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Post by Zacatak on Apr 8, 2013 0:23:28 GMT -8
close up of a morpho didius gynandromorph Attachments:
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Post by Zacatak on Apr 8, 2013 0:26:56 GMT -8
close up of another morpho didius gynandromorph Attachments:
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Post by Zacatak on Apr 8, 2013 0:27:34 GMT -8
personal fav of mine Attachments:
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Post by nomihoudai on Apr 8, 2013 0:45:20 GMT -8
Morpho didius gynandromorphs aren't that rare. I suspect them to be the result of a Wolbachia infection. Some breeder out there in South America probably got this Wolbachia strain in his breeding facility and therefore yields a higher count in gynandromorphs. This is the reason why you can find at least a dozen of specimens each year on ebay. For those that do not know what Wolbachia are, they are bacteria messing up with the reproductive organs of insects, they can have various effects ranging from pronounced gynandromorphism (at least proven in Pieris) or just producing offsprings of a single sex, etc..
The Ornithoptera victoriae is a nice one, I sorted a dozen of these last year in the museum and found them so nice that I nearly wanted to own one myself although I have no interest in Ornithoptera at all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2013 3:13:18 GMT -8
I would be careful posting a picture with a couple of those Zac, given the present climate.
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Post by nomad on Apr 8, 2013 8:17:53 GMT -8
 Fabulous specimens thanks for sharing. Superb photos. Peter.
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:05:56 GMT -8
here are some more rarely seen papilionidae parides coelus M+F (Fr. Guiana) John  Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:08:07 GMT -8
parides steinbachi ssp. nova? Rondonia/Brazil few known... John  Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:09:25 GMT -8
parides steinbachi steinbachi M+F Bolivia John  Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:10:53 GMT -8
atrophaneura matsudai M Sabah John :- Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:16:00 GMT -8
o. paradisea fernandi(Yapen Is.) M just described in Lambillionea few known John Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:17:22 GMT -8
o. paradisea fernandi FEMALE (Yapen) John Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:22:15 GMT -8
graphium meeki inexpectatum(Bougainville) john Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:24:47 GMT -8
papilio amynthor illioneus M+F (Norfolk Is.) john Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Apr 8, 2013 15:30:10 GMT -8
eurytides salvini form ochracea M John Attachments:
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Fabulous specimens thanks for sharing. Superb photos.
