Love this species, thanks for sharing.

You have weeks of ID work in front of you to ID all 200. Last year I purchased a number of lycaenidae from a dealer in Peru, and what I did was start with google. I googled "lycaenidae of Peru", then clicked on images. From there, find an image that's looks like your item, and visit that s...

Have always used Bioquip adhesive for antennae and tails, but when it's gone I will go to white glue I expect. Even with Bioquip glue, it dries dark and shiny if you are just trying to mend a crack or slit. There must be a glue that is invisible when dry, I just haven't found it yet.

One of my favourite moths is the cross between Actias dubernardi and Graellsia isabellae.

For many of us, there was one inspirational book in our youth that was read many times and fed the desire to pursue this hobby. For me it was Moths of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter, 1912. As you can see by the binding, I have read this book numerous times and can still recall each of the mo...

A couple more.

The recent thread on catocala ilia forms inspired me to add a few more catocala forms. Whether forms are scientifically recognized or not, I don't care, I find it easier to differentiate among the species when there are recognized forms.

I am going to Kauai in late January, I will look for the black witch there.

The photo was likely just edited, no need for photoshop. Just turned up the brilliance/vibrance dial in editing and you get a beautiful brilliant photo, but sadly not what it really looked like. No doubt it was a beautiful, but the colours not quite what show in the photo. I see it all the time.

I have had great luck with Vanessa Atalanta as well, they seemed to actually multiply. I would go and get more nettle and a couple of days later there were more larvae, guess there must have been ova on the nettle I harvested. Got 100% success with these. But on the milberti, all I can think of is I...

Back in the 1980's, trading specimens as well as ova and pupae was easy. I made many contacts, mostly in the USA through Lep News, sent and received all sorts of interesting things. No problem with the Canada/USA border in those days. Made contacts for collecting trips for beauties such as Speyeria ...

In years past I used to occasionally see milberti, but have not seen one in my travels around Southern and Central Ontario for years. But in July of 2019 while visiting a friend, we were walking his property just west of Guelph when we found a mass of tiny larvae on a stinging nettle. Had to be eith...

I get the fall form on my catocala bait along with comma and Comptons./Users/haldonly/Desktop/PXL_20221118_193829583.MP.jpg

I was wondering if you carefully cut the top of those eggs attached to your larvae, if it might save the soon to be pupae from the parasite? I doubt the parasite eggs could be fully removed without killing the larvae. Its worth trying something as the parasite will surely kill the pupae.

Takes a lot of courage to make a trip like that, good on you. Memories for a lifetime.

We don't see a lot of buckeye's here in Ontario, but as Trehopr1 pointed out, hit it just right and you can have quite the bonanza. I made a 3 hour drive last week to Port Burwell, Ontario as the buckeyes seem to be on the waterfronts here in Ontario. A friend had been to a spot a few days prior and...

Like the others, I also did a lot of collecting from lights at stores, schools, maintenance garages, basically any building in a remote area that was lit up. Any time I needed hyalophora columbia, I would drive to Perry Sound, Ontario and drive the back roads, stopping at any bright light. Always ha...

I am also surprised that the female would lay in a paper bag. That is the common method for moths, especially silk moths, just put the female in a bag and you will have ova in a day or two. But butterflies, I have always put the female on its food plant and covered with netting, ensuring the plant w...

I don't visit marketplace either.