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- Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:57 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Protogoniomorpho (Salamis) temora
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1640
Re: Protogoniomorpho (Salamis) temora
Here is a recently spread example of this magnificent species. Just about the MOST extravagant of african butterfly species that I can think of... I received my specimen from a good friend here on the forum. It is out of Uganda and like all examples of this species is wild caught. Its colors are bol...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Porch Light
- Topic: Total Cluster: Chestnuts, lab screw-up, politics and media bias
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1929
Re: Total Cluster: Chestnuts, lab screw-up, politics and media bias
I love the American horse chestnut tree. Here in northern Illinois it's a pretty rare tree to encounter. They do grow tall and I still know of one that still exists in my childhood neighborhood about 60 yards from my parents home. It stands approximately 45 to 50 ft. A slow growing species --- as I ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9175
Re: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
Hello again Chuck, In the bottom right hand corner unit tray there are actually 3 different species of "Thorn-mimic" treehoppers ! The obvious large one is Thelia bimaculata. There are presently only two species in that genus in North America. T. bimaculata is the most common occurring of ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9175
Re: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
Thank you indeed Chuck for the suggestion on label making. We'll see how they look using Excel and I will run with it if it does the trick. Of course these labels will be small and so will the font however, I want it large enough to be reasonably legible with the naked eye. If I get it worked out I ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9175
Re: Treehoppers: strange creatures of forest and field
Over the last month I spent a little time (here and there) "pointing-up" some of my cache of treehopper collecting. The method of "pointing" tiny creatures onto paper-pointed triangles is tedious, delicate, and above all time consuming ! It was actually far easier collecting the ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:59 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio godeffroyi
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2868
Re: Papilio godeffroyi
Mr. Panzerman, Any chance you could show us some of the treasures you have retained of your former collection ? Word had it that you were downsizing your collection or at least selling off parts of it. You posted many splendid pictures (for a time) of your wonderful holdings. It would add (enormousl...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27740
Re: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
Gorgeous specimen !
One of the "high-end" highlights amongst the Morpho.
Generally quite expensive, seldom offered....
Bravo.
One of the "high-end" highlights amongst the Morpho.
Generally quite expensive, seldom offered....
Bravo.
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: What kind of Staphylinidae?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 808
Re: What kind of Staphylinidae?
Hello Reena, I'm sorry to say that I doubt very much you will get any more information on this rove beetle (here). The family is a huge one and ranks 2nd in overall size (identified species) behind the weevils (Curculionidae) which are THE largest and most diverse family of beetles at currently 65,0...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:14 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Automeris
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4801
Re: Automeris
Hello 58Chevy,
My pair of A. curvilinea are out of Ecuador.
I also have another lone female which is from Peru.
I am uncertain of any other countries that it has been collected.
My pair of A. curvilinea are out of Ecuador.
I also have another lone female which is from Peru.
I am uncertain of any other countries that it has been collected.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Porch Light
- Topic: Merry Xmas everyone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1297
Re: Merry Xmas everyone
Merry Christmas to all !
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2056
Re: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
I would also point out that the Bishop Museum (Hawaii) along with one or two of the major Australian museums and of course the British Museum all have what is arguably the best identified collections of material from the South Pacific region !
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2056
Re: Please ID Solomon Islands Cerambycidae, Curculionidae
Hi Chuck, Perhaps a visit to your nearby Cornell University will render some identifications. If you could spend one or two afternoons looking through their systemic identified Cerambycid holdings you could match up some of these to what they may have. They may even have your specimens somewhat sepa...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Automeris
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4801
Re: Automeris
This fascinating and curiously striking genus of giant silkworm moths has captivated and enthralled enthusiasts since it was first given name. In the tropics of both Central and South America these moths have taken on a riotous profusion of species. Their success as a group directly correlates to 3 ...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Trogonoptera brookiana
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6414
Re: Trogonoptera brookiana
Hello livingplanet3, Those are some superb photographs that you have there. They really convey the marvelous and distinctive beauty of this particular butterfly species. It's still remains amongst MY top 20 favorite butterfly species.... It was my first opportunity to acquire a "birdwing" ...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Information: share it or keep it a secret?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2624
Re: Information: share it or keep it a secret?
I would also point out that publishing information which is new gives that author due credit and it will always remain so. As long as the information is published through all the right channels and by a legitimately recognized outlet then the author has done his part at the "dissemination of kn...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Information: share it or keep it a secret?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2624
Re: Information: share it or keep it a secret?
Hi Chuck, Indeed, a good question and I think Vernon Brou might give us a good opinion of in this matter. Vernon says he has produced some 400+ papers on entomology related topics over his lifetime. I think that makes him one of the most prolific writers of recent times.While much of his research is...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Enough already, with the fake aberrations
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4521
Re: Enough already, with the fake aberrations
I personally MARVEL at the one-of-a-kind aberrations produced by the very few capable sellers out there. The swallowtails that I have seen are absolutely "out of this world" and REALLY cannot be mistaken for anything natural occurring. With the lone exception of the genus Agrias most singu...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: Insect identification
- Topic: Papilionidae du Cameroun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3233
Re: Papilionidae du Cameroun
Those are some superb examples Christophe !
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: A parasitoid fly invading Saturniidae pupae?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2879
Re: A parasitoid fly invading Saturniidae pupae?
The Tachinid fly species most responsible for the widespread rampage on Saturniid populations of the East is Compsilura concinnata. It is a parasitoid species native to Europe which WAS introduced into the US in 1906 to control populations of the Gypsy moth in the northeast states. It apparently did...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:25 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: The future of the hobby
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6373
Re: The future of the hobby
Entomology has always been a niche interest, hobby, and science. Very few people (overall) ever have the personal passion and "natural" innate interest to cultivate a REAL and lasting pursuit of interest in this science. I think it also takes someone with a natural born "Spirit for Ad...