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- Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:58 am
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
- Replies: 102
- Views: 567502
Re: Tiger Swallowtails of NY: Finger Lakes, Part II
I just want to say that I find this research (frustrations and all) fascinating. Keep at it!
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: The Great Entomological Conundrum: Unit Trays vs. Space Optimization
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1843
Re: The Great Entomological Conundrum: Unit Trays vs. Space Optimization
Neither the African Butterfly Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, nor the Royal Museum for Central Africa (which has pics of its collection online) use unit trays.
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:55 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Unlocking the Hidden Art of Shingling
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2835
Re: Unlocking the Hidden Art of Shingling
Bear in mind that there are genera (Neptis for example) which can have diagnostic characters along the ventral FW inner margin or dorsal HW costa. If HWs are set to high up, those features are obstructed rendering specific ID difficult.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Entomological equipment supplier
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1093
Re: Entomological equipment supplier
Yes, it was not working in DRC. I've just traveled to Kampala and it works here.
- Wed May 31, 2023 4:53 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Entomological equipment supplier
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1093
Re: Entomological equipment supplier
I'd love to check out what they offer, but anytime I try to load one of their pages my connection times out. (I have no issues with other webpages.)
- Sat May 27, 2023 7:18 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Utetheisa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 848
Utetheisa
Utetheisa sp.
U. lotrix? U. pulchella?
U. lotrix? U. pulchella?
- Tue May 23, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Pieris brassicoides
- Replies: 3
- Views: 464
Re: Pieris brassicoides
Ethiopia has some very interesting species & sub-species but it seems there hasn't been much collecting done there.
- Sun May 21, 2023 6:43 am
- Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
- Topic: "Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini" (The Debate Continues)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2383
Re: "Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini" (The Debate Continues)
I thought Cethosia belonged to Heliconiinae. Has it been moved? No, it's in Heliconiinae. From the paper: Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 Subfamily Heliconiinae Swainson, 1822 Tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 Genus Cethosia Fabricius, 1807 Type species Papilio cydippe Linnaeus, 1763 Synonyms: Ala...
- Sat May 20, 2023 1:42 pm
- Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
- Topic: "Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini" (The Debate Continues)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2383
"Taxonomic revision of the tribe Acraeini" (The Debate Continues)
For those interested in Acraea , Williams & Henning have published a new paper which is largely based on the molecular phylogeny published in this paper in 2021. Here's the abstract of the new paper: The systematic and taxonomic history of the tribe Acraeini is reviewed. Using a robust dated mol...
- Mon May 15, 2023 6:01 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1499
Re: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
Interesting Thomas. Do you spread "old" papered butterflies with that method too (more than one year in paper enveloppe) ? Never heard of a 5-minute relaxing method for leps (except almost fresh ones). This is a good point. Most specimens I set are less than a year old. I have set 5-year ...
- Mon May 15, 2023 12:04 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1499
Re: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
Cabintom : just try with ammonia, you will see. Much more efficient than hot water, no need to emerge head and antennae, less greasing risk... I'm satisfied with my methodology, thank you! I push 5-10ml of very hot water (not warm water) through the thorax of the butterfly (in the way Adam describe...
- Sat May 13, 2023 4:54 pm
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1499
Re: Perfect method to relax a butterfly in 4 hours (even Agrias).
That's what is magic about ammonia. You will see the head and antennae are perfectly relaxed. You don't get this result with hot water injection. I use hot water injection, and while forcing the water through the thorax I submerge the head, antennae, and legs in the hot water. Usually 20-30 seconds...
- Sat May 13, 2023 5:00 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Egybolis vaillantina
- Replies: 2
- Views: 402
Egybolis vaillantina
Day-flying, fruit attracted moth.
- Sun May 07, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: Field Reports
- Topic: Poritiinae of Sukadi, Bas-Uele
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2375
Poritiinae of Sukadi, Bas-Uele
Back in November, 2022, I traveled to Sukadi, Bas-Uele (also known as Assa or Asa), the site of a small mission station and hospital, to help run a church conference. During that time, I managed to carve out a few hours, on a couple of occasions, to head down the hill and do some collecting. In this...
- Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:06 pm
- Forum: Insect Photography & Video
- Topic: Unusual Diurnal Moth Behavior?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2426
Re: Unusual Diurnal Moth Behavior?
I once was traveling between Bunia & Kisangani and we got stuck in a long line of trucks trying to get through a particularly bad mud-hole. There were pond sized puddles of stagnant water all along that section of the road. Anyways, we were stopped and standing around waiting as the sun was begi...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:18 am
- Forum: Open Topics
- Topic: Most endangered butterfly full species ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1259
Re: Most endangered butterfly full species ?
Something similar to Orachrysops niobe perhaps?adamcotton wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:50 pm I suspect that the most endangered species is small and brown.
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:59 am
- Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
- Topic: New Papilio paper
- Replies: 35
- Views: 91289
Re: New Papilio paper
Why is this the case? (This is a question about why the code might render names original spelled with "ö" as "o" and not "oe".)adamcotton wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:26 pm Papilio (Druryia) sjostedti Aurivillius, 1908 [not ‘sjoestedti’]
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: Papilio ulysses
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8907
Re: Papilio ulysses
Even though I'm exclusively into African butterflies, even I've become interested. You're keeping us in suspense!adamcotton wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:58 pm PS. I will post full details in a few days. I think almost everyone will be interested.
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
- Topic: The Blue Duke Bassarona (Euthalia) durga
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1149
Re: The Blue Duke Bassarona (Euthalia) durga
In most cases, using roman numerals takes up less room on the label.
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:13 am
- Forum: Lepidoptera
- Topic: Weird Butterflies/Moths - Albinos, Leucism, Melanism, Gynanders, etc.
- Replies: 80
- Views: 9396
Re: Weird Butterflies/Moths - Albinos, Leucism, Melanism, Gynanders, etc.
To keep this thread on track: Here's a hybrid of Junonia terea & Junonia chorimene : X/2013 Q. Lumumba, Bunia, Ituri (1°32'N, 30°15'E) 1250m https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/40236522/original.jpeg https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/40236781/original.jpeg T...