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Zygaenidae
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:05 pm
by daveuk
Some tropical Burnet moths in my collection.
Two male Eterusia repleta Thailand
A male Amesia sanguiflua from Viet Nam & a male Erasmia pulchella from India
A pair of Eterusia repleta from Laos
Re: Zygaenidae
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:52 pm
by Trehopr1
Here is an amazingly diverse and beautiful group.
Some years ago I started picking these up but, once I had seven or eight of the more commonly encountered species I had to stop myself and take a breath; before I made any deeper a plunge into them.
Seemed like they were just more than I could sensibly keep up with so I had to pull the stops on continued involvement. So that the temptation would not come back I ended up trading what I had for three nice papilio's.
A tough choice but, a sensible one I had to settle with. Still love seeing them though !
Re: Zygaenidae
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:04 pm
by daveuk
Trehopr1 wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:52 pm
Here is an amazingly diverse and beautiful group.
Some years ago I started picking these up but, once I had seven or eight of the more commonly encountered species I had to stop myself and take a breath; before I made any deeper a plunge into them.
Seemed like they were just more than I could sensibly keep up with so I had to pull the stops on continued involvement. So that the temptation would not come back I ended up trading what I had for three nice papilio's.
A tough choice but, a sensible one I had to settle with. Still love seeing them though !
Sorry you had to part with yours Trehopr.
Don't have that many of these myself. Moths in general only form about five percent of my collection
Re: Zygaenidae
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:21 pm
by 58chevy
Those are all spectacular. Wish I had some, but I don't. At least I can enjoy seeing your specimens.
Re: Zygaenidae
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:15 pm
by livingplanet3
Superb!
