I tossed them outside. One may have limped away... if any more show up in the future, I'll get a picture.

I have noticed something. There are fewer spiders in my house now that it is the cold season. A plus, since earlier this year I caught 2 giant and creepy spiders in my house. When someone with a life size tarantula tattoo on his back says a spider is big and creepy, it is. Giant House spiders to be ...

Sure thing Whitmow, I think it's safe to consider my issue with Stuart Simpson unresolved and likely to remain that way. I gave him a break and did not make the paypal claim I could have after following dubious advice from fellow traders. He owes me 73 bucks, which might not seem like a lot of money...

While my whining got some attention, and an email...little has changed. If, and it's a big one, the situation becomes resolved, I will make a
retraction, unbelievably, this situation and my handling of it has cost me 2 relationships with other members of InsectNet. Find out who your friends are.

It was only money. Thanks for being there.

I've noticed some ebay listings for different aberrations, I wasn't aware they were man made animals. Sounds worthless to me. I have enough
of a hurdle with hybrids.
When money comes into play, all bets are off. Just like the ready made "collectibles".

Exactly. I don't believe fraud was the plan. Which was why I listened to my buddy and didn't make a PayPal claim. A lot of good it did. This is probably what happened with the last guy- Matt Nochisaki, he probably didn't intend to defraud. He did annoy me more though, stringing me along lying the wh...

Not long ago, I had an issue with a seller, wrote it off, and then months later, countered his post for livestock with a bad trade post . It did cost him money, because people contacted me. So, a couple days ago I get an email form the "seller" asking WTH? Well, the last 2 emails I'd sent ...

Here in the Northwest, logging is a big industry. Replanting by hand works, things do take time, the infamous Tillamook Burn is now regrown. We don't have the hardwood trees like the eastern USA, and conifers seem to grow quickly. It's all for the lumber here. As far as biofuel and ethanol, I think ...

It's that time of year again. Move your clock from sunshine and happiness to misery and despair.
It might be called "standard time" but it sucks.
Perhaps someday we will all agree on what time it is, even though it's all subjective.

Thank you. Besides the errors in the listings, which insult our collective intelligence, those listing "dumps" are really annoying.

Amazing stuff Vabrou. I have had the bats, I presume they find everyone's light. The skunk family one season. Only once here in Oregon have I encountered a toad after dark. reminded me of being in the Dominican Republic, but there were a lot more toads there, you keep thinking it's a big beetle. And...

Tim-
In Pyle's 'The Butterflies of Cascadia", it looks like purpurascens is a synonym of S. h. hydapse if I read it correctly.
If you want an excerpt from the book, I could scan it for you or simply type out the text.

Interesting. I have never dreamt of any entomology related subjects. Not being able to act,or not acting is the thing that happens in dreams, at least that is what happens to me. Turtles are cool though! I've caught wild ones in northern Calif, and seen a bunch of babies once in a pool by a mountain...

Tachinid introduced as a pest control. That's just nice. There is yet another of the examples of the intelligence of our people in charge.
And I can't get a legal Atlas moth. I enjoy the same sentiments when I see a flock of starlings land on my bushes, just before I get my air pistol-

This is a problem with wild collected larva. I have had the larger share of Agapema cocoons be parasitized. Anytime a person buys cocoons, or butterfly pupa from wild collected larva, you are flipping a coin. That being said- sellers have a moral and ethical responsibilty to disclose if the larva ha...

Bad news is just that, and it gets lots of rubbernecks. It is seemingly a regional thing sometimes, here in Oregon, we more often see stories about the release of Speyeria sp. at Cascade Head, or other stories about ecology. Habitat loss is the real culprit anywhere. It's the people who know best wh...

When I bought my Ornithoptera from Charles, he did claim that Cites information would be sent. It was not. I didn't pursue the issue. The chances of anyone unwelcome getting into my house is slim, besides the nearly insurmountable task of tracking down all a seller's customers makes it very unlikely...

I have read reviews of some of the artificial diets, and while I had no problems with my choice and the subsequent math problem of reducing the amounts, other buyers had issues with nearly every brand. If it's too runny, I just adjust the amount of liquid you're using. There is a supply company call...

Well, this thread has taken an anti- cat direction I can't support. Have I ever mentioned all the times I've been bitten by dogs in unprovoked
situations? Apparently some of us taste better than others-