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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 14, 2015 7:51:35 GMT -8
WOW, those diana's are fantastic, that's my holy grail as regards breeding, always wanted to get some ova/larvae of those, hopefully one day.
Rich
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 14, 2015 7:55:38 GMT -8
Rich, those are my favorite graphiums as well!
Did you call tenebrionus the "holy grail"? I have a bunch of them papered, as well as hicetaon and toboroi.
Chuck
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 14, 2015 8:11:11 GMT -8
Wow, seriously, a bunch of them, the insect collector website had a pair, now sold, male for 550 euro and female A1- for 1,200 euro, don't suppose you have a bunch of segonax hidden away in a box at the bottom of the freezer??
Rich
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 14, 2015 8:43:03 GMT -8
Wow, seriously, a bunch of them, the insect collector website had a pair, now sold, male for 550 euro and female A1- for 1,200 euro, don't suppose you have a bunch of segonax hidden away in a box at the bottom of the freezer?? Rich Nope. just those I listed, plus maybe a few mendana from Malaita, and sarpedon from Guadalcanal. Most, if not all, I have are wild caught and B specimens, though I may have a couple ranched. Where did they disappear in the retail market? A few years ago everybody had them. It's not like they're rare, I caught probably a dozen in one hour (after I found "the" spot). They are FAST. I can't tell from the photos, do you have Christobalus? I've only ever seen one of those. THAT is my holy grail- in fact my single specimen is the one that started "show us your favorite specimen" here on Clark's site. Chuck |
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 14, 2015 10:03:29 GMT -8
The third photo right hand column are from Makira, left hand column from Malaita and middle three columns from Guadalcanal.
Rich
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 14, 2015 10:26:10 GMT -8
The third photo right hand column are from Makira, left hand column from Malaita and middle three columns from Guadalcanal. Rich LOL them's the breaks. I have a number from Malaita and New Georgia (even quit catching them), one from San Christobal (the only one I ever saw), and never managed to get even one on Guadalcanal, though that's where I spent most of my time! In New Georgia, they were most common along forest edges and secondary growth, often flying high but would come down to start a fight with P. Ulysses or nymphalids. I found one spot on Tetepare with real scraggly, junky secondary growth and they were all over the place at chest level- fighting, chasing females, etc. But their condition reflected the environment- most wings were shredded. On Guadalcanal the only place I saw them was the top of Mt. Austin, and they'd stay at tree top height, no matter what. I could bait the G. Sarpedon to come down with flashy blue plastic, but codrus wouldn't drop. G. hiceteon is very common on Guadalcanal, I could probably catch 100 a day. Tennent reported G. sarpedon to be rare in Solomons, and generally that's true, though I've seen dozens at one time on the summit of Mt. Austin. Chuck |
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 14, 2015 19:49:19 GMT -8
Hey Billgarthe, just wondering if you could show a couple of close up photo's of 2 of your moths I particularly liked. One was in your drawer of Lobobunea. The specimen in particular is in column #3, specimen #6 (bottom). It is a superb female of I believe Lobobunea christyi (?) --- or close enough. The other was a drawer containing your Salassa genus. Could you show the one which is a dark female located 3rd from the top of column 2. Again, another particularly superb specimen.
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Post by tv on Dec 14, 2015 21:25:59 GMT -8
Just out of curiosity, how long has it taken you guys to amass such beautiful (and massive) collections?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 21:26:17 GMT -8
Trehopr1, A couple of things. Honestly, neither female is perfect although I love them and am glad to have them. Also, do know (if you don't already) that if you use a touch screen device, you can first tap on the thumbnail pic which will enlarge it pretty well, then you can spread your fingers apart over the particular bug and enlarge it still further. If you use a reg. computer, just clicking on the pic will enlarge it. But.......I went and took the two pics for you anyway.   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 21:35:55 GMT -8
Tv,
I've been collecting for 50 years now and am still adding. For example, my favorite Copaxa species is mannana, so I just recently managed to obtain a second pair for a lot less than I paid for the first pair. I actually sold off 80 or 90 drawers of leps a few years back from when I was severely obsessed. Now my moths and beetles make up most of the collection as opposed to when I had more butterflies......like 18 drawers of birdwings. Now I have a smaller representation of them in two drawers. The collection is ever growing and the stuff I collected myself means the most overall. I only buy because I know I won't ever get to Africa etc. and the USFW restrictions are too much to mess with. I now only buy from within the US, but I used to import lots and lots of material.
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 14, 2015 23:28:33 GMT -8
Thank you Bill so much for those two close up photo's that I requested of you ! I do enlarge some photo's which people post (especially when a particularly superb example of something which I don't have is shown). However, sometimes the picture quality or more importantly the lack of enough picsels causes any substantial enlargement to appear blurred. Lighting also affects things too.
Whenever I have used my son's Samsung IPhone to post pic's on the ICF forum we have had to adjust every picture (quality wise) to get the pictures posted as the picsel quality on his phone is just too high to be accommodated by that system used. It has worked well but it is time consuming and my son does not always want to be tied down by dad for 30 to 45 minutes.
He has told me to use my wife's IPhone 5 for pictures as it is adequate and not so overwhelming picsel-wise. Of coarse, you know how that goes when the wife sees your using her phone and tying it up for your hobby. I seemingly can't win for losing. Static no matter what I do.
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Post by hewi on Dec 15, 2015 2:00:59 GMT -8
a drawer with Papilio blumei |
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Post by hewi on Dec 15, 2015 2:02:48 GMT -8
and a drawer with Papilio buddha |
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Post by hewi on Dec 15, 2015 2:09:02 GMT -8
Papilio lampsacus and maraho |
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 15, 2015 4:30:44 GMT -8
Magnificent drawers, never seen so many buddha specimens, those blumei Abb's are fantastic and what can you say about the last drawer..
Rich
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