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- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Rarities in Charaxes
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3138
Re: Rarities in Charaxes
Polyura dehanii carabus was described by Etsuzo Tsukada in his Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands, Part V, Nymphalidae (II) back in 1991.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:32 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: A pair of Papilio agenor thunbergii from Tokyo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2665
Re: A pair of Papilio agenor thunbergii from Tokyo
They reached Tokyo about 20 years ago. You can see them in parks in central Tokyo, although they are not as common as P. xuthus or P. protenor . They are not tailed in Japan, but tailed females are caught on Amami Oshima Island, Okinawa Island, and in other places from time to time. As Adam says, fe...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio maackii maackii
- Replies: 7
- Views: 630
Re: Papilio maackii maackii
It is not a hybrid. It is an artificially made aberration of P. maackii . Some aberrations are made by putting newly formed pupae in the fridge for some time. I also heard you can make spectacular aberrations by injecting a certain kind of chemical in pupae. I don't know how this particular specimen...
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:23 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: A beetle from Borneo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 811
Re: A beetle from Borneo
It is probably a kind of Lizard Beetle (Erotylidae, Languriinae).
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:25 am
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Butterfly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 458
Re: Butterfly
Speyeria cybele krautwurmi ♂?
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 2:39 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Urgent help with chrysalids
- Replies: 8
- Views: 679
Re: Urgent help with chrysalids
Hi Sergey,
Good to hear everything went well.
Kuni
Good to hear everything went well.
Kuni
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:57 am
- Forum: The Porch Light
- Topic: bigfoot in Oregon?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3492
Re: bigfoot in Oregon?
A lumberjack I met at a campground near Bolan Lake in Josephine Co., Oregon in 1979 told me he had seen a bigfoot a few times in his life!
Kuni
Kuni
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 5:52 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Urgent help with chrysalids
- Replies: 8
- Views: 679
Re: Urgent help with chrysalids
It is a common practice here in Japan to use Polyvinyl acetate glue, like Elmer's glue, to stick pupae of lycaenids on a piece of paper. The picture shows empty cases of Chrysozephyrus ataxus , Artopoetes pryeri , and Favonius cognatus . They all successfully emerged. It didn't cause any harm to the...
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:03 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Which tropical hardwood is best for insect boxes?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1330
Re: Which tropical hardwood is best for insect boxes?
Teak wood must be absolutely dry before making the boxes, otherwise the wood will split. Normally it must be professionally dried, and after that it will be safe to use to store specimens. Note it is very heavy. I actually think you don't need to use hardwood. I will ask what type of wood those sup...