This is a flying ant (reproductive male or female, not sure which), perhaps genus Oecophylla . Ants are not my speciality, but I have seen these before. I seem to remember that the species in S Thailand has a green abdomen, rather than orange here in Chiang Mai. This ant is often found in fruit tree...

Igarashi & Fukuda (2000 - The Life Histories of Asian Butterflies vol. 2) illustrate pupae of several Asian Limenitis species, and those all have a similar 'hump'. Interestingly, illustrated pupae of Athyma species have a similar protruberance, but rather more ornate. Lebadea and Moduza species ...

Interesting. Presumably this 'hump' occurs in both sexes, if so it is not androconial.

Adam.

Maybe they mated, laid eggs and now there are larvae 'everywhere'? It will be interesting to see what happens later in the year.

Adam.

That should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

I would be very happy to have a super specimen like that, despite the tiny rub mark on the right forewing.

Adam.

I haven't seen it for at least a week or more. Perhaps it occurs at certain times of day or in certain areas where the internet is slower?

Adam.

daveuk wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 12:56 pm I am still not completely sure how these pink forms are produced.

I suspect that they retain a dye added to the larval foodplant. Presumably these have never been seen in wild specimens.

Adam.

I can't help but notice the morphological similarity between the Cabbage White and Aphrissa statira, which is a member of the Sulphur family and has a more southerly range in the USA (native to S. Texas & S. Florida). Does anybody know how closely (or distantly) the 2 species are related? They ...

There seems to be a distinct lack of anyone vouching for the seller.

Adam.

butterflygirl, I don't think kevink was in any way implying that you wouldn't have paid on receipt. I think he just meant that you can't expect a seller to want to send goods without payment up front. On the other hand, you definitely did the right thing posting on Insectnet to check whether anyone ...

I also cannot see any arthropods in the photos provided. They look like grains of sand or dirt, not living organisms.

If you are being bitten by something I suspect that it bites and then leaves your skin immediately.

Adam.

Good to know it's not a malware hack.

Adam.

Me too just now. It wasn't there last night.

Adam.

PS. I wouldn't click 'allow notifications' anyway, but I don't recommend anyone do in case it's not genuinely from Insectnet.

Paul K requested that I split this topic into a new one, 'Vanessa atalanta migration 2024', in order to report about it separate from discussion of 'Questionable Question Marks'. Please find the new topic at https://forum.insectnet.com/viewtopic.php?p=10099#p10099 in the Lepidoptera section. Please ...

Done.

Adam.

Maybe he's away on a collecting trip or on holiday. I guess he wouldn't schedule sales when he's away.

Adam.

The main issue we are worried about is that if it happens to a new user they may not want to use Insectnet any more.

Adam.

The problem is not recurring today. Hopefully it has been solved.

Adam.

I check Insectnet several times daily and strangely this evening Thai time the home page was unusually sluggish loading, first giving this error but loaded on refresh. When it did load correctly I tried to open the sections with new posts, but each gave me this error. When I have had this problem be...