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Post by wolf on May 4, 2022 20:31:26 GMT
That would be Zethera musides, a Philippine species of Satyrinae, Nymphalidae. Early stages feed on bamboo. Jan You sure its not Z.pimplea? Musides seem to have a much more restricted white band on the forewing, while pimplea has a broader more pronounced white band on the forewing?
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Post by wolf on Mar 29, 2022 12:30:36 GMT
I was in contact with him right after new years because i wanted to order a full cabinet and wondered if he could get it done until end of january as i knew someone that was travelling from Krakow to Norway and could bring the cabinet with them. However, he told me then that he would not have time to do that because he was doing a really big order for some museum, i dont remember which one.
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Post by wolf on Jan 11, 2022 15:53:36 GMT
I also got the book right before christmas. Payment, sending and everything went smoothly. The quality of the book itself and the pictures are top notch. What im a tiny bit dissapointed about is that male/female is not pictured for all the species. I can understand if male/female of said species looks almost identical. But even species that has very distinct gender dimorphism is only pictured with male or female. I dont understand the reasoning behind the choice they made?
All in all im happy with it though.
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Post by wolf on Sept 15, 2021 14:43:00 GMT
Have you ever followed the Jan Baalsrud trail from Lyngen Fjord? That’s right up where you got the female. Chuck Hi Chuck No i have not specifically followed "in his footsteps". I have however driven along Lyngenfjorden several times looking over to Lyngsalpan. This year i also took a ferry from Breivikeidet over to Svensby, drove across Lyngen, and then again ferry from Lyngseidet over to Olderdalen. Lyngsalpan is a very popular area for free skiers. Alot of high and very steep mountaintops. Under is a picture from the other side of Lyngenfjorden with Lyngsalpan in the background.
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Post by wolf on Aug 31, 2021 14:08:03 GMT
What's the postage like? I've sent them a email so just waiting for some quotes 🙂 My family happened to have some acquaintances from Krakow(where the company is located in Poland) that was doing trips back and forth to Norway to work, and they happened to have a big van. So i dont rly know how the postage is, as i never paid any postage
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Post by wolf on Aug 31, 2021 10:24:05 GMT
Here's a picture of my cabinets. I was actually remembering wrong about the cabinet color though as the cabinet frame itself seems to be the same color on all 4. But as u can see the drawers have very different color nuances even though they are all supposed to be the meranthi type. I want to point out that i mixed the drawer colors on purpose because i thought it would look cool, but after i while i kinda regret doing it. Now i cant be bothered to reorganize all the drawers over again.
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wolf
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Post by wolf on Aug 31, 2021 7:51:43 GMT
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Post by wolf on Aug 31, 2021 7:36:41 GMT
Hi. I got 4, 10 drawer cabinets from Paradox. I think the quality overall is very good. It has been mentioned earlier that the lid of some drawers can be alittle too tight sometimes, which i have also encountered. The plus side about this i guess, is that it will prohibit pest from entering even better. Another thing i can mention is that i bought 1 cabinet at a time within a 5 year period and i always ordered the "meranthi" type wood. Allthough i ordered all in the same wood type they are still different in color nuances. Some cabinets are lighter redish brown, while others are much darker. Even the drawers themselves within one cabinet differs in color nuances. I dont have any pictures at hand right now. Maybe i can get a picture later today, in that case i will upload it here.
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Post by wolf on Aug 18, 2021 12:26:42 GMT
Hi Bob Thanks for your fast input! After using google maps to measure distance in air distance im about 1200km further south than where i caught the female, but im "only" about 800km further south from the southernmost know locality in Norway. The attached map shows approximately where i live(red dot), where i caught the female(black dot) and the southernmost border for the sp's occurence(blue line). This is the upperside of the female that i took while preparing her, she's still on the board drying.
