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by wollastoni
Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: old specimen Armandia lidderdaleii
Replies: 15
Views: 906

Re: old specimen Armandia lidderdaleii

Now you have to pay for everything that comes from outside the EU, even if it comes as gift that It supposes that doesn't have a commercial value. Ask your seller to put a €10 value. The Vat will be 2 euros and most of the time they don't bother claiming it. If no value is entered (gift), then they...
by wollastoni
Thu Sep 22, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: old specimen Armandia lidderdaleii
Replies: 15
Views: 906

Re: old specimen Armandia lidderdaleii

Yeap another achievement of Brexit... same here when I buy from a UK seller... + it is a big issue for UK Ornitho collectors now. For example, they can't bid on French Auction Ornithoptera anymore as they can't import them to the UK. (the CIC permit from the French authorities is valid within the EU...
by wollastoni
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: The silence....
Replies: 47
Views: 2757

Re: The silence....

For those who ignore it, Leroy has been banned for scamming other Insectnet members and refusing to refund them for many months. We gave him decades of opportunities to act correctly. I agree it is not a sensible suggestion to have him back here. This said, we miss his entomological posts and knowle...
by wollastoni
Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:15 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Rare Delias butterflies
Replies: 35
Views: 2054

Re: Rare Delias butterflies

I appreciate the brevity in the description and contrast. Especially so because I'm trying to make sense of one paper which has a description of a couple species we know well, but the the description goes on for pages with run-on sentences. Yours is concise and legible. Writing a paper in a foreign...
by wollastoni
Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:41 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Rare Delias butterflies
Replies: 35
Views: 2054

Re: Rare Delias butterflies

I am glad to announce the discovery of the first female of Delias laknekei from New Ireland.
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Full paper here : https://www.sugapa.org/wp-content/uploa ... al-142.pdf
by wollastoni
Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: The silence....
Replies: 47
Views: 2757

Re: The silence....

I meant before the software change indeed. You can't compare with a period when facebook wasn't as developed as today in entomology. We have lost some good members due to "lack of moderation" in the past, not the contrary. Dragging in pictures is already available in the "Full editor&...
by wollastoni
Wed Sep 14, 2022 12:33 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: The silence....
Replies: 47
Views: 2757

Re: The silence....

Well, the new forum is MUCH more active than the previous one. Thanks to easy photo attachment mainly.

I personnally post less on Insectnet right now because I have TONS of work for my company... but I am glad to read the various topics and to see the success of the new forum.
by wollastoni
Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Any forum members SELL in Marketplace?
Replies: 5
Views: 414

Re: Any forum members SELL in Marketplace?

It is a totally different audience indeed. The marketplace has more traffic than the forum and more than 1,100 registered members. It now represents 20% of Insectnet turnover, it is a big success. Some sellers are switching a lot of their offers from eBay to Insectnet like beetlesdundee . (because I...
by wollastoni
Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Frankfurt fair 2022
Replies: 8
Views: 1471

Re: Frankfurt fair 2022

I will try to come this year
by wollastoni
Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:25 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Pieris brassicae
Replies: 16
Views: 946

Re: Pieris brassicae

I heard that you can produce some Arctia caja forms by feeding them only with dandelion flowers.
by wollastoni
Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:37 am
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: this is not facebook
Replies: 5
Views: 2671

Re: this is not facebook

Facebook is a great tool for entomology, many of us are using it including me. Some Insectnet members have found us thanks to facebook. This said, facebook is NOT a safe place to purchase insects , I can list more than 100 scammers hunting there on the entomological community. If you are looking for...
by wollastoni
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Odonata
Topic: Dragonfly?
Replies: 4
Views: 2213

Re: Dragonfly?

No idea on the species name, but wonderful shot ! Congrats !
by wollastoni
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:45 pm
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: How to upload picture ?
Replies: 14
Views: 4032

Re: How to upload picture ?

Yes, 3 uploaded pictures per post maximum.
by wollastoni
Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Castniidae
Replies: 43
Views: 2904

Re: Castniidae

Dear Michel,

Good to see you here. I would love to see these pictures.
To attach pictures in your posts, see here : viewtopic.php?t=4

It is very easy, you will see
by wollastoni
Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:27 pm
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: Attachments
Replies: 2
Views: 1479

Re: Attachments

Could you send a screenshot to contact.insectnet@gmail.com so that I have a look.
Thanks
by wollastoni
Sat Jul 16, 2022 1:21 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Rare Delias butterflies
Replies: 35
Views: 2054

Re: Rare Delias butterflies

A very rare pair from my collection now : Delias itamputi . This pair has been caught in Owgarra (Papua New Guinea) in 1911 by AS Meek. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48814837398_5a75df20dd_k.jpg AFAIK only one collector has collected some itamputi in the last 50 years, he found only few males....
by wollastoni
Thu Jul 14, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: Greg Watson : be careful
Replies: 6
Views: 3569

Re: Greg Watson : be careful

While I can understand why some African scammers would try to scam us... seeing a knowledgeable entomologist scamming his fellow colleagues is really a disgrace. Many of my friends had issues with Greg Watson.
by wollastoni
Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:04 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Cinnabar larva
Replies: 3
Views: 573

Re: Cinnabar larva

The first time I found this caterpillar in Brittany (NW France), where it is very common on the coast, I was 7 years old and thought I found some Danaus plexippus in France ! I was very proud of myself as plexippus caterpillars have never been found in France AFAIK. :) :) :)
by wollastoni
Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:20 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Impact of severe storms on butterfly populations
Replies: 4
Views: 624

Re: Impact of severe storms on butterfly populations

We don't have severe storms here in W. Europe vs what you have in N. America, but I am sure large wings butterfly species like Papilio glaucus must be severely hit by storms. As you said, they can't protect themselves. A question though : are they killed by the storm, or transported kilometers away ...
by wollastoni
Sun Jul 10, 2022 12:14 pm
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: friends and family only?
Replies: 5
Views: 2384

Re: friends and family only?

Indeed the Paypal "Friends & Family" option is to be used only with Friends, Family or sellers you know well.
Don't use it with unknown people who are advertising on a public classifieds board.