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Post by mothman27 on Oct 3, 2016 19:09:08 GMT
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Post by mothman27 on Oct 3, 2016 19:11:31 GMT
Right now on the spreading boards I have a pair of S. diana, a male S. nokomis nicritis (female is still waiting to be pinned), lots of noctuids, catocalas, and a few arctiidae. Attachment Deleted
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 4, 2016 6:36:42 GMT
Did you collect the fritillaries yourself? If so, they all look ex-pupa so there's quite a bit of luck involved there. Surprised you didn't find more. Perhaps they are bred examples which you purchased or traded. I have been in areas where Diana was found and never collected a descent one as they quickly get damaged within a day of flying about ! Very active butterflies as all Nymphalids are.
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Post by mothman27 on Oct 4, 2016 18:14:03 GMT
No I did not collect them . I can imagine that, seeing how the nymphalids around here are. I am too far north of their range. I got them papered from someone who raised them. Would love to travel south to catch them one day.
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 9, 2016 12:41:12 GMT
This week-end Delias, all from New Guinea except Delias prouti from Buru island.
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francisento
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Post by francisento on Oct 31, 2016 16:07:30 GMT
As some of you might know I mainly collect Orthoptera. I thought to bring in some diversity by showing Katydids and Crickets in this forum. Anyway, here is what's on my spreading board: A remarkable peruvian katydid with huge "tusks" (like males of the dobson fly Corydalus) borne on the anterior surfaces of the mandibles. This having been captured by local hunters was a once in a time chance find in the Amazon Forest. Dicranostomus nitidus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895)
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 31, 2016 16:25:07 GMT
A very unique species indeed. Excellent example of convergent evolution.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 31, 2016 17:19:55 GMT
trehopr1, Nothing personal, but it is either unique or it isn't - there is no grade of 'uniqueness' - thus I recommend to everyone that the phrase "very unique" be avoided. Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 31, 2016 17:22:04 GMT
PS. It is a superb wierd specimen, no doubt about that. Thanks to francisento for sharing it with us. Please do show us other interesting Orthoptera.
Adam.
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Post by jshuey on Oct 31, 2016 18:02:19 GMT
trehopr1, Nothing personal, but it is either unique or it isn't - there is no grade of 'uniqueness' - thus I recommend to everyone that the phrase "very unique" be avoided. Adam.
When I was in grad school, I has an editor just about pull her hair out about this. She just couldn't understand why I thought this species was fairly unique, another was very unique, and that others were simply different.
I get it now... black and white with no shades of gray...
John
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 31, 2016 19:22:57 GMT
Agreed Adam. The term unique is expressive enough without further need to overemphasize its meaning. Thank you.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 31, 2016 21:42:01 GMT
Nothing personal, just trying to make everyone aware of a common error. As John said, it's black or white, no shades of grey. It really annoys me when I hear an announcer on TV using that phrase ... they are paid enough to know better.
Adam.
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Post by mothman27 on Nov 1, 2016 18:00:49 GMT
As some of you might know I mainly collect Orthoptera. I thought to bring in some diversity by showing Katydids and Crickets in this forum. Anyway, here is what's on my spreading board: A remarkable peruvian katydid with huge "tusks" (like males of the dobson fly Corydalus) borne on the anterior surfaces of the mandibles. This having been captured by local hunters was a once in a time chance find in the Amazon Forest. Dicranostomus nitidus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895)
I noticed this on insectnet. Very cool.
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francisento
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Post by francisento on Nov 4, 2016 22:27:04 GMT
On the spreading board since yesterday evening: Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1770) - the Dune Cricket or Splay-Footed Cricket
It is found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Burma and parts of Turkey and is famous for its rolled up wings (when closed) and the morphology of its hind tibia and tarsus. The "splay-foot" has a very important role for tunneling but also for running over sand (1/2m per second). It spends the day in deep burrows in damp sand dunes along rivers; the digging is done exclusively with the jaws. At night this predatory cricket hunts for darkling beetles and other prey.
Spreading specimens like this one or other delicate Orthoptera like for example Rotten Leaf Mimic Katydids ect. is quite a challenge. There are so many fragile parts and different characteristics to work on, such as excavating and stuffing the abdomen, opening jaws, spreading fore- and hindwings and last but not least fixing the long antennae... - this guy took me more than 2 hours - isn't spreading Orthoptera one of the most difficult insect groups regarding our spreading skills? What do you think?
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 7, 2016 8:26:18 GMT
Yesterday spreading :
Some Papuan Delias : wollastoni, catisa, dixeyi ab, kummeri female, mavroneria female
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