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Post by geoffkupukupu on Feb 15, 2020 22:59:34 GMT
Geoff Martin here from Darwin North Australia. I also spend as much time as possible in Lombok Indonesia. I am involved in butterfly/moth conservation and actively propagate host plants,trees and vines for sp in Aussie and Indonesia. Have studied the life history of the N T,s iconic Attacus wardi moth, and have been discovering their native host trees around Darwin.
My question is are there any amongst us that can source lepidoptera host plant seed,s ??. I am growing several sp of aristolochia and adenia /holrungia vines. My material is from North Australia and also Lombok. But my current search is for seeds of Zanonia indica the host plant for Parthenos sp butterflies (common name is the clipper). Geoff
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Post by davidd on Feb 23, 2020 14:51:37 GMT
Hi, I'm David and breed insects for a living (for feed and food). Recently begun to collect butterflies as I would like to have a reference collection of the EU diversity.
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Post by crammond on Apr 10, 2020 0:24:26 GMT
Hello my name is Crammond I’m 41 and I need help in identifying Beatles that are in my home.
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Post by bobw on Apr 10, 2020 7:46:46 GMT
John, Paul, George and Ringo!
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 10, 2020 8:32:15 GMT
John, Paul, George and Ringo! Sadly I doubt that John and George can be found in anyone's home.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 10, 2020 8:38:38 GMT
Hello my name is Crammond I’m 41 and I need help in identifying Beatles that are in my home. Welcome Crammond, I guess you mean beetles Please feel free to post photos in the 'Insect identification' section, but you must also include the location at least to country to help with identification. Please see collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/11/attach-picture for information on how to post photos. Note that uploading a photo directly to the forum is no longer an option. You have to upload your photo to a website, such as a free photo-hosting site (we recommend imgur.com for ease and good results, but there are many others), and then include the link to your photo in your post. Adam.
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Post by bobw on Apr 10, 2020 13:10:52 GMT
John, Paul, George and Ringo! Sorry, I couldn't resist it!
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Post by luehdorfia on Apr 13, 2020 18:48:31 GMT
Geoff Martin here from Darwin North Australia. I also spend as much time as possible in Lombok Indonesia. I am involved in butterfly/moth conservation and actively propagate host plants,trees and vines for sp in Aussie and Indonesia. Have studied the life history of the N T,s iconic Attacus wardi moth, and have been discovering their native host trees around Darwin. My question is are there any amongst us that can source lepidoptera host plant seed,s ??. I am growing several sp of aristolochia and adenia /holrungia vines. My material is from North Australia and also Lombok. But my current search is for seeds of Zanonia indica the host plant for Parthenos sp butterflies (common name is the clipper). geoffkupukupu Hi Geoff, welcome to collector secret! I just saw your request about Aristolochia seeds and I know a German collector who only collects Aristolochia plants: www.tropical-oddities.de/Just have a look at his website and get in contact with him. I bought some nice aristolochia from him to raise European butterflies on it. If someone can help you it must be this guy!
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Post by oleg on Apr 19, 2020 20:54:10 GMT
Hello? my name is Oleg, study morphometrical analysis of wings integument at some species of the Parnassius, the results were publisted in journal Wallace (Japan). For measuments I am looking for material from Turkey, Iran and so on .... Please, contact with me: eco-parnass@mail.ru
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Post by valleysboyo on Apr 25, 2020 22:34:18 GMT
Hi, I'm John Garside, posting as valleysboyo, born and bred in the South Wales Valleys, UK. I'm 51 and have been interested in, and collecting, Lepidoptera since I was 10 yrs old. Started with British butterflies and moths, moved briefly into world Papilionidae, then got married and had 3 sons, thereby having no money However, the boys are now men and should have left home (they keep threatening to do so, but then seem disappointed when I encourage them) so in theory I have a little spare cash. I spent 4 years studying Papilionidae of the Americas, but fairly quickly came to the realisation that you need serious money for these . I then moved into African Charaxinae (Charaxes, Euxanthe and Palla) and Polyura, but soon these started getting very expensive due to their popularity and high demand, and/or impossible to obtain due to the remoteness of their occurrence , so started on Euphaedra in 2012. (Prepona and Agrias are way out of my financial league). Even Euphaedra are now starting to increase in price (some crazy prices being paid on ebay recently for even one of the most abundant species - preussi MM in A-- condition going for upwards of $30 - complete madness ), and some species are very difficult to obtain (due a lack of local, collectors I presume) even though they are apparently common where found. The advantage with Euphaedra is that they are so variable that even some (most!) of the more readily obtained species can be difficult to identify at first, so the interest is maintained Have also done a lot of birding over the years, mainly here in the UK.
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Post by trehopr1 on Apr 26, 2020 3:06:35 GMT
Welcome to the forum John ! You will find many threads here to enjoy as well as a fair number of photo's which accompany them. You have had a varied interest in several butterfly groups so I am sure that you have something to contribute regarding all of them...
I recommend learning the method of posting pictures through Imgur (or whatever free posting site) you fancy; then if you wish you could post us some grand pictures of some of those wonderful things which you have "dabbled" in. Once you have done it a half dozen times or so you will be "spanking" out pictures and stories like I do.😊
Best Wishes, Trehopr1
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Post by adonis on May 3, 2020 7:14:21 GMT
Hello everyone. I am an amateur of nature and I come from China.
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Post by ct on May 6, 2020 10:34:32 GMT
You are a new member here, please tell us more about you and your passion. It is a little tradition of this forum. Thank you for allowing me in your group, it is great to see such open discussion and shared knowledge. I have an active interest in south east asian Lycaenidae and seek to expand my contacts in this region. I also specialise on coleoptera fieldwork with field time mostly spent in Europe and Africa. Thank you.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 6, 2020 11:56:56 GMT
ct , Welcome to the forum, I am sure we all look forward to your input. There are some other members here interested in Lycaenidae so I am sure there will be plenty to discuss. Sorry I cannot help much myself with SE Asian Lycaenidae, they are much smaller than my subject. Adam.
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Post by dizzibug on May 18, 2020 14:48:58 GMT
Hello all, My name is Diane I'm 42 and have reared butterflies and moths on and off since my youth. My favourite are the Hawk moths native to the United Kingdom.
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