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Post by wollastoni on Jan 16, 2011 2:32:07 GMT -8
Hi all,
I am just back from my collecting trip in Sulawesi / Koh Phi Phi and everything went very fine !
Sulawesi : wonderful mountains, still some pristine jungles, find many interesting leps (still a lot of ID job to do) including rarely offered Nymphalidae and some rarities like Delias surprisa female. Also caught some stunning leps like Graphium androcles !
Adam < I think I have one polytes for you from Kulinjiang between Enrekang and Rantepao. Did not seen any around Rantepao/Puncak Palopo.
Koh Phi Phi : Well I made a lot of scuba diving ... but I found many interesting leps thanks to Jean-Marc advices (Papilionidae, Euploea, Ideopsis, Cethosia).
Regards,
O
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Post by maliciousinchworm on Jan 16, 2011 3:21:01 GMT -8
Dear friend,
Nice to hear that you´re back, but we are eager to see some photos of the amazing landscapes you´ve surely enjoyed and of your specimens!
Regards,
Alejandro A.
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 16, 2011 3:53:06 GMT -8
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 16, 2011 5:53:17 GMT -8
Alejandro < yes photo will come, but now I am just trying recovering from the jetlag and the loss of 20°C  JM< No snakes or islamists but hundreds of moskitos and few leeches in Sulawesi as it is the rain season (but the weather was very sunny, just rainy at night, thus very very good for butterflies) + former forest paths to reach good localities in Puncak have been destroyed by mudslides last summer and now you have to walk for hours in difficult small paths (lot of falls but no broken bones) to reach these places. |
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Post by downundermoths on Jan 24, 2011 3:05:59 GMT -8
I am glad that you are safely back, Olivier
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 29, 2011 8:34:52 GMT -8
First picture : biotope of the subtile Delias benasu from Sulawesi.
Stunning primeforest above Puncak Palopo.
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Post by dertodesking on Jan 29, 2011 12:56:00 GMT -8
First picture : biotope of the subtile Delias benasu from Sulawesi. Stunning primeforest above Puncak Palopo. Stunning indeed  Was it easy to organise you collecting trip there? I would love to visit somewhere like this but at the minute it is only a dream! Simon |
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Post by maliciousinchworm on Jan 29, 2011 14:05:57 GMT -8
They are coming at last! Hahaha, don´t stop Olivier, now that I´m in the city I need to open my window in the early morning and breathe deeply fresh air while watching such nice landscapes. This way I got enough motivation for the rest of the day. Regards!
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 1:30:15 GMT -8
Some pictures from Pouncak Palopo :
It's so nice to talk about the forests of Sulawesi when it is cold winter in Paris!
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 1:31:32 GMT -8
Pouncak Palopo
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 1:32:14 GMT -8
Pouncak Palopo  |
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 1:35:00 GMT -8
At a local vendor of butterflies Pouncak Palopo. There is also a small restaurant that shows the first photo on the right side of the road. |
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Post by wollastoni on Jan 30, 2011 8:33:41 GMT -8
OK guys, other pictures !  A powerful river near Puncak Palopo, where you can find the splendid Papilio blumei ! Also many Troides, Lamproptera, Euploea, Ideopsis, Charaxes, Mycalesis... Jean-Marc < yes it is very cold in Paris now. Lucky me, I will be in South Africa next week ! ;D Attachments:
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 15:53:44 GMT -8
South Africa ? That's great ! Within 10 days, I'll be taking butterflies pictures in the Mata Atlantica (Brazil). There, to-day, the heat was between 30 and 36° C !!! By the end of February, I'll add some pictures on InsectNet ! ;D |
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 30, 2011 16:03:01 GMT -8
Your picture (biotop of P. blumei), I was at this same place in 2005. I remember as it was yesterday : there was too a lot of A. dixonii. . I would say that this location, higher in elevation (about 200 m more) than the place I was in 2008, is much better for leps. |
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