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Post by wollastoni on Jul 14, 2015 7:41:14 GMT
Welcome here Victor ! It is indeed a pleasure to see your fantastic Parnassius collection.
If you have time, it would be great to read about your collecting expeditions in Transalai and Pamir.
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Post by sensedigger on Jul 14, 2015 8:19:39 GMT
Many thanks, wollastoni. As for my Parnassius collection, I still have many things to work on (I mean, too many desired ssp.s and sp.s are still missing), and as for my expedition memoirs,you are right that it is going to take time and secondly, I suspect some of the "local authorities" in Parnassius would not at all be happy to read or even see them, to say nothing about some other comparatively well-known (in the Parnassius world) personalities, which I'd simply have to tell certain extremely specific facts about, for once I start speaking, I always tell the truth... Ditto.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 14, 2015 8:37:34 GMT
Welcome Victor,
I too would love to see photos of more of your Parnassius, and it would be great if you could include the label in the photo, or type the locality name in the post, so we can all understand where the specimen came from.
It is good to discuss things openly and honestly in a friendly way here on ICF even if we have different points of view on certain aspects of classification for example. Similarly if your opinions are different to those of well known Russian 'authorities' then I am sure we would all appreciate hearing how they differ and especially why your opinion is different. It all helps us learn more about the subject, which is why we are on the forum. At the same time it educated readers about alternatives, and they can then make their own minds up as to which point of view they agree with. Hopefully some of them will also present their own thoughts on any topic at the same time.
Adam.
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francisento
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Post by francisento on Jul 14, 2015 9:33:54 GMT
Hello and thank you for accepting me in this forum, my name is Michael Garrod and I live in Basel, Switzerland, maybe some of you heard about the Natural History Museum Basel possessing one of the world's largest Coleoptera Collections, the "Georg Frey Collection" containing about 3 million beetles in 6700 drawers. My main interest is collecting worldwide Orthoptera (I guess a rather uncommon subject on this forum) because I am fascinated about the variety of colors, patterns, forms and mimicry occuring amongst Orthoptera but also the spikes and spines of crickets from all the continents. I also seek to slowly complete my collection of Heliocopris Dung Beetles and recently couldn't avoid starting to want to collect wild Mecynorhina ugandensis... $$$ I look forward to learning more about the passion of insect collecting thanks to this forum every day.
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Post by sensedigger on Jul 14, 2015 9:51:09 GMT
Thanks, Adam,
I'll gladly post some more photos of my Parnassius and give the data, although saying "local authorities" I did not mean anybody from Russia in that particular context.
Victor P.S. I've just inserted the data in my previous posts, so please, check it out.
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Post by wollastoni on Jul 14, 2015 12:27:17 GMT
Michael, I am glad to see you here ! It would be a pleasure to see some pictures of your Orthoptera and Mecynorrhina collection. As you are a donator of this website, I am also glad to better know you via the Forum. Victor, I agree with Adam, as long as the ICF rules are respected, no entomological debates should be avoided here. Feel free to open Pandora's box !
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Post by sensedigger on Jul 14, 2015 12:41:13 GMT
Just gimme some time, wollastoni...
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 14, 2015 15:03:06 GMT
Thanks, Adam, I'll gladly post some more photos of my Parnassius and give the data, although saying "local authorities" I did not mean anybody from Russia in that particular context. Victor P.S. I've just inserted the data in my previous posts, so please, check it out. Ah, I thought you meant Russians by "local". I know that quite a few people disagree with some of the classifications in Russian books and papers. Thanks for adding data, it does help educate us all. Adam.
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Post by sensedigger on Jul 14, 2015 15:52:19 GMT
Welcome, Adam, hope that'll be of use to somebody.
And concerning "local authorities", in my case that means "ICF authorities"...(please, see an earlier post in another thread.)
As for some people disagreeing with some latest Russian papers and publications, well, some of the former are also Russian (me, for instance)... The ill-natured combination of commerce and "science" does deliver sick products, you probably know.
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Post by trehopr1 on Jul 14, 2015 16:25:23 GMT
Welcome francisento to the forum. It would indeed be a pleasure to see some photo's of your Orthoptera holdings. I've always had a passing interest in both the Acrididae and Tettigoniidae. Especially, the rainbow colored ones and the crazy cryptic exotic ones. But, I don't really have any per say as very few are offered on the American market. Now, if I had access to some of those wonderful European fairs than I'm certain that I'd have at least 4 or 5 drawers of that stuff. It's cool stuff. By the way, your avatar is pretty awesome. Is it yours?
