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Post by exoticimports on Dec 15, 2015 5:39:36 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 7:26:44 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 7:29:43 GMT -8
Oh......Chuck, love your buddha and blumei drawers.....such color is stunning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 7:32:17 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 8:59:28 GMT -8
Can't forget the worldly beetles....   |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 9:02:01 GMT -8
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 15, 2015 10:00:36 GMT -8
Bill, aren't you going to run out at this rate?
Chuck
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Post by bugboys3 on Dec 15, 2015 10:50:09 GMT -8
Bill, aren't you going to run out at this rate? Chuck That was my thought as well. |
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 15, 2015 11:39:01 GMT -8
I was thinking more of Clarke running out of space if too many join in, there are plenty of collectors out there to keep this going through the long winters nights but I think Bill has quite a large collection still even with letting a few drawers go.
Rich
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 15, 2015 11:45:50 GMT -8
Just out of curiosity, how long has it taken you guys to amass such beautiful (and massive) collections? I started when I was 8 years old, though only local common stuff, at 16 I was off to college to study engineering and start a 5 years fitting apprenticeship so didn't really collect anything for a few years, my tropical collection really started when I was about 25 and just keeps getting bigger, around 500 cases of set stuff and 50+ boxes of papered still to set, I'm 48 now so 40 years in all with a short break for study. Rich |
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Post by timmsyrj on Dec 15, 2015 11:50:28 GMT -8
Again taken on my iPad camera under house lights..    Rich |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 12:22:27 GMT -8
Timmsyrj, those are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 15, 2015 13:27:15 GMT -8
Simply Awesome drawers timmsyrj ! I've only seen one other collector post pic's of that many rubianus in one place.
Billgarthe, those are two Awesome drawers featuring Lucanus elephas and Dynastes tityus ! Both are my favorite Eastern North American beetle species. You seem to have picked up most of them in Tennessee. Apparently, a rich haunt for them given all that richly forested state.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 14:18:18 GMT -8
Trehopr1,
Yes, TN has been to me. I've also been fortunate to have reared both of them. KY and AL have also been fruitful with a few from souther IL as well. The D. tityus drawer has a pupal case in the lower right hand corner. Love these guys, but now only collect very large ones, specially marked ones, or for friends who want some. I probably let a few dozen go this last summer from my sheets....no need to kill everything I see.
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 15, 2015 18:48:42 GMT -8
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This is one of my favorite drawers. These are South American Nymphalidae.
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