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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 15:55:26 GMT
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Post by wollastoni on Dec 8, 2014 15:56:51 GMT
Splendid
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 30, 2015 8:40:15 GMT
A live picture of my friend Antonio Giudici, a great insect photographer Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi, 9th April 2015 If you want to discover his pictures, see his flickr page : link
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Post by cabintom on Apr 30, 2015 15:10:17 GMT
A live picture of my friend Antonio Giudici, a great insect photographer I've been following his flickr uploads for sometime now. He posts some amazing photos!
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Post by daveuk on May 6, 2015 19:29:46 GMT
Here are two of my pairs.. a very spectacular butterfly. Attachments:
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Post by daveuk on May 6, 2015 19:32:31 GMT
Top row of this picture features a different pair-the female is huge & could be a different sub-species-the ground colour is paler as you can see... Attachments:
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Post by daveuk on May 6, 2015 19:36:29 GMT
Underside picture of the paler female Attachments:
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Post by trehopr1 on May 7, 2015 1:11:47 GMT
Hello daveuk, you've got some wonderful examples of the various jungle queen species posted. And your photography is very good --- my compliments. Looks like timmsyrj has a little collecting competition there. Wonderful group. I especially like your godfreyi examples followed by your eamesi examples. Both large stunning butterflies ! I'm really quite amazed at how much of this jungle queen stuff there is now offered out there. Collector-secret always has several things posted as well as many dealers. Here in America for like the last 30 years only howqua, camadeva, and the occasional godfreyi could be had from dealers. Very few others. In contrast, now it's almost like they are being collected up like huge "cabbage butterflies" out of S.E.Asia. Don't mean to oversimplify the situation but, it really is very different now from years ago! Have collecting methods gotten better? Have people over there realized there is a real market for these things? What gives? I know of a friend who has quite a nice collection of this group. Unfortunately, he's very possessive about his collection so getting him to ever show any of it is like pulling teeth. It took him about 12 - 15 years to amass his holdings through the purchases of at least a dozen private collections. Wish I could photograph it for all of you Stichophthalma guys but, that will probably never happen because of his weird mindset....
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Post by daveuk on May 7, 2015 6:06:50 GMT
Thanks trehopr1 It was the same in the U.K. during the 70's & 80's. Only S camedeva & S Howqua available here then too. I got my first S godfreyi , S cambodia & S louisa from Robert Gooden at Worldwide Butterflies in 1994. It's only quite recently that the "new" species from Indo-China have started to appear on the market. You are right-there are a lot of them-so I suppose there must be a market for them. They are certainly magnificent butterflies & I have always loved them. A pity your friend can't be persuaded to share some photos of his collection. Would love to see them !! Dave
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Post by timmsyrj on May 12, 2015 20:39:35 GMT
There's no competition in collecting, isn't that what everybody behind the leader usually says? Dave's specimens are far superior to mine as I prefer to get a long series to see geographical variation so it would be very expensive to get 30+ A1 specimens though i am trying, Dave also has a specimen of the Stichophthalma " holy grail" with his nourmahal male and takes better photos.
I do like seeing photos of fellow collectors specimen so if you can talk your friend into allowing you to take a few photos I for one would love to see them.
Rich
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Post by trehopr1 on May 13, 2015 20:27:19 GMT
Rich, I think your "Stichopthalma" material is pretty darn nice really so forgive my " off the cuff " remark. No negativity intended. Other than yourself and daveuk no one else has ever expressed an outward interest in that beautiful group. As a footnote to that remark I made about my friends collection I think you would find the following of interest... Back in the early 1990's I met the aqaintance of a lepi curator from Carnegie Museum --- John Rawlins. He was given an opportunity to view my friends butterfly collection. Afterwards, only a week after the event I at length managed to talk with him about his visit. And while I anticipated that he might revel in how extensive the Birdwing portion was --- he instead surprised me with a very different remark. The first thing (so help me) he said was " that man has THE most incredible personal collection of Amathusiids that I've ever seen --- hands down". That was 24 years ago and I'm sure he has added to it since. So if opportunity ever should present itself I'll make sure to ask him which ones are the rare or most unusual ones for photo's. That is --- if he does not object. No promises. Sincerely, trehopr1.
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Post by timmsyrj on May 14, 2015 8:17:43 GMT
Don't worry trehopr1, I never took your comments negatively, it's good to have some competition in what ever we do in life, it makes us strive to do better in ourselves, I have always been a quantity over quality type of collector, preferring a good long series of lesser quality specimens to show a greater variation within a colony or geographical location, it would be nice to have a long series of A1 specimens but this would be very costly, especially now there seems to be greater interest in this genus now and prices are on the up. It's ALWAYS, great to see fellow collectors specimens, especially photos the quality of Daves, great shots of great specimens, I have a very large collection of papilionidae, my first and still my favourite family, I have the same long series of lesser quality specimens, common stuff are A1, then I saw the specimens of John (panzerman) and Jaume on insectnet forum and WOW! Totally amazing specimens, never jealous for one minute, not ever, never... Well a little!!!
There must be more Stichophthalma collectors out there, especially with the amount being sold on eBay, I have bought them all, come on guys, show me, years ago Stichophthalma howqua formosana was dirt cheap and common, now I can't find any anywhere, come on guys find me some..
Rich
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Post by wollastoni on May 14, 2015 9:04:14 GMT
Rich, I had a good contact in Taiwan who provided me some Delias wilemani (endemic from Taiwan) in the past. I will try and find his mail for you, he may be able to find you Stichophthalma howqua formosana
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Post by daveuk on May 15, 2015 19:50:51 GMT
I have a very old & quite battered pair of S howqua formosana but like Rich have not seen this offered for years. Attachments:
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Post by daveuk on May 15, 2015 19:51:35 GMT
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