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Post by wolf on Aug 18, 2021 10:33:48 GMT
I decided to take a trip up north to Northern Norway this year. I spent 2 weeks up there. I had already made up my mind that i wanted to breed some of the northern species, so i decided to go for Colias hecla ssp. sulitelma, as i considered them maybe one of the easier to breed. I caught a female the 5. July and she easily laid lots of eggs in captivity on both fresh and dead hostplant. The eggs used about 1 week to hatch. Information online says that this sp hibernates atleast once as larva, sometimes two times. It all depends on the weather conditions up north. The larva feeds on Astragalus alpinus. In my breeding 7 larva went all the way through to adults this year. The rest of the larva is now hibernating as L2 and L3. The adult butterfly usually flies in July, but one source online claims that they can be seen as late as September, which probably implies that they are able to have two generations the same season in the wild. Demonstrated by my breeding this might be the case. Anyway. The larval stage lasted about 3,5 weeks. I lost track alittle, but im pretty sure they molted only 3 times. They were prepupa for only 2 days, and the pupal stage lasted about a week before hatching. To my surprise one female hatched as an aberrant, most likely due to temprature changes during the pupal stage. I kept all the pupa in the same room and place, so this was completely unintentional, but a nice surprise anyway! A not so nice surprise was that out of the 7 pupa, only 2 managed to hatch successfully! 2 adults failed to pump up their wings properly, 2 got stuck inside the pupal shell and one pupa dried out and died. I want to ask someone with more experience. Could this be due to climate differences? Could it be that the larva didn't get enough moisture/water during the larval stage and subsequently they didn't have enough fluids as adults to pump up their wings? Or was it just bad luck? Im curious to hear your opinions. I dont want the same to happen next year to the larva i have hibernating! Enjoy the pictures, and as always u can visit my website Norlep.com for highres pics aswell as a few more pictures. Eggs L1 L2 L3 L4 Prepupa Pupa Adult
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Post by wolf on Jul 21, 2021 8:17:03 GMT
This species is confined to bare rocky places in the southern part of Norway. Seperated from mainland Europes populations its regarded as its own subspieces, ssp. norwegica. I collected a female last year that laid eggs in captivity. The eggs took 10-12 days to hatch. The hostplant i used was Festuca ovina. Various information online say they can eat Brachypodium sp. aswell. I tried giving the larva Brachypodium pinnatum, but they did not accept this. The larva hibernated in the penultimate instar(L4). After exiting hibernation this spring they soon molted into the last instar(L5). Pupal stage lasted alittle over 2 weeks. Adults hatched in mid june, which is alittle early and most likely caused by artifical breeding conditions. The adult butterfly usually has its main flight period in July in the wild. Enjoy the pictures! Egg L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 Pupa Adult As mentioned before there are a few more pictures in high resolution over at my website Norlep. The site is aimed at showing the lifecycle of all Norwegian dayflying butterflies. Hoping to add more and more species as the seasons pass
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Post by wolf on Jun 7, 2021 10:25:38 GMT
This is a species that flies in the mountains of southern Norway. I found one single battered female in late july last year which i kept alive for eggs. She managed to give me around 20 eggs before she died. The hostplant in Norway is Astragalus alpinus. The eggs used 5 days to hatch. The newly hatched larva went through their first stage in autumn and hibernated as L2 larva. After hibernation they used about 2,5 weeks to pupation. Pupal stage lasted alittle over 1 week. As always, enjoy the pictures! Egg L1 L2 L3 L4 Pupa Male Female If you'd like to see a few more pictures of this species and others in high res you can head over to Norlep.com. I recently set up this website aimed at showing the lifecycle of all Norwegian butterflies. My breeding material is limited as of now, but i hope to add more and more species as the seasons pass.
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Post by wolf on Mar 14, 2021 21:23:10 GMT
As soon as possible, I return to Guyana and Colombia! How is it safety wise in Colombia, compared to French Guyana, Peru or other South American countries? Ever experienced trouble or dangerous encounters?
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Post by wolf on Mar 10, 2021 16:07:51 GMT
While visiting Peru back in 2009, me and my family did a guided 4 day trip to Tingo Maria with Amazon Insects. Manuel was very nice, professional and made sure we were safe the whole trip. He also provided export permits. Can recommend.
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