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by Chuck
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Light collecting
Replies: 22
Views: 1760

Re: Light collecting

@boghunter John those look like alien spacecraft, I'm surprised the cops don't show up.
by Chuck
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

I blame Ohio State for the loss of the bugs. It was their curator who choose to neglect their care until USFWS released them. Legally speaking, until the package is released, it is evidence and it's custody of USFWS- it's their responsibility. I wouldn't do anything with it either, as during that p...
by Chuck
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: New N. American Butterflies
Replies: 3
Views: 512

Re: New N. American Butterflies

Jshuey wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:18 pm He spread most of the bugs upside down and poorly, which is making me mildly crazy as well. Maybe that's the connection - upside down bugs make you nutty.

Uh oh.

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by Chuck
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Breeding: Boloria improba
Replies: 1
Views: 221

Re: Breeding: Boloria improba

Bravo! Spectacular work, impeccable photography! Thanks for taking the time to share this.
by Chuck
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

So, back in the days when those guys were poaching from US national parks and stuff, there was another less known case involving John Kemner and his commercial collecting in Mexico. In that case, USFWS seized all the Mexican bugs out of a collection I was aware of, but left the US material alone. I...
by Chuck
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Spring Captures
Replies: 6
Views: 280

Re: Spring Captures

Brief warm spell after last week's snowstorm. Yesterday topped 70F/21C and same today. Yet I've not seen a single Nymphalid, which is unusual; typically a few pop out and catch some sunlight before hibernating again. We were in FL for 10 days and despite dragging the family through various environme...
by Chuck
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Spring Captures
Replies: 6
Views: 280

Re: Spring Captures

eurytides wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:48 pm Chuck, where did you capture this fabulous pair of Nihilis absentus?
LOL. Good one. No, I gave those to Dr. Hyatt during the purge last year. Given that there was snow on the ground yesterday still, I think up this way we can safely keep the nets in the basement for a couple more months.
by Chuck
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Spring Captures
Replies: 6
Views: 280

Re: Spring Captures

very nice, and how fortunate.

Here's a photo of my spring 2024 captures:


Impressed?
by Chuck
Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

This topic has brought a question to my mind. Do people really make a living selling insects? I've tried it years ago, when the internet was young. It seems like a difficult market. Perhaps it's the suppliers, but in any event, how many buyers are out there that continue to purchase material? I fin...
by Chuck
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

Agreed Chuck, clearly Charles knew what he was doing, continuing to receive material, he was still operating his business up until not long ago. He was gruffy and perhaps conceited, tempting fate with the feds is not my idea of sound strategy. Looks like Charles is still in business. There is a Dr....
by Chuck
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

That's unfortunate for Dr. Limmer. I am sorry for him. Yes, he circumvented the rules. Nevertheless, I have sympathy, not everyone will, like I told my defense attorney one time- "someone's got to do it" . If there is a market, there will be suppliers, I have limmerleps butterflies- I fee...
by Chuck
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Net bag color?
Replies: 20
Views: 13059

Re: Net bag color?

Great, all the new bags I bought are black. The "good" news is that it didn't matter on my last trip, since 10 days in FL I never had cause to take the net out. By the way, I was just in the field where I found out that my open-weave white bag was in pretty bad shape. I used it for w few d...
by Chuck
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

When the federal government agencies plan to search a home for evidence to arrest someone they have to get a warrant from a judge (this is about as hard as buying a hotdog at a hotdog vendor.) In the warrant application they have to cite where they want search and what they're searching for (and wil...
by Chuck
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Legal issues
Topic: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings
Replies: 38
Views: 9717

Re: NY Man charged with smuggling birdwings

Update - https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/long-island-insect-collector-pleads-guilty-to-smuggling-rare-birdwing-butterflies/5177683/. $30k penalty plus incarceration TBD. And surrender of his collection which I'm sure is more than "1,000 specimens". Look like they've...
by Chuck
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Agapema homogena
Replies: 6
Views: 458

Re: Agapema homogena

I have a female from Pima Co. AZ and a male from Colorado. Don't know why I have them.
by Chuck
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Net bag color?
Replies: 20
Views: 13059

Re: Net bag color?

boghaunter1 wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:00 pm Another U.S. based Collapsible Net Supplier:



John K.
Not really another, same guy I got my from, Todd Stout viewtopic.php?p=9038#p9038
by Chuck
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Other Insect Orders & Other Invertebrates
Topic: Please ID this large orthoptera
Replies: 2
Views: 309

Please ID this large orthoptera

Anyone know the species / range? Looks pretty big against that cigarette pack. I'm unaware of any wingless species like this, is it a juvenille?

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by Chuck
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Light collecting
Replies: 22
Views: 1760

Re: Light collecting

Come on, I've dragged a Honda 350W generator around the world. Twice.

"Vacation with my wife" well presuming you've been married a while, she knows what to expect. We are most fortunate to have found wives that put up with our peculiar fascinations.

Eagerly awaiting LepiLED report....