We recently had a basically good article in a regional daily newspaper here in Germany about insect decline, specifically about butterflies, their way of life, and so on. But here, we have some blues (Lycaenidae) that live biotically in ant nests. This was mentioned, but the fecal pellets of the ...

Hi where, are you hosting your website in in the states or Europa?
Thanks! Anyway, Joachim

Hello!
I have read here that there are these wasps that you can put in a butterfly box and that they eat the larvae and eggs of the beloved pests. And everything is dead. Then they die and you have peace of mind. I have now found two boxes. Where some folds were infested.
Does anyone have any ...

Hello,
I had a problem and was thinking about
something that perhaps many of you have.
A box of butterflies was almost completely destroyed by bacon beetles (I hadn't looked for a long time). Luckily no valuable things.
What struck me was that 2 very old butterflies from 1976 or 1977 were totally ...

Hi all,

some body living inArizona told me to keep the cocoons dry. They are now almost year old.
I could not find the post. Any ideas?

Joachim

I mean leroy. He is now sitting with his cat alone.....

and I miss le and his strange posts.

Hello,


I actually bought the butterfly by mistake, I bid 1 Eur and it came with the other shipment. However, Adam recognized the label and whose collection the butterfly came from, however it was sold.

Unfortunately I couldn't find the entry, so Adam, do you remember?

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Hi, really a great pair. I hope it wasn't too expensive.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/133338438218?mk ... media=COPY


Hi, i wonder whether this ist a gynander or just an abberation.
Opinions are welcome. Thanks Joachim

Hi, thanks for that interesting paper

seems to be from than lee?

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paul, it was a joke ! I always threw the bullets at the moths, but scored few hits. I now use darts, the hit rate is better!
Joachim

P.S. Another joke:I bought these mothballs but when I try to hit a moth with them, I mostly miss.

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English is not my native language, but to read it makes appetite.

But back to the topic: Yes, I read and understood everything, but it was the disinfection of empty, I repeat, EMPTY boxes, where infested moths were ...

Hello,

thank you very much for the detailed answer.
Unfortunately it does not help me, I live in a small apartment and we need the freezer as well as the oven. Besides, my wife will beat me up if I "abuse" it for such purposes.

So the only option is to put such a box in the oven for 20-30 minutes ...

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

Hello everyone!
How to proceed? Disinfection of boxes.
I have received some time ago several hundred butterflies from vietnam, these prepared and since I had no space these first in cardboard boxes housed. Now I have bought new boxes and noticed that some butterflies were attacked by pests (bacon ...

Hello everyone!
My latest acquisition, completely perfect. I think the priamus and urvilleanus were bred, the cites just says "imported".
Price is very low.

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I'm waiting for other ornitoptera to be bred too.
I didn't ...