Yet another "The Wild Files" short video on an uncommon topic:



Check out this "Wild Files" channel for more interesting/entertaining & sometimes funny videos...

https://www.youtube.com/@thewildfilesofficial

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Yet another short, educational video from "The Wild Files":



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Another interesting short video from "The Wild Files"... is everything really bigger in Texas?



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An Interesting short video on what is supposedly (can anyone else confirm?) the largest Robber Fly in America:



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Chuck says "Notably, both appalachiensis and canadensis have a rare dark female form". I would love to see a photo, more info, etc. on a dark fm female canadensis... that would be a real rarity IMHO.

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Checkout Peacockspiderman's U-Tube channel on the very entertaining, absolutely gorgeous, & amazing little Peacock Spiders. These videos on the mating displays/habits of these tiny jumping spiders are really eye opening... & often times... downright funny! Gotta love some of NATURE'S smalles...

Hi Jshuey, Excellent point on destroying DNA with supplemental heat, which many of us may not have even considered. I've never liked the idea of cooking bugs in an oven... except, perhaps, in rare instances, in very humid jungles... to prevent rot/pest infestation of larger bodied specimens. John K.

Hi Panacanthus, Beautiful specimens nicely spread. I have for years, 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...

And another Japanese U-Tuber with lots of interesting "bug" videos:

https://www.youtube.com/@mushitori_channel

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Daiki Musihioka & friends- a very enthusiastic, young, Japanese U-Tuber with dozens of interesting longer videos centered around insects in & around all the Japanese islands, etc., etc.. Narration is in Japanese (with English common & scientific names for many of his discoveries); he has...

Re: Glassine Envelopes, I can't figure out why glassine envelopes sold in N. Am. are so terribly expensive? To get a 1,000 count of #1 envelopes costs around a hundred bucks up here in Canada & in the U.S.A, even more, with the poor exchange rate. I went online & found very similar (identica...

Here is an old photo, posted in Clark's insectnet.com, of the only gynandromorph I have ever collected: Bilateral Gyn. of G.S. Fritillary.jpg This was collected in late July 1992... a year prior, in 1991, the volcano Mt. Pinatubo, in the Philippines blew it's top spewing ash high up into the atmosph...

And here is a link to A young Asian guy called Dee the Bug Buff. He has many very entertaining videos on reptiles, bugs, birds... you name it! Not in English, but very nice, clear videos & he gives a very hands on approach (takes the bugs out of the containers & shows great closeups) to all ...

An interesting, recent (2023), uncommonly seen, bug fair from Taiwan featuring mostly beetles (& a few leps.) The first half is a bit boring & features live beetles (some giants though...); last half (30 minutes total) is mostly beautifully mounted deadstock beetles & leps. What spectacu...

Hi jwa121, I find a few strange pairings like these almost every season in my light traps. I have found 3 such pairings already (different spp.) this season alone. Your example is very interesting due to the huge difference in size between those 2 spp.. Also was this a male to female pairing? Many t...

A 1st time, very recent, discovery video about the Regal Fritillary. This man is one serious collector (I believe he works as a professional entomologist)... checkout his other videos... narration is not the greatest, but still interesting collecting & collection curation videos: https://www.you...

Earlier on in this M.V. thread I mentioned the existence of mercury vapor bulbs of 1,500 watts & even 2,000 watts. The huge 2,000 watt stadium bulb was seen only once or twice on ebay years ago & I have never seen one offered again. I just did some searching around on both Amazon.ca & Am...

Unfrigging believable! I just wrote that V.B. had lost interest in this silly back & forth & he just now writes "And to correct concerning MV lamps, they have never been banned anywhere or anytime. This person making these statements has a reading comprehension deficit." He is, of ...

So What's up Chuck? Back Again? Not Surprising really...in fact it is, by now, perfectly predictable behaviour from you. Calling me immature with your brilliantly original "put on your big boy pants " comment is only throwing more gas on the fire. Escalating insults, back & forth, won'...

Chuck.... Please stop trolling my every comment... in other words back off, quit repeating yourself, & quit harassing me! Must you always have the last word? I repeat, "I am still feeling bullied & intimidated & am scared to place any comments on here because of the fear my statemen...