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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 8, 2011 1:28:56 GMT -8
I would like to know if anybody has information on legislation concerning insects on la Réunion or if anybody has collecting experience on that island.
I might be interested to go there for family vacation and collect some Lepidoptera while doing so. I found 3 species that are protected, but if the whole island is marked as nature reserve this won't help me much.
I tried to google for information myself but just found a huge number of butterfly conservation agencies and I guess they are not the best people to ask if I want to hunt some butterflies.
Is la Réunion a safe place to collect or will the butterfly huggers and the customs beat me to death ?
Thx for any help.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 8, 2011 9:52:47 GMT -8
As part of France, it is a safe place for collecting. I have been there twice and never had problems.
Just avoid the protected species (anyway you won't find Salamis augustina) and there will be no problem. I personally collected inside the parks (just avoid crouded area to avoid questions.
Have fun there, it is a wonderful island, though there is currently a huge forest fire in Silaos area.
Olivier
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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 8, 2011 13:59:58 GMT -8
Ok thank you Olivier! I was not interested in Salamis anyway, I am more interested in smaller Lycaenidae, Pieridae and Danainae and Heterocera & Microlepidoptera of course. In any case I will not go before September 2012 so the fire has some time to go out  |
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 9, 2011 0:28:00 GMT -8
La Reunion is a fantastic island.
For lepidoptera though, it has a relative small fauna due to its remoteness.
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Post by nusferatus369 on Nov 14, 2011 16:13:03 GMT -8
Claude if you go and get some danaidae i will be interested to do exchange or buy specimen. Because i don't find specimen for sale and i will not be able to go there in about 10 years.
The best is to go Reunion,mauritius and comoro at the same time.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 15, 2011 1:26:24 GMT -8
Comora has a fantastic lepido fauna (with both African and Madagascarian species + endemic species). Réunion and Mauritius have very small fauna, due to isolation.
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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 15, 2011 15:15:50 GMT -8
Ok thanks again for the informations, altough the travel will have to wait, we cannot find time in september  I always ask first if destinations allow it to collect legally and afterwards I ask my girlfriend if she would enjoy getting there or has time during the best butterfly season  |
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Post by hypanartia on Nov 17, 2011 21:53:24 GMT -8
Olivier
What about Antanartia borbonica? I am pretty sure it is protected, but how rare or abundant it is? Did you see any?
Jesus
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Post by africaone on Nov 18, 2011 1:29:40 GMT -8
it is protected as angustina and phorbanta (arrêté ministériel)
it is an altitude species that became scarce and disappeared yet from some of his stations
Thierry
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 18, 2011 1:37:52 GMT -8
Well during my 2 trips there :
- never seen augustina (it is almost disappeared). Might be soon extincted like the ssp from Mauritius.
- never seen borbonica but you should be able to see it in the good places
- phorbanta could be common locally.
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Post by simosg on Nov 26, 2011 0:17:34 GMT -8
When is a good time for collecting there? What about end of December? And does anybody have experiences from Mayotte?
Hannes
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Post by nomihoudai on Nov 26, 2011 3:18:59 GMT -8
I spoke about it with a friend that had already been there and he went in september and said that it was very nice and that there was many butterflies as this would be comparable to springtime in that region. I do not know if he is right but that is what he said.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 26, 2011 7:18:52 GMT -8
From Feb to April is also very good
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Post by gauthier on Sept 6, 2012 22:46:56 GMT -8
Hi
A friend of me has only seen P. phorbanta 3 times in two years! Salamis is artificialy hold in the mascareine garden. You can see its host plant (Obeira sp., Urticaceae) in the garden.
At Mayotte the endemic Charaxes is common in December, but it is protect by local law. You can take contact with "Naturalistes de Mayotte" (Search adress with Google).
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Post by lepidofrance on Sept 7, 2012 6:10:18 GMT -8
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I always ask first if destinations allow it to collect legally and afterwards I ask my girlfriend if she would enjoy getting there or has time during the best butterfly season 
