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- Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:25 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Sasakia funebris
- Replies: 4
- Views: 440
Re: Sasakia funebris
I managed to get some eggs of these once, many years ago. I reared a few but was unable to pair them on.
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:19 pm
- Forum: Announcements & News
- Topic: Juvisy insect fair 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8012
Re: Juvisy insect fair 2023
That'a a disaster for me! Every time before that the Sunday would have been 1st October, it's moved forward a week to 23rd/24th September, so I based my schedule on that. I've now booked a holiday to Spain starting 30th September. This will be the first year I've not been to Juvisy (barring Covid) f...
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: Announcements & News
- Topic: Juvisy insect fair 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8012
Re: Juvisy insect fair 2023
I always drive and I've never had a problem. I don't think there are any restrictions except for CITES listed species.
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:30 am
- Forum: Announcements & News
- Topic: Juvisy insect fair 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8012
Re: Juvisy insect fair 2023
It's not usually announced until about April/May, but I'm basing my plans on 23rd-24th September.
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Does anyone have a bigger one? I mean an agrippina
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1825
Re: Does anyone have a bigger one? I mean an agrippina
You would think that a moth of this sort of wingspan would be badly damaged after just its maiden flight. There now seem to be a lot of perfect specimens on the market so I assumed that they must be captive-bred. It comes as rather a surprise that the foodplant is not known!
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:37 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Stichophthalma camadeva
- Replies: 11
- Views: 828
Re: Stichophthalma camadeva
Knowing Paul Smart as a person, I found it hard to buy his book on principle. There was a very similar book out at the sam time by H L Lewis, which I used a little.
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:50 am
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Catocala ID
- Replies: 1
- Views: 526
Re: Catocala ID
It's difficult to be certain as the specimen is very worn and there's no indication of size, but it's either C. sponsa or C. dilecta.
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:34 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: How to perfectly relax butterflies : the vodka method
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4380
Re: How to perfectly relax butterflies : the vodka method
I think it was Bill Garthe who used to recommend gin.
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:08 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Agrias butterflies
- Replies: 143
- Views: 11167
Re: Agrias butterflies
Try to soak the kitchen paper with vodka, it works better than boiling water and avoid moisture. With vodka, you can then leave big specimens like Agrias for 2 or 3 days if needed and don't have to inject them. Now, I only use this method, that I learnt last year from an entomological friend. Olivi...
- Fri Nov 18, 2022 2:29 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Agrias butterflies
- Replies: 143
- Views: 11167
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:03 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Naming conventions, elevating and de-elevating taxa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 625
Re: Naming conventions, elevating and de-elevating taxa
As long as the name is valid it's always available and is fixed to the primary type(s). This is regardless of the rank assigned to it by anybody. If someone were to assign a new name as in your example, cottoni would immediately become a synonym of glaucus , unless someone were to show that the type...
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:22 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Zerene cesonia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 598
Re: Zerene cesonia
Some of the South American subspecies of cesonia have females that routinely have these extra black markings.
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:19 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Strange wing shape Deaths head hawk moth
- Replies: 1
- Views: 431
Re: Strange wing shape Deaths head hawk moth
Just a deformity.
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:59 am
- Forum: Insect Photography & Video
- Topic: Update II
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3761
Re: Update II
Nice little series of junctura (?).
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:09 am
- Forum: Insect Photography & Video
- Topic: Update II
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3761
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:06 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Zerene cesonia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 598
Re: Zerene cesonia
Nice slightly melanic female!
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:39 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Sonoran Blue - Rearing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1112
Re: Sonoran Blue - Rearing
Claude is on here regularly and should see your post. I'm sure he'll reply then.
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 2:37 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Castniidae
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3022
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:24 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Castniidae
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3022
Re: Castniidae
There are only about 5 or 6 serious collectors of Castniidae. The problem is that they fly fast, many are crepuscular and they're difficult to find, and when they are found they've often shredded their wings. Then there are many bauble collectors who like the big showy ones, which forces the prices ...
- Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:37 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Castniidae
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3022
Re: Castniidae
Olivier
I believe that T. atymnius is actually very rare in French Guiana. The species that is very common there, as it is throughout most of South America, is T. licus.