daveuk - yes, I do regret selling them! And now, after searching, I don't even have very high quality photos! :( So I wish I had better pics to share but these are the best I have. These are not exactly in proper proportion to each other - there was a bit more size difference between the two specime...

daveuk - yep, Connie, owner of B&T, brought a number of these into the country. I got my pair from her. Sadly I ended up selling them but I will post a photo soon.

IIRC the golden ornithoptera was a lucky variant, not selective breeding. I believe IFTA had neither the knowledge or capability to selectively breed. Most, or all, of what they did was ranching. Besides which, as I'd mentioned, variants of Ornithoptera are common; I've had some that were really od...

Trehopr1 - I totally agree it’s highly possible they were selectively bred. However the strain seems to of lasted almost 20 years if it was selectively bred, based on that price list, and when I purchased mine. My specimen was freshly received by Insect World when I purchased it. Of course perhaps t...

Of possible interest - on the website of Tony Nagypal, he shows a female of variation "kirschi" which has the yellow coloration but no green scaling. Therefore possibly "kirschi" stands only for the yellow aspect of these variations we have. He also LISTS the form "decora&qu...

I would imagine this has been covered somewhere, but I cannot find it - how many photos are we able to add to each post? I'm not able to add more than three. I am using the "drag and drop" method, and making sure the photos are not over 800kb. I've also tried "add files", but sti...

This photo was taken without the hand held flashlight, so you can see that the angle from which the wing is viewed means nothing without the light source also coming from the proper direction.

The following are a Pair of ( Castnia daedelus ) - which, thanks to bobw, we now know are actually (most likely) Eupalamides cyparissias . I don't have images of the undersides for a positive id. These are large moths - the female was huge. I am posting some photos which will fully reveal just how d...

Wasn't able to add more than 3 images in the last post so posting again!

As before, I don't remember the name...

I've looked through old photos and found a few which are worth posting. Nothing really rare, but some beautiful specimens. I sold these a few years back and cannot remember the names (which would be wrong now anyways lol!!), so perhaps bobw will wish to identify them for us! Recto and verso of same ...

VERY interesting bobw! I was hesitant as to whether the “h” belonged in there, as it is often, but not always, written with it included, but I had no idea the name was now invalid. It is the first time I’ve seen it called C. eudesmia! Great information. As for seeing complete drawers or individual s...

Those are Castnia psittachus from Chile. Outstanding species, as are so many from this group! This is actually one of the more readily available species on the market and has been for many years.

Trehopr1 - thank you very much for the kind words! Papilio_indra - Thank you for the comments! The old price list was a lot of fun to see! We appreciate you sharing it. I honestly have no idea how Insect World came up with the "decora" part of the name! I cannot say I've seen another calle...

This is my specimen of "kirschi". However, mine was sold to me as "kirschi-decora". It was purchased in 1997 from Insect World. There was no mention whatsoever of it being a gynandromorph. Nor was there mention of it being created with selective breeding. However, that obviously ...

wollastoni wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:20 pm Very nice !

How do you find them ? On flowers or bait trap as for our European Cetonia ?

Typically at night with lights.