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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 21, 2020 22:21:59 GMT
Use silica gel beads to dry them. Buy them beforehand. You will need them as everything will catch mold otherwise.
Try to source killing agents locally from your contacts if possible. Maybe they also have a net and a light trap. I try to avoid carrying the heavy stuff with me.
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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 12, 2020 17:12:20 GMT
I also checked yesterday and there is only a few expensive flights out of Miami for $1000+. I don't understand why it is not well connected.
For that price it makes more sense to me to go to Central America and the countries around Colombia (all can be reached for as little as $350 round trip from Texas).
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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 3, 2020 15:17:06 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 1, 2020 4:45:56 GMT
Crazy color.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 12, 2019 14:00:14 GMT
Gonopacha, yes exactly, that was the genus name I was looking for. I had seen these moths many years ago in the African museum in Brussels. I wanted to work on the family, but stopped doing so when I saw that Zolotuhin had visited every museum before me and described species faster than I could take a picture of them.
The female is one of the most beautiful moths I have ever seen and they are huge. I can remember posting a picture of them on the old insectnet forum.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 11, 2019 19:42:58 GMT
While the second one looks close to a Sphingidae I think it is a Lasiocampidae. Should be the male of some species of Gonometa or similar genus. Not exactly sure which one.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 9, 2019 13:39:34 GMT
That will cost him around $400 in fees. Lol! All we can see is that somebody was willing to pay $1400 for the bug.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 5, 2019 17:18:09 GMT
Check if the supplier accepts returns. If it is a legal salesman they pretty much have to. Otherwise you might not be able to sell it at retail value. In any case I wish you luck and hope you can get as close to the retail price as possible.
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Post by nomihoudai on Aug 29, 2019 13:52:11 GMT
That is an Arhopala. It is A. hellenore as Paul suggested.
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Post by nomihoudai on Aug 27, 2019 13:08:12 GMT
It is not a Siderus. It is most likely a Chrysozephyrus. The Arhopala is not centaurus, nor do I think that it is in the centaurus group (A. araxes etc.). The wings look more fragile, I guess it had a checkered pattern on the underside and not a uniform color. That would make it from the Arhopala thamyras group.
In any case, as Adam said Lycaenidae are distinguished best from their ventral side.
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Post by nomihoudai on Aug 23, 2019 14:47:29 GMT
What is the story behind fakahatcheensis? Is it protected?
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Post by nomihoudai on Jul 27, 2019 13:40:11 GMT
There was a stream of hot air coming in from the Sahara. This happens every now and then. Combined with concrete of the city it can indeed become very hot. After 3 days of record heat the weather in most parts of Europe is back to normal. The worst thing about it not the heat, but the lack of ACs in Europe.
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Post by nomihoudai on Mar 11, 2019 12:51:44 GMT
The fluid you put into a lighter.
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Post by nomihoudai on Mar 10, 2019 16:37:53 GMT
Month Ventoux has a sunny South side and a colder North side. You can find lots of spring species from early in the year (South Side) until very late (June, North Side, i.e. Anthocharis cardamines). I remember lots of worn Iphiclides in early June on the South slope in the fields next to the last town before going up hill.
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Post by nomihoudai on Feb 19, 2019 12:19:06 GMT
The collection has found a new owner.
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