daveuk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:40 pm

wollastoni wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:46 pm The red one is not a doris indeed. Any locality ?

Picture with the data now Olivier. You were right. It's Heliconius sara according to the data

I suppose it is H.doris, definitely not H.sara

wollastoni wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:46 pm The red one is not a doris indeed. Any locality ?

Actually there is a form of Heliconius doris doris that looks exactly the same so it could be it.

58chevy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 2:25 pm I love heliconians, especially variable species like these.

Heliconius is my favour genus as well.
It is such enjoyment to watch them flying slow between the vegetation.

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.

Same in Canada, hopefully stays this way.
I’m not really buying the specimens but it’s much more easy to bring back collected material.

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...

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...

eurytides wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 11:07 pm I am in New Brunswick right now. Peak canadensis season it would seem. Saw several driving today and even hit one. None captured. No ova located. The hunt continues.

Did you find Papilio brevicauda on your trip?

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...

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.

Congrats! This is one of few species occur in Ontario that I am still missing.

I don’t see a need for shingling unless you are Vernon Brou.

Stichopthalma are seasonal and very localized butterflies.
You have to be in the right place and time to see them.

It looks exactly the same as my specimen of Utetheisa pulchelloides collected on Koh Tao, Thailand.

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 did not spread too many wasp only few as i don't collect them, but what I did was using the sheet of styrofoam and i pinned small rectangle shaped two pieces right under where the wings should be. Then you can spread legs as you would for the beetles on the main sheet and wings after all on the si...

This is interesting but isn't there a risk of breaking antennas, head or legs in process of injection dry specimen? BTW I always use ammonia to kill butterflies which are resistant to pinch and some moths that can be handle ( sphinx, silk moths ) Do you inject the insects to kill them with ammonia?...

This is interesting but isn't there a risk of breaking antennas, head or legs in process of injection dry specimen?

BTW I always use ammonia to kill butterflies which are resistant to pinch and some moths that can be handle ( sphinx, silk moths )

Chlosyne rosita from Pacific Ocean slope in Costa Rica (Guanacaste) is much darker with less red and yellow on ventral side. This specimen comes from Atlantic slope where there is no defined dry season as opposed to northwest part of Costa Rica. It could be a different subspecies but I can’t find an...

This is very interesting. My specimen looks more like Chlosyne rosita rosita but not quite exact. In the book “The butterflies of Costa Rica” by Philip J.DeVries Ch.rosita is not listed and in 2002 when I determinate species name the internet wasn’t as useful as of now. Does anyone can confirm if th...

This is another species of this genus I had a chance to collect in Costa Rica. Ch.gaudialis and janais can be found in disturb habitats, mainly meadows in the villages and clearings. Top female Bottom male C2F112B6-0061-4B2E-B7EB-B87FDF04D6A3.jpeg Male underside 6872FE5A-4BFA-4AD3-A3A2-D00F4A7A2E04....