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Post by wollastoni on Aug 31, 2015 16:25:41 GMT
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Post by sensedigger on Aug 31, 2015 16:44:36 GMT
Good old India... I just love it!!! Light-attracting Orn. alexandrae... What would Mr. Straatman say? I used to collect in Andhra Pradesh at night, but surprisingly not a single male of alexandrae came to light... Perhaps, I should have used another type of lamp... Next time I'll be wiser, I promise.
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Post by Paul K on Aug 31, 2015 16:44:46 GMT
That is so easy! Just turn on the light and alexandrae will fly to your door... No matter where you are.
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Post by nomihoudai on Aug 31, 2015 16:46:15 GMT
Lol, while I have many Indian friends, sentences like this “We got electricity connection in our house recently and I think the butterflies were probably attracted by the lights”, gives me the urge to slap them all with a shovel.
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Post by wollastoni on Aug 31, 2015 16:53:33 GMT
A good example that collecting ban does NOT improve the level of the population in entomology I am sure hundreds of smugglers will now look for this giant green butterfly there !
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Post by Paul K on Aug 31, 2015 17:33:48 GMT
Forget about villager who doesn't know anything about everything... What about that newspaper and "educated" personnel working there .
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Post by wollastoni on Aug 31, 2015 19:12:47 GMT
Indeed you're right Paul. I would add that many African dealers have seen alexandrae in Cameroon too
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Post by africaone on Sept 1, 2015 5:44:51 GMT
probably a confusion with Attacus
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Post by nomad on Sept 1, 2015 7:28:32 GMT
I frankly do believe that he did see O. alexandrae in India, why should it not fly there, it must be a disjunct population that is only found in their rainforest. The witness seems very reliable. Certainly a new subspecies, expect to see O. alexandrae indiai soon in a large publication. I bet the Ornithoptera experts are preparing an expedition now. After all it flies in West Papua too, but has yet to be found and named although there are scores of Papuan hunters are after it, if only the Indians could breed it and make some money. Perhaps this even a new species The Brits can be pretty reliable too, because famous naturalists like Lewin, Forester, Layard and the Bree's said they saw or caught L. virgaureae in blighty.
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Post by wollastoni on Sept 1, 2015 8:10:21 GMT
BTW do we know if the West Papuan introduced population is a hoax or not.
There are still people who believe in it, but if it was true, it would be known and localised now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 9:02:28 GMT
Why all the disbelief about this report, it could be true, we have papilio homerus here in Barnsley, it comes to treacle I paint on fences around 2am.
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Post by nomad on Sept 1, 2015 9:21:22 GMT
BTW do we know if the West Papuan introduced population is a hoax or not. There are still people who believe in it, but if it was true, it would be known and localised now. Just a hoax, alexandrae is now confined to a tiny area around Popondetta amid oil plantations. I often see people post that its common in nature, as far as I am concerned, you might as well believe that this species flies in India. I watched Bugging with Ruud recently, what a strange and wonder eccentric chap he his, a real fun guy, although i expect a lot think he is OTT. Still he visited the Wau Valley, 400 species of butterflies in one area, but he had to have an armed guard with a shotgun to protect him from those nasty rascals. He visited that famous village, you know, where alexandrae is nearly confined too, and saw quite a few of pupae and caterpillars of the giant birdwing, but only because the villages are bringing them to their village to protect them from the loggers on their specially planted vines. Ruud only saw one male adult alexandrae close up on a Hibiscus, so near it landed on his face before flying up into the canopy.
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Post by mikelock34 on Sept 2, 2015 15:43:52 GMT
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- funny but edited by admin, some agents may not understand it was a joke - some of them must be sure they could fly in India too... -
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Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2015 16:33:04 GMT
I have added a comment in your funny post Michael. We never know ...
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Post by johnsonsau on Sept 17, 2015 2:16:35 GMT
Oh shucks the article was removed!!
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