I love E. oslari. One of my favorite western saturnids. I have a 2' x 2' case with about 30 of them, and not
one is the same.

Chuck Kondor passed away yesterday. He had been dealing with cancer and heart disease for several years.

I know many of you on this forum have had interactions With Chuck over the years. I would like to share some of my interactions with you.

I met Chuck by chance, in of all places Patagonia ...

A. jivaros Ecuador
https://i.imgur.com/znpVsZE.jpg
Automeris sp. Mexico
https://i.imgur.com/mcEULXt.jpg
A. moenchorum Argentina
https://i.imgur.com/psWIxfV.jpg
A. harrisorum Bolivia
https://i.imgur.com/1tdvGDo.jpg
A. zaziboucardi Mexico
https://i.imgur.com/xpepS5D.jpg
A. andicola Peru ...

A. amanda Argentina
https://i.imgur.com/g1cW1yg.jpg
A. excreta Nicaragua
https://i.imgur.com/62BeWIZ.jpg
A. silkae Costa Rica
https://i.imgur.com/nRa41Pd.jpg
A. anikmeisterae Costa Rica
https://i.imgur.com/1dHn6Xn.jpg
A. yungaiana Ecuador
https://i.imgur.com/nMLRm1y.jpg
A. diovolanda Peru ...

Here are some more Automeris for viewing.

A. intertridens Costa Rica
https://i.imgur.com/SnGhLLH.jpg
A. inomata Ecuador
https://i.imgur.com/OQmqWcd.jpg
A. rotunda Costa Rica
https://i.imgur.com/Rjc0EVC.jpg
A. rubrescens Mexico
https://i.imgur.com/gqk0k4V.jpg
A. meridionalis Venezuela
https ...

The Automeris genus is one of my favorites. I recently acquired quite a few specimens from an old collection.
Not all of them are A1 quality, but they are quite variable. Here are some of those specimens.
A. lauta Mexico
https://i.imgur.com/HdbZIE0.jpg
Pseudoautomeris luteata
https://i.imgur.com ...

Trehopr, That pair ended up in my collection. I must have visited our friend just after you did.

jwa121 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 4:23 am Your two, somewhat worn, Saturniid specimens from Peru are not an Automeris species. They are in the Saturniid genus Leucanella. They are likely Leucanella contempta contempta.

Sorry for the late response, but thank you very much for your determination.

Thank you Panacanthus.

I have checked a couple of the world Saturnid sites and can not find an id for this pair of Automeris.
https://i.imgur.com/Epu1HZh.jpg

This following moth puzzles me. It doesn't look like anything that would come from South America.
The person I got this from had 3 of these, all with the same ...

Those are really cool.

This was posted before with the link to build your own drawers. The instructions are pretty good. They do fail to show you how to properly glue up the corners. I built 5 drawers out of poplar and they turned out pretty good. I couldn't find the corner staples so I made splines to strengthen the ...

Papilio cacicus male Ecuador

Chuck this is what is on the data labels for each.

P. t. straatmani Kieta, North Solomon Province, PNG

P. t. toboroi Burka Island, North Solomon Province, PNG

Looking more closely at the second male, it looks more like P. chikae based on the spatulate tails. You should check the forewing underside, in hermeli the apical and subapical areas are strongly suffused with grey scales, whereas in chikae these scales are more diffuse, except near the tornal ...

Brahmaea moths have some of the most intricate patterns of any lep on the planet.
Here is one example.


Brahmaea tancrei Afghanistan

Papilio toboroi straatmani male PNG


Papilio toboroi toboroi female PNG

A spectacular subspecies of this butterfly.

Papilio maackii jezoensis male Japan

adamcotton wrote: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:09 pm Actually if this is from West Ecuador it is a separate species to Papilio astyalus, P. anchicayaensis. Thank you for posting the photo of this interesting species.

Adam.

Thanks Adam for the information. Unfortunately the data that was on this only has Ecuador as a location.

Papilio polyctor stockleyi Thailand