Millipedes? I recently brought home a couple of millipedes from the forest (my daughter seems interested in them) and was surprised to find they had dug burrows all through the terrarium.

Not beetle juice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_extract

My understanding is that with these Bluets you need a clear look at the claspers to hope for a specific ID.

Yeah, as far as I'm aware, it's unique among African leps.

One of the more uniquely shaped butterflies found in DRC. https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/300746999/original.jpg https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/300747473/original.jpg Unfortunately, about 5 minutes after taking these photographs, this particular specimen ...

This is a small Blue, that is common at this locality. Male https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/300336032/original.jpg https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/300336046/original.jpg Female https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/300745947/original.jpg ht...

This was the first time I've encountered this Skipper. The common name is "Branded Large Fox".

Here's a fairly common Hairstreak found in the forests around these parts: Oxylides albata (Aurivillius, 1895) (Label border is 2cm X 1cm) Male https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/238849235/original.jpeg https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/238849259/original.jpeg ...

Definitely a difficult group. J Hecq says that E rattrayi is very common in Kivu and Uganda (Lambillionea . Vol 91. No 3- September 1991), and also mentions a subspecies coeruleomaculata. I think your photos help confirm that my first specimen is not E. rattrayi . Among other differences, my specim...

Tom, YOU are the expert, LOL. You keep digging up these odd and obscure Euphaedra from new locations, and opening cans of worms. Do you have access to a freezer? Reason I ask, if so you could pull a couple legs of each specimen and freeze them for later genetic analysis. Hey now! If I'm what amount...

No one with thoughts, eh?

Thanks for the update John. I couldn't see a way to take it apart and thought I was missing something. Thanks for confirming. Please give an update on how "washing it out" goes. I'm wondering about drilling holes through the loose sections and using a sort of pin or bolt to hold them in pl...

I'd recommend posting this sort of image on iNaturalist.

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 sli...

Here's a second one. I believe this is likely E. ochracea.

The closest I could think of is rattrayi, but this would be well out of range, and I believe rattrayi is a darker species as well.

This one has me stumped. Thoughts? -Strong FW apical green sheen -FW sub-apical band relatively wide -FW cell about half black -HW black border relatively the same width the whole way round the wing -Veins aren't very black as in some species -Ventral surface relatively unmarked (though that may not...

There is an Mbalé in C.A.R., to the west of Bangui: https://mapcarta.com/17115180

I personally think the most proactive thing that any collector can do is ONLY collect what you can prepare in a timely manner. And by this, I mean what you CAN PREPARE within two or three days time (after capture). Clearly you aren't collecting in the tropics! :) I've learned that, around here, for...

My guess is that the label's coordinates will lead the detective directly into a pitfall trap.