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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 12, 2021 21:39:02 GMT -8
The big one is Mouhotia gloriosa, and the smaller one M. batesi. There are only 3 species in the genus - all Southeast Asian.
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 12, 2021 21:53:12 GMT -8
Alright, thank you indeed livingplanet3 for that determination !
Been bothering me to know that species name for the last 3 years...
Hey, you said you were a Lep. guy with specific interests.
Now, your gonna make me have to show a Morpho drawer or two in thanks.
Of coarse, you will probably "crush me" underfoot in that category.
BTW, did you know I have a thread on the other forum dedicated to Morpho's ?
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Post by bandrow on Feb 13, 2021 7:58:59 GMT -8
Hi Trehpr1,
Your two beetles from Squim, WA are an introduced species - Carabus (Archicarabus) nemoralis O.F. Muller, 1764. It was introduced on both coasts from Europe some decades ago. I've collected it in upstate New York as well as in Wyoming and Utah. For a while in the 1980's, it was not uncommon in the landscaping around the parking garage at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, but we haven't seen any for quite some time now. Not sure how it got introduced to our campus, or why it disappeared - nothing substantial has changed during those years - conditions must have been marginal for it to get a good foothold...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by livingplanet3 on Feb 13, 2021 10:25:34 GMT -8
Alright, thank you indeed livingplanet3 for that determination ! Been bothering me to know that species name for the last 3 years... Hey, you said you were a Lep. guy with specific interests. Now, your gonna make me have to show a Morpho drawer or two in thanks. Of coarse, you will probably "crush me" underfoot in that category. BTW, did you know I have a thread on the other forum dedicated to Morpho's ? Well, I'd say my knowledge is around 50% Coleoptera / 50% Lepidoptera. I'm by no means an expert with either, though! Thanks - will go have a look at your morphos. |
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