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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 9:16:39 GMT
I won't be bidding even if it's not a scam but others may. ebay.com |
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2015 9:44:03 GMT
Don't bid on this :
- illegal, CITES I species
- must be a scammer, I doubt he has those rarities for sale (no photo of the female for example)
- the seller has 0 feedback on ebay
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mantisboy
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Post by mantisboy on Feb 25, 2015 12:30:22 GMT
Adding to the list:
- A "19.3 sm" Titanus giganteus is also for sale
I don't know what sm is, but I believe 19.3 mm or cm is significantly out a Titanus's size range.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 13:27:12 GMT
somebody seems to have bid.
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Post by Paul K on Feb 25, 2015 13:30:21 GMT
I collected my Titanus in Franch Guiana and it is about 13cm . I know they can get much bigger but 19 cm I am not sure and if it is that would XL size not SM .
Paul
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Post by Paul K on Feb 25, 2015 17:58:24 GMT
I have checked and no one collected larger then 17cm specimen of Titanus. I think this seller indeed has no specimens of those .
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 25, 2015 18:03:53 GMT
Someone is obviously un-informed about the status of this remarkable species. Maybe some numb nuts got a hold of grampa's butterfly collection and has decided to sell it off on Ebay ! On another note the largest "recorded" specimen of Titanus known is 16.7 cms. Anything bigger than that is either someone's well kept secret OR their specimen has in some way been "doctored".
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Post by nomad on Feb 25, 2015 19:21:23 GMT
If this is a old pre cities one genuine specimen, then the seller would have to have a special license to sell it.
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Post by nomad on Feb 25, 2015 19:23:52 GMT
I might add, that the seller is clearly advertising a pair,so where is the other specimen. Something does not ring true about this sale.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 19:41:12 GMT
I would be very wary, not only is there no picture of the other specimen there is also no description underneath and the seller has no feedback.
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mantisboy
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Post by mantisboy on Feb 25, 2015 20:04:42 GMT
Well, it's final! I asked him where he got it, and he said it came from Haiti. Of course, it is only found in Jamaica!
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Post by iroki on Feb 25, 2015 23:10:57 GMT
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Post by jensb on Feb 25, 2015 23:16:00 GMT
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Post by Paul K on Feb 26, 2015 5:35:18 GMT
The seller is located in Russia . Even if he has that specimen and someone will buy out of Russia . The buyer never is going to get it accept the call from the customs of his origin country that he is trying to import illegally protected insect and the specimen is seized. That happened when german seller sent to me O.paradisea without CITES permit. The custom officer did not follow any charges against me but the pair was lost . The German guy sent to me another pair with permit at no charge. He was thinking Canada same like EU no need permits.
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jensb
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Post by jensb on Feb 26, 2015 7:06:20 GMT
Whitin the Eu countries they dont look through the package as far as I know.
If I would send from the netherlands to germany or to spain or itallie it
shouldnt be a problem. Or am I wrong on this matter.
grz jens
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