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Post by nomad on Apr 19, 2016 10:34:19 GMT
Philotes sonorensis, the Sonoran Blue ... two male specimens I bought from Claude and which were collected by him. A very interesting little blue, I thought they were bigger, in fact they are tiny and they must be hard to follow with their blazing iridescent colour. Quite a unique and very local little early Spring flying species. 
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Post by wolf on Jul 24, 2016 15:01:53 GMT
Lycaena alciphron pair, from Gdansk, Poland.  |
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Post by nomad on Jul 25, 2016 7:05:21 GMT
Very nice Wolf.  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 8, 2016 10:26:47 GMT
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Post by nomad on Aug 8, 2016 15:39:43 GMT
albugcatcher. It would be better to use the attachment forum facility here or even better use a free hosting site rather than a download, a file my computer will not open anyway.
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 10:44:27 GMT
Thanks nomad,i had been trying for a while to get photos on here. This is one of my favourites, Acrodipsas myrmecophila female quite a rare capture.  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 10:47:44 GMT
This is a female Acrodipsas brisbanensis  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 10:58:58 GMT
And another, these females are quite variable in colour and amount of blue/ violet/ purple  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 11:08:35 GMT
A male A.myrmecophila. These little things may look drab and nondescript however if you are an Australian collector and hunt the rarer things these are what you are looking for.  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 11:14:42 GMT
Male Ogyris ianthis, very rare around the Sydney area, The two fresh specimens were reared from larvae found on Sydney's Northern Beaches.  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 11:18:58 GMT
A male Acrodipsas aurata or golden ant blue. Found in the blue mountains, NSW  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 11:21:15 GMT
And the female aurata  |
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 11:32:23 GMT
This is probably the rarest Hesperid in NSW if not Australia, Antipodia chaostola, it has a 2 year life cycle. This is the female.  |
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Post by cabintom on Aug 9, 2016 12:39:47 GMT
Cool specimens. I assume they're all from Australia... it's not often we see pics of Australian species.
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Post by albugcatcher on Aug 9, 2016 22:14:37 GMT
Yes... there all endemic to this wide brown land.
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