SK I think. Mothman55, I think you are near Toronto? So you should be close to Paul K. I am in Kingston and there isn’t ...