Some additional photos from the FWBG's live butterfly exhibit (taken in previous years) -

jhyatt wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:36 pm Nice... but somehow that sort of exhibit gives me a touch of vertigo when I see Morphos and Caligos flying with P. memnon and the odd Troides!

John

I'll soon upload some additional photos, from exhibitions of previous years. And yes, they have occasionally had Troides spp.

The above posts prompted me to recall the similarly detailed illustrations of James Gordon Irving, who illustrated the famous Golden Guide: Insects , first published in 1951. Due to the book's immense popularity (and affordability), it's apparently been in print continuously for over 70 years now - ...

58chevy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:57 pm Great shots. How much longer will the exhibit be there?

Until April 14 -

https://fwbg.org/calendar-events/signat ... he-garden/

Last Monday, I went to an exhibit of live tropical butterflies at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. This temporary exhibit has been held annually (in most years) by the gardens for at least two decades now, in their rainforest conservatory. The species vary considerably year-to-year, depending on avai...

Beautiful specimens!

Many thanks for posting these images. Only rarely do you see meticulously hand-drawn illustrations such as these in modern publications, and I appreciate the time and attention to detail that went into them.

Marsdenda wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:01 pm 3 to identify from French Guiana - Kaw mts

1. Probably Phaloe cruenta
2. Epidesma sp.?
3. ???

Marsdenda wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:37 pm Anyone ID these 3 arctiidae from peru. Thanks

1 - Echeta sp.
2 - Homoeocera sp.
3 - ???

A video -

Beautiful! I never knew that we have that species here in AZ! Yes, it's quite a striking looking moth, perhaps even more so in the larval stage! I hope to see this species (and hopefully A. anona as well) on some future trip to southeastern AZ. https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php...

Larvae of Agapema homogena, photographed in Coronado National Forest (SE of Tucson, AZ) -


Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34226209