I'll tell you what - I'm headed to Panama with a Lepi-LED next week. I got it for evening entertainment mostly (since all I really care about are Hesperiidae). I'll run it for sure, and let you know how it works.

John

A friend who collects "dirty" beetles (like Histerids) uses an ultrasonic water bath. These are generally used to clean jewelry and not that expensive to buy. These beetles come caked with mud, fungal spores, and general dirt. The ultrasonic cleaning removed this dust completely, while lea...

Yes - it's Todd Stout who is doing this. He has been very aggressive about getting kids in Utah out with a net in their hands as part of the Lep Soc's "OuterNet" program. I think he started making them because he needed them for the new kids he tries to get excited about collecting.

John

I use the open-weave white bags that BioQuip sold. Two reasons - First, I can easily see what I've got in the net, and second, the open weave means less drag and faster swings. Note that I use the flexible spring steel net rims (aka national park special), and less drags helps keep the rim from bend...

(Table adapted from data provided in Smith 1999 and and Jones 2000). I would put this in the table legend as the last statement.

The guys that made drawers for BioQuip have started their own business - at https://pinitentomology.com/

John

https://store.raisingbutterflies.org/ca ... s/1853.htm - is a direct copy of the BioQuip net rim.

Well, there is a glut of graduates with ecological backgrounds that want to become " tree huggers " (work with wildlife, habitats, endangered species and so on). Conservation biology is a hot topic. Then you have all the botany, zoology, wildlife management, forestry and environmental scie...

This is a "typical" research position looking to hire recent collage grads that are hoping to get real experience. Basically - room and board are free - so the $500 a month is "spending money". Getting a solid job in conservation and ecology is a brutal task lately. So, we now ha...

We planted 110 chestnut trees three years ago along the Ohio River. 10 of these came the the American Chestnut Foundation, and were big potted trees. The other 100 were bare root seedlings and came from Purdue University, which has been breeding for resistance for a few decades. If you go to Google ...

Indeed - have a productive year!

John

search the old archives - there were some notes from people who used the service - they seemed pretty happy

john

The easy way - figure out the format the journal is looking for. Open Google Scholar Search - and type enough of the paper 's title in to find it. Then click the "cite" link below the paper. It will show the paper in several formats - copy the one that is appropriate, copy and paste. It's ...

For the moment, they are still on the spreading board and I don't see much differences, but this abdomen without any clasper. Satyridae often have nearly no sexual dimorphism so it is not so easy. I guess a DNA test or a genitalia preparation will be needed to be 100% sure. Just take a fine-tipped ...

The other thing to ponder, this stuff is not good for you. It can cause neurological damage. My bug room is pretty small, so I use it as sparingly as possible.

John

I put little squares of dichlorvos in about three years ago. And I just saw a dermestid last month. So - about 2+ years? Or less - I assume that you get some time after the strips quit working - right? I use smaller squares than you do - more like 1/4th inch. I'll be renewing it all over the long we...

Thanks John- I'll read later, that tree looks very scary! I'm glad I don't do Skippers. The challenge for me at least is getting ANY analysis; whole genome is out of the question unless I want to pony up $10,000. BOLD for my specimens is showing a 99.54% match to one taxon and 98.32% match to anoth...

So - I'm no expert. But what I see is that DNA barcodes are quick and dirty tools that are great for identifying lineages that have evolutionarily diverged. And for the most part - barcodes are very useful and effective. But because the "barcode" snippet is so small, the actual relationshi...

Once or twice a year, I have a recurring dream that in my Indiana back yard, I have a blooming shrub, that is covered with butterflies, several of which are tropical (usually metallic metalmarks). It's always fantastical - it wakes me up because none of these bugs belongs in the back yard. Being Fre...

You guys are thinking too complex. I just tagged along with someone who already had permits and then got an indefinite specimen loan. Indeed it does not have to be some elaborate "under the table" scheme. - I did the same thing a few years back under the guise of "research". We ...