Chuck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:11 pm What are DEL lights?

I did a search which turned up LED, is this just a typo?

Oups!
Sorry it was a typo...you are right LED lights !

Nice catch! Were most of these collected at lights? Yes, I use mercury lamp and UV lamp with a generator or a 1000A inverter on the car battery. Longs nights ! I also have small DEL lights on an interception trap to help collect all night long (with alcohol jar) for the smaller beetles. Those traps...

I am mainly a beetles collector and I went back to Panama again last June. My main interest are Scarabeoids beetles. It was weird for the season because the rain wasn't there. Normally in June it is raining everyday...but not this year (probably because of ElNino). Because of that collecting was dif...

Indeed, permits are compulsory in many countries now.... don't go to jail for some bugs. And ALL countries should help issue these permits to entomologists with some clear collecting rules to follow. (that's the main issue we face today with many countries issueing no permits). You are 100% right. ...

permits ??? for whom. that country or usa ?? i think if you walk down a dirt road in say belize and collect specimens. no one will care. am i wrong ? ( technically ) TOM I would not take that chance. Even on dirt road you can get in troubles. Last March in Ecuador I was collecting beeltes with a fr...