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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 14, 2022 15:51:40 GMT -8
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 21, 2022 15:15:21 GMT -8
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 21, 2022 15:23:04 GMT -8
Here is one of several videos I shot at the ranch inside of a flight area.... IMG_2346 by Tyson Youts, on Flickr
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Post by trehopr1 on Mar 21, 2022 16:43:51 GMT -8
It is a pity that the collection has fallen into neglect but, it does not have to fade away...
Perhaps someone there can ask one of the museums or universities if they might have one 12 drawer steel cabinet that could be donated to the butterfly farm. And perhaps they might even have some used Cornell drawers that could be donated so that this way the best stuff could be culled and placed in the drawers in the cabinet and fumigated properly and regularly so that not all will be lost !
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 21, 2022 17:51:55 GMT -8
I’m unsure what the Greaves want to do. The collection was in disrepair when they bought the facility and the condition is in a state that just jarring it on opening it could powder it. I offered to buy it but I don’t think it would survive the trip.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Mar 21, 2022 18:07:42 GMT -8
I’m unsure what the Greaves want to do. The collection was in disrepair when they bought the facility and the condition is in a state that just jarring it on opening it could powder it. I offered to buy it but I don’t think it would survive the trip. Dermestids, I assume? Some of what I see in the photos looks consistent with dermestid damage.
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Post by alandmor on Mar 22, 2022 8:02:16 GMT -8
Just curious, did you need to arrange for collecting and/or export permits to be able to collect and bring specimens back from Belize? Any problems with US Customs or USFW upon return? Thanks.
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 22, 2022 9:02:57 GMT -8
Just curious, did you need to arrange for collecting and/or export permits to be able to collect and bring specimens back from Belize? Any problems with US Customs or USFW upon return? Thanks. I don’t because the butterfly farms have the necessary permits and paperwork to also ship live, they bring dead stock into the country and then send them to me. I am looking into doing it myself but the discussions I’m having with other members here indicate that there are too many ‘John Wayne’ individuals who enjoy power trips even when all rules are followed. When I worked with animals as an officer in Florida, I saw some of my coworkers get pleasure from making a citizen’s life miserable (coworkers and animals too).
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Post by wingedwishes on Mar 22, 2022 9:05:29 GMT -8
I’m unsure what the Greaves want to do. The collection was in disrepair when they bought the facility and the condition is in a state that just jarring it on opening it could powder it. I offered to buy it but I don’t think it would survive the trip. Dermestids, I assume? Some of what I see in the photos looks consistent with dermestid damage. Dermestids at one time. The damage appears to at least be arrested for now.
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Post by jshuey on Apr 6, 2022 6:55:56 GMT -8
Dermestids, I assume? Some of what I see in the photos looks consistent with dermestid damage. Dermestids at one time. The damage appears to at least be arrested for now. This is Jan Meerman's original collection (see Meerman, J. C. 1999. Lepidoptera of Belize. Tropical Lepidoptera 10(Suppl. 1): 1-45). I don't know how it is today, but while Jan and Tineke lived there, it was a raised, open air thing. Literally, no doors between the living space and the deck. So humidity was completely uncontroled, which created the perfect condition for bark lice to graze the specimens. When I saw it, I didn't notice dermestid damage, but psocids were everywhere! And the spread bugs were in all sort of disarray from the humidity. I salvaged a handful of bugs I did not recognize, and they are with me now. As I recall, the bug room could be closed off, decent windows installed, and a dehumidifier used to bring it under control. But they were off grid, relying on wind and solar, and the ability to run an appliance like that meant that other things, like their small refrigerator, would likely go without power on a regular basis. John New edits - at one time he said he was going to look into donating this to the University located in Chetumal just north across the border Obviously this didn't happen.
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 6, 2022 7:53:21 GMT -8
Keeping a collection under the tropics is not an easy task. The best option is to have a cond air room with good drawers but it can be costful.
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Post by foxxdoc on Apr 7, 2022 7:34:14 GMT -8
WINGED WISHES;
I think a know your ex co workers here in Florida.
I keep exotics and birds.
Never a dull moment with interpretation of rules. different every time.
TOM
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Post by wingedwishes on Apr 11, 2022 6:03:21 GMT -8
WINGED WISHES; I think a know your ex co workers here in Florida. I keep exotics and birds. Never a dull moment with interpretation of rules. different every time. TOM What area in Florida? I was mostly in the Pinellas County area. Lots of exotics around there. Even a lemur breeder! Lynn Andrews and her friend Jan raise lots of birds. Always wanted a Leadbetters Cockatoo but way more money than I wanted to spend.
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Post by wingedwishes on Apr 11, 2022 6:06:26 GMT -8
Dermestids at one time. The damage appears to at least be arrested for now. This is Jan Meerman's original collection (see Meerman, J. C. 1999. Lepidoptera of Belize. Tropical Lepidoptera 10(Suppl. 1): 1-45). I don't know how it is today, but while Jan and Tineke lived there, it was a raised, open air thing. Literally, no doors between the living space and the deck. So humidity was completely uncontroled, which created the perfect condition for bark lice to graze the specimens. When I saw it, I didn't notice dermestid damage, but psocids were everywhere! And the spread bugs were in all sort of disarray from the humidity. I salvaged a handful of bugs I did not recognize, and they are with me now. As I recall, the bug room could be closed off, decent windows installed, and a dehumidifier used to bring it under control. But they were off grid, relying on wind and solar, and the ability to run an appliance like that meant that other things, like their small refrigerator, would likely go without power on a regular basis. John New edits - at one time he said he was going to look into donating this to the University located in Chetumal just north across the border Obviously this didn't happen. They are in drawers now with a very dark room with glass doors and windows on the bottom floor with tiles. Cooler but not cooled. I think in a few years the photos will be all that is left.
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Post by 58chevy on Apr 11, 2022 8:13:25 GMT -8
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