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by wollastoni
Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

Thanks a lot Adam
by wollastoni
Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Clear, self ballasted, 450w M.V. Bulbs
Replies: 41
Views: 2652

Re: Clear, self ballasted, 450w M.V. Bulbs

Let's keep this conversation "friendly" please !

John < thank you for sharing this eBay ad which will be useful for many of us indeed.
by wollastoni
Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

OK I have found the P. sarumani description. I have it in French in my book version. https://scontent-cdg4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/347563503_6460841690669257_6380457534253869364_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=103&cb=99be929b-3346023f&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=-QyIRiZU4p...
by wollastoni
Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:23 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

Bob, Adam, do you know where the Saruman Museum collection now is ?

I would very much like to see pictures of this P. sarumani specimen.
by wollastoni
Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

OK I have found the P. sarumani description. I have it in French in my book version. https://scontent-cdg4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/347563503_6460841690669257_6380457534253869364_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=103&cb=99be929b-3346023f&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=-QyIRiZU4pg...
by wollastoni
Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:10 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Re: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

According to funet.fi, the Prepona sarumani / Agrias sarumani description may be in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of The Buterfly (PAUL SMART) 1976.

If one of you can have a look, I don't find anything in the French version I have but it may not be as complete as the original version.
by wollastoni
Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Looking for 2 papers about Agrias
Replies: 10
Views: 2640

Looking for 2 papers about Agrias

Hello As I haven't found them online, I hope that the great InsectNet community will be helpful. I am looking for these 2 papers for my reasearch on Agrias taxonomy. - Prepona sarumani or Agrias sarumani description. Paul Smart 1976 (I am not sure which genus he used) - Agrias amydon philatelica des...
by wollastoni
Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Books : Lepidopteres de Guyane / Butterflies of French Guiana
Replies: 0
Views: 1596

Books : Lepidopteres de Guyane / Butterflies of French Guiana

The French Lepidopterist Association has just listed in the InsectNet Marketplace their very interesting books about French Guiana butterflies and moths . There are 7 tomes on various families (Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Castniidae, Saturniidae...). The books are in French but there are a lot of very ...
by wollastoni
Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: "One in five butterfly species sold online across borders" on eBay
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Re: "One in five butterfly species sold online across borders" on eBay

I like the conclusion but I am pretty sure the use of this publication will be much more different : ban of international insect trade... collectors are killers... and so on. Especially with that headline.... And of course they forgot to say that one single bat eats 6,000 insects per night. So one b...
by wollastoni
Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Polyamorous Polyphemus?
Replies: 4
Views: 1237

Re: Polyamorous Polyphemus?

you and your friend are true moth whisperers! It's fascinating how those male Antheraea polyphemus moths got all worked up, thinking they hit the jackpot with those pheromoning ladies inside. Talk about moth madness! But hey, persistence pays off, and those Hyalophora euryalus studs showed up right...
by wollastoni
Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: The Porch Light
Topic: Cartoon
Replies: 14
Views: 3326

Re: Cartoon

I love Larson cartoons. Always brilliant ! And his entomological cartoons are always very accurate.

Anyone knows if he is an entomologist, or if his father was ?
How come he knows so well our secret world ?
by wollastoni
Wed Jun 14, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: population of hackberry emperor butterflies explodes
Replies: 1
Views: 262

Re: population of hackberry emperor butterflies explodes

Reminds me some good time with our late friend Danny Burk photographing them in Indiana.

It was a new species to me as it was my first trip to the US.
by wollastoni
Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Paul Alexander Banko is missing
Replies: 12
Views: 2311

Re: Paul Alexander Banko is missing

We’ve lost a very good friend !
We will miss you Alex !
by wollastoni
Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:34 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Strange pupae development
Replies: 6
Views: 1505

Re: Strange pupae development

Thank you both for reactions. Larvae were wild collected. Now I think Adam can be right with some form of desiccation. I have several pupae affected exactly same way and what is strange - it is same side of pupaes. As I am laying all pupae on one side :) to have clear look on one side of wing part ...
by wollastoni
Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:54 am
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: Question on seller : Loreto Sales
Replies: 3
Views: 1905

Re: Question on seller Loreto Sales

If you buy through his ebay listing, there will be no issue : https://www.ebay.com/usr/loretosales I made several orders each year on his listings. They have full export permits. (that's why it takes them few weeks to send the parcel because they need to wait for the permit for each order). If in di...
by wollastoni
Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Strange pupae development
Replies: 6
Views: 1505

Re: Strange pupae development

Interesting, let's hope the butterfly will emerge !
Could be a bi-form result with one aberrant half... or it could be a totally normal imago.

Are these specimen bred from wild caterpillars, or from 2nd, 3rd generations of breeding ?
by wollastoni
Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus
Replies: 5
Views: 2038

Re: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus

Therein lies the innate problem of attempting to eliminate a species by parasitoid biocontrol. Elimination can never actually be achieved, only reduction of the pest population numbers. As the pests become rarer the numbers of the biocontrol parasitoids also go down, and they form a cyclical synchr...
by wollastoni
Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus
Replies: 5
Views: 2038

Re: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus

Not really, they crossed from Turkey, Lebanon or Syria in 2021. P. demoleus has gradually been moving westwards from Iran in the past years. Previous papers have discussed the origin of the species in Cyprus. Thanks, the distribution map I looked at wasn't up-to-date then. It confirms a fast expans...
by wollastoni
Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:46 am
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus
Replies: 5
Views: 2038

Re: Papilio demoleus in Cyprus

A great addition to the European fauna ! I have always wondered why P. demoleus (or demodocus ) hasn't conquered the Mediterannean shores. I guess they arrived in Cyprus through Citrus tree importation from Asia. I doubt it would be a threat for the Citrus industry today, as they already use outrage...
by wollastoni
Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Battus philenor
Replies: 2
Views: 638

Re: Battus philenor

A splendid butterfly !