|
Post by nomihoudai on Jul 10, 2020 17:46:10 GMT
I can tell you, but it will cost $20.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Jul 2, 2020 15:57:13 GMT
a whooping 36,671 on a scale from 1 to 36,681, with 36,681 being local.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Jun 17, 2020 20:03:58 GMT
Freezer. Butterflies have a very limited life span, there is not much one can do. After that you can dry the specimen.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Jun 8, 2020 23:11:44 GMT
Getting out on Guadeloupe looks indeed like it saves a lot of money. You can get there from Miami. I just checked and saw a return flight from Miami to Cayenne via Guadeloupe for less than $1000. The last direct flight to Cayenne I saw was $1800.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Jun 4, 2020 18:00:56 GMT
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Apr 23, 2020 23:57:36 GMT
Actually it is a wasp. Seems to be a thread-waisted wasp from the genus Prionyx. Impossible to narrow down the species.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Apr 23, 2020 23:52:45 GMT
Most people here know about butterflies and then beetles. Does this insect have 2 or 4 wings? If it has 2 wings it actually is some species of fly. I'm not even sure from the pic if it is a wasp.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Apr 22, 2020 20:21:33 GMT
Because that's how you get cancer (When using it instead of washing/disinfecting your hands). For disinfecting the kitchen the intensity is not strong enough given the large surface.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Apr 8, 2020 13:05:29 GMT
Semiotus sanguinicollis, without 'h' is the only search that returns results for me. Nice beetle.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Feb 23, 2020 15:23:01 GMT
Have they been dispatched using a chemical agent?
I used the pinch method on all my butterflies I caught. (it only have me poor results on very large Papilio)
In any case, yes the wings will try to jump into a different position. It will never be like a fresh specimen.
I used a minutia needle to move the wings in place.
The most important part is practice. I mounted several thousand Lycaenidae so far.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Feb 23, 2020 3:51:54 GMT
A good way to relax Lycaenidae is a relaxing chamber with a thin sheet of styrofoam floating over cold(!) water. They need 12 to 24h in this. Using cold water will prevent most of the condensation and stop stains or discoloration to happen. Except for very greasy species, but there is not many of these in Lycaenidae.
You need boards with a thin groove. I cut my own out of styrodur. The groove was between 2mm and 5mm.
I use long bands of paper strips over the entire board when mounting Lycaenidae. After I am done with the wings I have a tool with a thick metal point that I use the lift the paper in front of the wings. I push the antennae into that opening and place them properly.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Feb 12, 2020 1:29:45 GMT
nomad , with @ followed by the username you can ping people.
I think this was discussed years ago, and then the conversation drifted to various topics concerning D'Abrera. Maybe someone else remembers.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Feb 9, 2020 15:10:15 GMT
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Feb 7, 2020 18:02:33 GMT
If you look at the Wikipedia article of Wallace you see that he was very well aware of the changes that man brings.
Personally, I hope (and think) that advances in green houses and food production will make the exploitation of land in tropical areas less interesting. At the moment it is just too cheap to cut down everything and turn it into agricultural land and it is too expensive to create a vertical farm.
|
|
|
Post by nomihoudai on Jan 21, 2020 22:24:52 GMT
Other than butterflies I usually try to layer insects within cotton pads in larger storage containers. That is sufficient if you intend to keep the stuff you catch yourself and don't need to access specific specimens.
|
|