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Post by thanos on Nov 7, 2011 10:10:26 GMT -8
Just off the board, S.diana female from Tennessee  . What a butterfly..! You Americans must be so proud of it ! Thanos Attachments:
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Post by johnnyboy on Nov 7, 2011 11:23:12 GMT -8
Lovely specimen  Johnny |
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Post by rayrard on Nov 7, 2011 11:39:25 GMT -8
catching my first male Diana and then my first female Diana a year later are definately some of my best collecting memories. When you see the contrasting black/orange male on an orange milkweed, you have to stop and admire it. My only female was my only sighting of a female of that species and it was do-or-die with the net. Luckily I was able to admire in hand |
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Post by admin on Nov 7, 2011 13:02:15 GMT -8
Just off the board, S.diana female from Tennessee . What a butterfly..! You Americans must be so proud of it ! Thanos Yes, we are! Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Nov 7, 2011 17:38:06 GMT -8
Thank you,Johnny ! rayrard - I'm very envious of you that you have observed and collected with your net this great butterfly in the wild - it must be a thrill to catch the female ! Like it is the female of Limenitis populi here in Greece  . Clark,perfect ! Your female is blue,mine is green - I love the variation in this species,too. I haven't spread my male yet,but will do it soon. It's in perfect condition,like the female. Thank you Tom(beetlehorn) once again for these magnificent specimens ! Thanos |
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Post by lordpandarus on Nov 8, 2011 0:38:24 GMT -8
it's still weird I can't find one for sale anywhere. It's one of the few nice large butterflies I don't have
Sometimes males are available. I got a nice one from Ken Thorne recently
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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 8, 2011 0:43:52 GMT -8
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Post by lordpandarus on Nov 8, 2011 1:09:08 GMT -8
ah, I see. no females alone though and the A1 pair is sold out
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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 8, 2011 1:20:42 GMT -8
scroll up two more specimen, 90€ for an A1 pair
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2011 1:23:00 GMT -8
Yes this truly is a beauty, I picked up my pair from one of our crappy insect fairs here in England, what a find, I also got idalia and nokomis pairs at the same fair. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2011 1:44:19 GMT -8
these are pretty impressive too. Attachments:
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Post by johnnyboy on Nov 8, 2011 4:16:59 GMT -8
Dunc,
either you saw them first, or I wasn't there - you lucky devil!
Johnny
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2011 6:27:29 GMT -8
3 years ago at Newark if memory serves.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2011 6:42:01 GMT -8
Yes-----collecting and rearing these beauties is indeed special. I have say that the numbers of these guys are WAY down the last two seasons. I know there are population swings both ways, but hope to have them return to the great years of 2008 and 2009.
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Post by johnnyboy on Nov 8, 2011 6:57:58 GMT -8
So the Newark fair isn't all bad then - I have never gone up there.
Johnny
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. What a butterfly..! You Americans must be so proud of it !
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