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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 7, 2018 16:14:38 GMT
Today I had two visitors from the forum come to see my collection and then go to look at my farm: Claude ( nomihoudai) on the left and Simon ( luehdorfia) on the right. Adam.
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Post by wollastoni on Oct 8, 2018 8:34:09 GMT
Great ! I am sure you had good time chatting about butterflies !
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Post by nomad on Oct 8, 2018 10:19:54 GMT
Great, I had the pleasure of meeting Claude at Modena and Simon at Clive's open day.
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Post by luehdorfia on Oct 8, 2018 16:32:14 GMT
Yes it was great! And Adam really has a most impressive collection room, it doesn’t look that big in the photos but it’s huge, and we also could see how Adam breeds his fantastic colour forms of Papilio memnon, amazing breeding efforts! Unfortunately as always not enough time to look at more specimens of Adam’s wonderful collection. But thanks again for having us!
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Post by Paul K on Oct 8, 2018 16:46:35 GMT
Yes it was great! And Adam really has a most impressive collection room, it doesn’t look that big in the photos but it’s huge, and we also could see how Adam breeds his fantastic colour forms of Papilio memnon, amazing breeding efforts! Unfortunately as always not enough time to look at more specimens of Adam’s wonderful collection. But thanks again for having us! Indeed! Adam’s collection room is a dream of most of us I suppose. Paul
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 14:58:43 GMT
It was amazing meeting Adam in person after having met 10 years ago on insectnet. His collection room, the collection itself, and his knowledge are without one of a kind. I really enjoyed visiting the farm where he is breeding many different Papilios and different lines of P. memnon. Like always time was too short.
Here are a few pics that I took during that day:
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 14:59:31 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:00:06 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:02:56 GMT
It was only a short visit to Chiang Mai and I didn't have any proper equipment to go out collecting, but I was able to take a few nice pictures with my phone and see some butterflies:
View from Doi Suthep
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:03:44 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:04:25 GMT
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:05:47 GMT
Wat Chedi Luang in the old town of Chiang Mai:
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 9, 2018 15:12:49 GMT
I do remember meeting you Peter, you are now a "handshake neighbor" of Adam (...and not more than 4 handshakes away from a former President of the United States).
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 9, 2018 15:21:32 GMT
The grey Nymphalid is Laringa horsfieldi, presumably from up the mountain outside Chiang Mai town (Doi Suthep-Pui National Park). Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 9, 2018 15:33:38 GMT
Some more IDs:
The red bodied butterfly is Pachliopta aristolochiae goniopeltis, below that are two 5th instar Papilio polytes romulus larvae and the next photo of a single larva is a young 5th instar Papilio memnon agenor.
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