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by wollastoni
Tue May 24, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: How to see "new threads" only ?
Replies: 8
Views: 2626

How to see "new threads" only ?

A member emailed me that question. To see "new threads" or "unread threads", click on the "Quick links" button in the header of this forum and select which kind of threads you want to see. new post.png On mobile, it is feasible too, just click on the little button with ...
by wollastoni
Tue May 24, 2022 8:16 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus imperator)
Replies: 5
Views: 325

Re: Stag Beetle (Mesotopus tarandus)

Very impressive indeed !
by wollastoni
Tue May 24, 2022 8:15 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: InsectNet forum rules
Replies: 2
Views: 33536

Re: InsectNet forum rules

Dear lamprima2, see here : How to upload pictures ?.
Max 800 kb
by wollastoni
Tue May 24, 2022 8:12 am
Forum: The Porch Light
Topic: I'll try just about anything once, well maybe anything..
Replies: 3
Views: 733

Re: I'll try just about anything once, well maybe anything..

Hi Kevin, I have spent two months working on that new forum, so I guess you can spend 10 seconds resizing an avatar picture. ;-) Very fast with "Paint". The new look looks new, and it's weird, why are some people's names green? The phpbb software (that we are now using) put by default mode...
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: Remember me doesn't
Replies: 3
Views: 2047

Re: Remember me doesn't

Yes I am on it.
It happens when you use different tabs
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 4:55 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

It is Amazonia. :) - So you need a Yellow Fever vaccine to enter French Guiana (+ Covid vaccines for the moment). - I hadn't any parasite issue during my trip there but there are few cases of leishmaniasis. - some mosquitoes at night, and a lot of horseflies at day (depends of seasons) Dangerous thi...
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 4:29 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: gynandromorph Teinopalpus imperialis
Replies: 7
Views: 974

Re: gynandromorph T. imperialis

WOW !
First time I see a Teinopalpus gynandromorph !

Congrats to the photographer ! Who is he ?
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

You should ! French Guiana is very collector friendly with a lot of entomological lodges. People speaks English and French and it is rather safe for an Amazonian area. And you don't need any collector permit from the French Guiana side (just a custom declaration to fill online before arrival). There...
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: Insect Photography & Video
Topic: Your best live insect picture !
Replies: 18
Views: 3133

Re: Your best live insect picture !

To give you a scale, this Asilidae was a monster : around 4 cm in length!

I would be happy to have an identification of the 2 species if anyone can help or know who could help.
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 9:46 am
Forum: Insect Photography & Video
Topic: Your best live insect picture !
Replies: 18
Views: 3133

Your best live insect picture !

As picture attachment is the great asset of this new forum, let's share your best insect live shot ! https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mwmuAQ8x8xM/WXED_wCe6qI/AAAAAAAABuA/kPMM7-wBdYEnwhuABtYaeZW6iug7fGj_ACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_9308.JPG I met this huge Asilidae eating an ichneumonidae on Koh Phiphi island (Th...
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 9:28 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Welcome to our new forum !
Replies: 4
Views: 1010

Re: Welcome to our new forum !

Welcome here, Chris !
by wollastoni
Mon May 23, 2022 9:27 am
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Testing
Replies: 8
Views: 691

Re: Testing

It works :)
Welcome to our new home, Duncan !
by wollastoni
Fri May 20, 2022 8:43 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Presentation
Replies: 48
Views: 11307

Presentation

You are a new member here, please tell us more about you and your insect passion.
by wollastoni
Fri May 20, 2022 8:36 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Welcome to our new forum !
Replies: 4
Views: 1010

Welcome to our new forum !

Dear Insectnet members, Welcome to our new forum software ! It has been a lot of work, so we hope you like it ! I would like to thank again the moderation team who helped me improve this new software. This new software is really intuitive and close to the Proboards forum. There are few new stuff : -...
by wollastoni
Thu May 19, 2022 1:04 pm
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: How to update your profile and avatar ?
Replies: 0
Views: 1861

How to update your profile and avatar ?

Here's how to edit your profile to update your avatar, flag, signature or any information about yourself . - Once logged in, click on your username in the header. - Click on "Profile" - In "Edit Profile", you can enter your location and choose your flag - In "Edit signature&...
by wollastoni
Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

Yes and it was just a copy/paste of the BBcode of the other forum.
It means it is very fast to copy/paste a topic from the old forum (if needed).
by wollastoni
Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: How to upload picture ?
Replies: 14
Views: 4787

Re: How to upload picture ?

You're right. Done.
by wollastoni
Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:12 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

A Caligo sp. in the Belizon forest.
Caligo species fly at sunset only, a rather unusual behaviour for lepidoptera.

Image
by wollastoni
Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

While putting a net on a high branch to try to capture a Memphis , I dropped this large mantis to the ground. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51938581714_6ce871d7db_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51938262511_67aaf53f9b_b.jpg J.A. Cerda told me it is a hard to see species as it may alw...
by wollastoni
Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:11 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: French Guiana - October 2021
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Re: French Guiana - October 2021

One Theritas sp., the most common Lycaenidae on the Kaw mountain.
This picture was taken at the entrance of the Amazon Nature Lodge area.

Image

I missed a female Morpho rhetenor that day...