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by wollastoni
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Technical Questions or Issues
Topic: InsectNet Marketplace is down
Replies: 7
Views: 8319

Re: InsectNet Marketplace is down

Yes, we had to buy a larger server due to too many pictures uploaded by sellers.
We should be back today or tomorrow.
by wollastoni
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Yearly donation to the forum - Premium Members 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 15457

Re: Yearly donation to the forum - Premium Members 2024

Thank you very much to all those who have sent their yearly donation !
Good to see you're always here to help !
by wollastoni
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:09 am
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: New Charaxini Paper
Replies: 1
Views: 2622

Re: New Charaxini Paper

Very interesting ! Congrats Thierry !
by wollastoni
Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: Yearly donation to the forum - Premium Members 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 15457

Yearly donation to the forum - Premium Members 2024

Dear members, You will soon receive an email from me about the yearly donation to Insectnet. Insectnet Forum and the Classifieds are great assets for all of us. It is a friendly place for entomologists where they can share their passion. The yearly cost of the Classifieds software, the new forum dev...
by wollastoni
Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:14 pm
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: "Reptile Heaven" and "WildinsectUSA" = SCAM
Replies: 2
Views: 4714

Re: "Reptile Heaven" and "WildinsectUSA" = SCAM

Be careful, I had to remove another of these accounts in the Classifieds (Safman Rosicky). I see they have "improved" their scam listing now some very rare species at high price (but affordable for the rarity) : https://reptileheaven.com/product/agrias-phalcidon-fournierae/ The real value ...
by wollastoni
Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Enough already, with the fake aberrations
Replies: 8
Views: 4747

Re: Enough already, with the fake aberrations

Trehopr1 < the "strange" Agrias you see on the market are not aberrations or man-made aberration. They are man-made hybrids from the Peruvian Agrias farms. I highly recommend the new book of Philippe Floquet who illustrates all Agrias natural forms and all known Agrias hybrids : https://ma...
by wollastoni
Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:38 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Enough already, with the fake aberrations
Replies: 8
Views: 4747

Re: Enough already, with the fake aberrations

I see your point. But as soon as they are clearly advertised as "man-made", I can't see how you could stop them. If some collectors are happy to buy them, and sellers happy to raise specimen to produce their aberrations, it is hard to condemn them. Many aberration collectors feel like you....
by wollastoni
Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Seed-Planting Drones
Replies: 5
Views: 3483

Re: Seed-Planting Drones

Yes but the whole idea is to see my forest growing year after year so it has to be close from home.
by wollastoni
Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Seed-Planting Drones
Replies: 5
Views: 3483

Re: Seed-Planting Drones

Yes, "biofuel" is a disaster for environment. Nothing "bio" at all. About "seed-planting drone", it already exists in nature, it is called "a bird" :-) On of my dreams is to buy a damaged forest and to let it regrow naturally. I am 41, I should do it now to se...
by wollastoni
Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Japan April/May 2024
Replies: 2
Views: 2090

Re: Japan April/May 2024

Luc Manil from the French Lepidopterist Association (ALF) was there in last April/May and I know he has been happy with his entomological trip.
You can ask him some tips.
I send you his email in PM
by wollastoni
Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:58 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Introduction and issue with spreading wings
Replies: 4
Views: 2635

Re: Introduction and issue with spreading wings

Welcome here !
Have you tried ammonia injection, check this forum topic : viewtopic.php?p=6745#p6745

This is what I use for hard-to-relax butterflies like Agrias.
by wollastoni
Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Insect Trading Reports
Topic: "Reptile Heaven" and "WildinsectUSA" = SCAM
Replies: 2
Views: 4714

"Reptile Heaven" and "WildinsectUSA" = SCAM

The 2 accounts "Reptile Heaven" and "WildinsectUSA" , even if they have real websites, are scams . I have found some of their posts in the Classifieds "odd" despite having serious websites. After some search online, it confirms it is a scam. Some people complains about ...
by wollastoni
Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: What do Hesperidologists dream of?
Replies: 12
Views: 5522

Re: What do Hesperidologists dream of?

I've dreamt several times of catching a new unknown species, most of the time big Papilio and Delias. :)
by wollastoni
Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: Insect identification
Topic: Papilionidae du Cameroun
Replies: 7
Views: 3532

Re: Papilionidae du Cameroun

Welcome here Christophe. :-)

Please try to post in English as most of our users don't speak French.
by wollastoni
Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Female Morpho marcus/eugenia from French Guyana
Replies: 2
Views: 2291

Re: Female Morpho marcus/eugenia from French Guyana

Jean-Marc is one of the best guide to go to FG, he knows the place so well ! I discovered French Guiana thanks to him too. I hope you had great time there. Catching a female Morpho in FG is a real feat ! During my trip in FG with Jean-Marc in 2021, I saw only one female for about 1000 male, it was a...
by wollastoni
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:29 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: ICZN rules for nom. nov.
Replies: 6
Views: 2469

Re: ICZN rules for nom. nov.

Thank you Bob and Adam. If I understand correctly, it's the additional letter "e" (between maria and mariae ) that prevents Henk from making this change. I will correct the Delias website. Should we publish that correction in a future publication or is it non necessary ? I can easily add t...
by wollastoni
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:23 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Locations in France
Replies: 5
Views: 1798

Re: Locations in France

You are welcome.
I always like these kinds of label investigations !
by wollastoni
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:20 am
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: The future of the hobby
Replies: 21
Views: 6919

Re: The future of the hobby

The future of our hobby is obviously at risk for various reasons, as well explained by Chuck in this topic. This said, it is our collective mission to make it last as long as possible, to make it fun as long as possible, to make it scientifically useful as long as possible. We are a small but great ...
by wollastoni
Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: ICZN rules for nom. nov.
Replies: 6
Views: 2469

ICZN rules for nom. nov.

In 1996, my late friend Henk van Mastrigt renamed Delias campbelli maria Toxopeus, 1937, in Delias campbelli cyclops to avoid confusion with Delias mariae Joicey & Talbot, 1916. Confusion did happen as Roepke placed Delias mariae as a ssp. of Delias campbelli . So it was a good idea to rename De...