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Post by sappet102 on Sept 12, 2017 4:30:22 GMT
I am completely new to this hobby, having just started this summer, and I can safely say that I am glad I started this hobby at the beginning of summer! I spent almost every day outside colecting in rivers and streams on lunch break, after work and on weekends. I got extremely addicted to it, as well as blacklighting for moths at night. I learned a lot as I went, and some of my specimens suffered a bit for my beginner mistakes (leaving them out to dry on a bookshelf, having some suffer very minor dermestid damage, which I was lucky it was mostly minor). Here is my lepidoptera box, all specimens that I caught myself here in upstate NY (with the exception of the Eacles imperialis and the three Estigmene acrea moths, those being caught by myself in MD). The glass on the box is UV glass so no worries there! Anyway, as the summer winds down, I am hanging up my net and calling it a season. I had a lot of fun, and I can't wait for next year to start agaain and collect even more! I hope you like my collection! I am very proud of it and can't wait for it to grow!
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 12, 2017 12:41:31 GMT
Welcome. Interesting, inachus io (buckeye) is not common in upstate NY. Where did you find it?
Chuck
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Post by deliasfanatic on Sept 12, 2017 13:04:55 GMT
Inachus io?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 12, 2017 13:11:28 GMT
Indeed, that confused me too. Inachis io is a purple European butterfly which I understand has been introduced to the US, but I don't see one in the photos.
Adam.
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Post by sappet102 on Sept 12, 2017 13:37:17 GMT
I believe the one you are looking at is the Junonia coenia?
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Post by Paul K on Sept 12, 2017 18:10:06 GMT
Indeed, that confused me too. Inachis io is a purple European butterfly which I understand has been introduced to the US, but I don't see one in the photos. Adam. Inachis io
Beautiful species which has never been introduced to USA, common species in Europe and I'm happy to have those two in my collection, collected in Poland in late 80's. Paul
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 12, 2017 21:09:12 GMT
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Post by Paul K on Sept 13, 2017 0:41:23 GMT
That is a good news, I've never knew this. Thanks Adam Paul
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Post by nomad on Sept 13, 2017 8:40:41 GMT
With those eye spots Inachis io has got to be one of the most beautiful of all the European butterflies. By the way it is now placed in a different genus. It is now officially Aglais io. A few pics.
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 13, 2017 12:51:07 GMT
Busted with brainfart. Sucks getting old. Most of the time I can't remember the name Hypolimnas bolina.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 19:12:27 GMT
I bred a wonderful series of Io this year from larvae found in my local park, a beautiful species and the reason I got into collecting.
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Post by mothman27 on Sept 14, 2017 1:44:30 GMT
Very nice collection and your spreading is MUCH better than mine was when I started collecting.
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Post by NathanGrosse on Sept 24, 2017 17:03:17 GMT
Great start to your collection! And you've done a great job spreading!
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Post by sappet102 on Sept 25, 2017 12:27:06 GMT
Thanks so much! I ended up re-hydrating and re-spreading a few of my earliest ones because they were not done right, but I am glad I did so they are ll consistent now!
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Post by neominois on Oct 22, 2017 16:56:11 GMT
Nice work with spreading! Most beginners really struggle with that. I collected about a dozen Inachis io Last summer in Germany! Awesome butterfly.
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