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francisento
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Post by francisento on Jul 14, 2015 23:04:25 GMT
Thanks for your welcome messages - ok I will prepare pictures of some of my Orthoptera Collection. The Grasshopper shown in my avatar is Titanacris gloriosa (Hebard, 1924) from Costa Rica, not yet in my collection, but I wish to have it one day...
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troidescriton
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Hobbyist here! Love butterflies
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Country: United Kingdom
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Post by troidescriton on Jul 15, 2015 21:06:03 GMT
Hello there! I am a 20 year old British guy who loves butterfly entomology, using my computer, going out for walks, etc. Don't work yet as it is immensely hard to find a job in the UK. I am a college student. I always collected butterflies as a kid and raised them. I loved when my father bought me framed specimens. I miss the times when I used to live in the middle East and in the dirty, grimy parts of Dubai, they used to sell dirt-cheap frames! I love all insects (Other than flies and mosquitoes and parasites. They can all go to hell. lol). Here in Nottingham, it is hard to find any butterflies, really and I do not want to catch any cause butterflies are as rare as diamonds in Nottingham now. All the spots where the stinging nettles used to grow and all the host plants are being torn down. I will greatly miss all the BEAUTIFUL red admirals and Peacock butterflies!!! People do avoid me due to my hobbies but whatever. Rather do this; Rather than drink till I drop every single night and gather as many STDs and people filing child-support claims against me like most other guys in the UK like to dabble in. LOL! My main butterflies of interest are Nymphalidae and Papilionidae (including Birdwings).
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jul 15, 2015 21:53:07 GMT
Welcome troidescriton!
I guess many of us have similar stories from our youth. Sad to hear that Nottingham is a butterfly desert nowadays. I remember going for an interview at the zoology department of Nottingham University in 1977, and it was a very green town then. The department was very interesting, and the professor was breeding Ornithoptera priamus for his experiments. I ended up at Imperial College, London, next to the BMNH and have been out here in Thailand since 1981.
Good luck, and enjoy the forum.
Adam.
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troidescriton
New Aurelian
Hobbyist here! Love butterflies
Posts: 18
Country: United Kingdom
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Post by troidescriton on Jul 15, 2015 22:33:54 GMT
Welcome troidescriton! I guess many of us have similar stories from our youth. Sad to hear that Nottingham is a butterfly desert nowadays. I remember going for an interview at the zoology department of Nottingham University in 1977, and it was a very green town then. The department was very interesting, and the professor was breeding Ornithoptera priamus for his experiments. I ended up at Imperial College, London, next to the BMNH and have been out here in Thailand since 1981. Good luck, and enjoy the forum. Adam. Yeah Nottingham is a everything desert nowadays. Now all the greenery is being shoveled away for the creation of more and more pubs due to Nottingham's serious alcohol problems. And all those pubs close down anyways after like 5 or more months due to lack of business. Anybody read " The Great Gatsby"? Nottingham is the UK's valley of Ashes.
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Post by phasmidhunter on Jul 22, 2015 2:12:03 GMT
Hello everyone. Thank you for inviting me to join this forum.
Well here goes, I am 52, my name is Alan Hendy, Bugs Plants and the Natural World have always been a source of fascination, joy and comfort for me since I was a small child.
My main interest along the Entomological side of things is the European butterflies and moths having reared many species through my childhood and throughout my life. My favorite of them all has to be the the humble yet glorious European Peacock Butterfly.
Phasmids have been my passion since seeing a jar of Indian stick insects as a 3 year old. This interest really took off when I was invited to join the Phasmid Study Group by Paul Brock over 25 years ago. I have been honored to be involved in rearing many phasmid species, some new to science and have been involved in the DNA Barcoding project.
I now live in New Zealand and am still getting to know all the Flora and Fauna over here, my main focus is of course the phasmids.
Keeping, breeding and observing their natural behavior is for me time well spent.
Growing interesting plants ie food plants, ethnobotanical, medicinal and so called "bush tucker" species is also a passion.
I really do look forward to exchanging information, experiences and friendly discussions. Perhaps exchanging species could be an option too.
Alan,
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