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Hello all -

I'm starting a new thread dedicated to sharing photos of recently caught specimens. Hopefully this will function as something of a collecting diary, albeit just the highlights. Others are encouraged to share - let's see what everyone's netted lately!


Kicking off the thread with this male Papilio (Achillides) daedalus, the first specimen of that species I've caught in almost a year. It's got some significant scratches, but no wing tears, so I was quite pleased.

Some more highlights from the few weeks:


A female Troides rhadamantus.


A female Vindula dejone. This species is quite difficult to catch due to their flighty nature, and this is only my first female of this species. It has a very very minor chip near the right apical forewing, but this is about the best condition I could hope for in terms of wild-caught material.