I just filled out a 3-177 form, and after a discussion with a FWS agent in Miami, just identified them as "Non-cites BUTT" - ~ 60 specimens.

This was for little brown things, but it seems to have satisfied FWS.

John

I misspoke - it's a spring cotter pin that I use though the hole. But also a bent coat hanger wire does just as well. It's pretty fast taking it out. Putting it back in takes some lining up of holes.... so a few seconds. Tie a ribbon around what ever you use - otherwise it gets lost in the field pre...

I tried... . This net handle is designed specifically not to come apart. Like Chuk said, I expected the handle to work like the old golf ball retrievers I used to use. These simply push out backwards section by section once you take the grip off. On the BioQuip handle, the handle-grip end on the lar...

I have 2 net handles which extend to about ~5m which I bought through Bioquip. The max. length and ability to rapidly shorten/extend is a must in the forests out here. These net handles have served me well for over half a decade, but now the locking mechanisms in some sections are more likely to sl...

There may be a problem with legislation in some countries. I think state museums sometimes cannot officially donate material. But as far as I know, there are various grants from which museums pay preparators. Indeed. If they are an non-profit (501c3) in the US, there is a prohibition about using as...

My news feed gave this headline: Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices on eBay: More than 50,000 dead butterflies were traded on eBay in a one-year period, including endangered species protected by international treaties on wildlife trade (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2379261...

Based on a quick picture-book ID - this is O. merianae. Me thinks that cassina - as we knew it, is now a series of different species. For example, Central American populations are now O. fabricii. Opsiphanes was just revised in detail - 23 species. If you go onto researchgate - the lead author will ...

Just keep in mind, that "legal" sales out of Peru require export permits before the specimens are shipped. And these permits often take over a month for the dealer to acquire.

So, be patient...

john

Jshuey : Paris MNHN has classic drawers for Delias and Agrias. I will let Adam or Bob answer for the BMNH. Unit trays really seems to be a New World / Old World conflict ! It is funny ! Or maybe it is more used for "small" butterfly families (Hesperidae, Lycaenidae)... I would say that pe...

adamcotton wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:32 pm The BMNH Papilionidae collection definitely does NOT use unit trays. I cannot speak for other families and orders.

Adam.

Historically - BMNH has not used unit trays. Blanca told me a couple of months ago that they are starting the transition.

john

I have never understood how unit trays can be more practical than a classic drawer... I know they are popular in the USA and nearly not used at all in Europe or in Japan... Must be a Farenheit-use brain disease ! :lol: Except for micro-moths or micro-coleoptera, I would not bother with unit trays. ...

The listing of Automeris louisiana in Louisiana as a critically endangered species is a good example of "rubbish science" in action. People who have no clue how to collect Automeris louisiana have done the research to determine that it is an extremely rare and endangered species. Automeri...

adamcotton wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:50 pm I suspect that the most endangered species is small and brown.

And that it hasn't been seen since the lone type specimen was collected a few decades ago.

That narrows it down to a few hundred species.

John

Here is a treatment of the genus in French. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2009_num_114_4_2703. They recognize three species, but my poor understanding of French limits me as to why they separate nemesis from galanthis. And here is my favorite - Siderone syntyche syntyche. In flight this i...

stink bug...

permits ??? for whom. that country or usa ?? i think if you walk down a dirt road in say belize and collect specimens. no one will care. am i wrong ? ( technically ) TOM I can attest, that I've never been asked to show a permit in Belize (with the caveat, that when I'm in a protected area, I usuall...

I've heard them called mud bugs also, but most Cajuns I know (including my relatives) just call them crawfish. Like shrimp, they are good eating no matter how they're prepared. The standard peel-&-eat boiled crawfish is great, as is c etoufee & c pie. But in my opinion nothing beats crawfis...

In Louisiana, the local Cajuns call them mud bugs... Or at least the Cajuns I know call them that!

j

When I saw your title - I was expecting this! Phoebis philea thalestris. These are the only ones I've ever seen when I was there. Lucky to have caught them both! John