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Post by Paul K on Jan 22, 2017 13:23:21 GMT
I came a cross this beetle I guess in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Can anyone help to identify this guy.   Paul |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 22, 2017 13:30:52 GMT
I don't know what they are, but I have seen this species of beetle many times before over the years.
I noticed on the label you put the date as '7.01.2017'. I strongly recommend you either write the month as 'Jan.' or 'I', because in future if someone examines the label they will not be sure if that is 7th January or 1st July.
Adam.
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Post by Paul K on Jan 22, 2017 13:45:47 GMT
I don't know what they are, but I have seen this species of beetle many times before over the years. I noticed on the label you put the date as '7.01.2017'. I strongly recommend you either write the month as 'Jan.' or 'I', because in future if someone examines the label they will not be sure if that is 7th January or 1st July. Adam. It is only temporary label as on print labels I always write as month in English , but good point to do on all of them in case one will be despatched accidentally earlier. It is funny how people can complicate even such simple things like date. It should be international standard to write day-month-year, if I am not wrong USA came with other idea of month-day-year. Paul |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 22, 2017 13:53:30 GMT
Yes, and in some other countries, such as Japan, they write year-month-day.
Adam.
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Post by ciervo on Jan 22, 2017 14:41:22 GMT
Lycidae will be a good start 😉
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Post by bobw on Jan 22, 2017 16:30:51 GMT
To me year-month-day makes the most sense as you can sort by it. Day-month-year is OK as at least the parts are in sequence and that's the way you'd say it in full, but month-day-year makes no sense at all.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 22, 2017 18:28:17 GMT
Yes, versions of my manuscripts are always given a year-month-day (all in numbers) at the end of the filename, which automatically orders them with the newest version at the bottom in the folder. However I recommend day-month-year on printed specimen data labels, and definitely with the month written in an unambiguous manner.
Adam.
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Post by ciervo on Jan 22, 2017 20:18:22 GMT
Day month year all the way...ascending order
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Post by Paul K on Jan 23, 2017 15:57:13 GMT
What about my beetle ?  |
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Post by ciervo on Jan 23, 2017 18:21:46 GMT
Its a Lycid of some sort. Many insects mimic these as they are distasteful or toxic to eat...
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