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Post by deliasfanatic on Jul 20, 2016 18:04:17 GMT
You have a will of iron Danny, I intended to do this when I came to adulthood, well I'm 51 now and still waiting for the resolve, the problem is insect fairs, if on the rare occasion I have money to spend I just can't help rarity chasing, there I've admitted it to myself and the world, if there is a cure for this affliction please tell. No, it's actually the reverse - no will power! I like everything - but some more than others, naturally - and this lets me indulge without feeling that I'm getting something that "doesn't belong". When one dabbles, everything is welcome!
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Post by exoticimports on Jul 21, 2016 12:36:15 GMT
In my opinion...a collection of ugly little brown things...yes you do! But that's just my take on things! Chuck
Some of them have a slight purple sheen if you hold them at just the right angle under a bright light... And some have spines on their mid-tibia. If you squint at them, they can be agreeable looking. So I'm pretty sure that medication might help me and my hoarding.... j
That's the spirit John!
When I was younger I purchased morphos because they were big and pretty. One of the best days of my life was when I took them to the LA bug show and unloaded them. I hate morphos.
Chuck
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Post by bobw on Aug 3, 2016 15:48:11 GMT
My solution is to specialize in a couple of groups (Papilionidae and Delias), and to dabble in varying degrees with everything else. That way, I have the satisfaction of serious study on favourite groups, but I'm also free to pick up whatever else I might like to have. Yes, I think this is a good way to do it and I do the same thing, in my case Colias and Castniidae. I've just come back from a collecting trip to the Russian far east where neither of these fly, except for the common Colias poliographus. I collected a few representatives of various species (maybe 50 or 60 specimens) but came back with a lot of livestock as I do like to rear other groups outside my specific interests. John - I wouldn't say the collection you showed part of is particularly excessive and there's a lot to be said for showing series of specimens from different years to give an idea of the variation between different colonies, different seasons, and even individual variation. I certainly tried to get large series of the arctic Colias when I went there; they do seem to be among the most variable of all the Colias. Bob
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