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- Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Lots of insect IDs for Greater Toronto Area
- Replies: 4
- Views: 564
Re: Lots of insect IDs for Greater Toronto Area
Which part in Richmond Hill did you visit
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:28 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4877
Re: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
Thysania agrippina has only 2 pairs of prolegs and the larvae on the photo has at least 3 or 4 but the fourth one is not really visible. Unless the larvae add one more pair while grow? There is a true photo of freshly emerged larvae. http://www.danske-natur.dk/images121b/bere215539apm.jpg I don’t k...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:56 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4877
Re: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
Thysania agrippina has only 2 pairs of prolegs and the larvae on the photo has at least 3 or 4 but the fourth one is not really visible. Unless the larvae add one more pair while grow?
There is a true photo of freshly emerged larvae.
http://www.danske-natur.dk/images121b/bere215539apm.jpg
There is a true photo of freshly emerged larvae.
http://www.danske-natur.dk/images121b/bere215539apm.jpg
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4877
Re: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
I have no idea if this is correct. I am also not familiar with caterpillars from this group of moths. Any thoughts as to whether or not this may be legitimate? “This is the caterpillar of the white witch moth (Thysania agrippina), the world's largest moth by wingspan. It is the first ever and only ...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:11 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4877
Re: Any Thysania agrippina experts out there?
sexed a lot of moths, in questionable cases, by examining the frenulum; moths usually (not always) have a frenulum, which is a wing-coupling device that joins together the forewing and hindwing. Look at the base of the wings on the underside... Males have a single, thick, hairlike spine that extend...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:59 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Observation -> proposal -> sanity check: Papilio puddling/ ground feeding
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2370
Re: Observation -> proposal -> sanity check: Papilio puddling/ ground feeding
I suppose this is a normal behaviour.
The adults emerge and first search for minerals to successfully mate.
That’s why most of mud puddling butterflies are fresh.
I also noticed that while collecting in tropics.
The adults emerge and first search for minerals to successfully mate.
That’s why most of mud puddling butterflies are fresh.
I also noticed that while collecting in tropics.
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:14 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Heliconius doris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2581
Re: Heliconius doris
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:44 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Heliconius doris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2581
Re: Heliconius doris
Actually there is a form of Heliconius doris doris that looks exactly the same so it could be it.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Heliconius doris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2581
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:08 pm
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: What has changed recently with importing?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3020
Re: What has changed recently with importing?
Same in Canada, hopefully stays this way.wollastoni wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:32 pm The US legislation is sometimes totally crazy...
Here in Europe, an amateur collector doesn't need any import permits for non-protected specimens.
I’m not really buying the specimens but it’s much more easy to bring back collected material.
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
- Replies: 102
- Views: 567251
Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
Good luck Paul. Are you going to Moosonee? No, I don’t want to take train. I was thinking of Fraserdale, there is a road 634 going north of Hwy 11. Try to find them along that road. There is one record near Fraserdale. The problem is I have only 3 days for that and out of these 2 days of driving so...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 3:38 am
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
- Replies: 102
- Views: 567251
Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
No brevicauda, very frustrating. I went to 3 dunes, perfect habitat, abundant food plant, but no eggs, larvae, empty eggshells, or evidence of leaf damage from caterpillars. I am not bad at locating eggs/caterpillars. In fact, I think I am pretty good at this. However, I couldn’t find anything this...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
- Replies: 102
- Views: 567251
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:22 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Where to buy: Bioquip folding net "National Park Special"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10564
Re: Where to buy: Bioquip folding net "National Park Special"
Roppon-Ashi has for sale those. I have one and its much more flexible than Bioquip one. It is much easier to fold and unfold. They also sell amazing net bags which are very soft. I never personally ordered from them but I've got my set from Yutaka Inayoshi while I lived in Chiang Mai. The one you wa...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:12 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Parantica sita niphonica
- Replies: 3
- Views: 372
Re: Parantica sita niphonica
This species is included now in genus Parantica
I have collected the nominate subspecies in Northern Thailand. It is a mimicry model for many butterfly and moth species in East Asia.
I have collected the nominate subspecies in Northern Thailand. It is a mimicry model for many butterfly and moth species in East Asia.
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Erora laeta - The early hairstreak
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2115
Re: Erora laeta - The early hairstreak
Congrats! This is one of few species occur in Ontario that I am still missing.
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:33 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Unlocking the Hidden Art of Shingling
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2803
Re: Unlocking the Hidden Art of Shingling
I don’t see a need for shingling unless you are Vernon Brou.
- Tue May 30, 2023 12:08 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6755
Re: Some of my recent "papered" Stichopthalma
Stichopthalma are seasonal and very localized butterflies.
You have to be in the right place and time to see them.
You have to be in the right place and time to see them.
- Sat May 27, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Utetheisa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 841
Re: Utetheisa
It looks exactly the same as my specimen of Utetheisa pulchelloides collected on Koh Tao, Thailand.
- Tue May 16, 2023 11:10 pm
- Forum: Hymenoptera
- Topic: How to spread a pepsis tarantula hawk wasp ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9296
Re: How to spread a pepsis tarantula hawk wasp ?
is that hand of toddler? or this wasp is huge !!!!
I was in many places in the tropics but i have never encounter one like this.
BTW, yes that's the way I spread those.
I was in many places in the tropics but i have never encounter one like this.
BTW, yes that's the way I spread those.