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Post by Entomofou on May 15, 2012 10:42:02 GMT -8
Hi,
I could go to Palawan Is. in January 2013. Could you give me informations about :
- Exporting dead insects
- The best places to go
- What about beetles ?
- All informations !
Regards,
Stéphane
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Post by saturniidave on May 15, 2012 16:52:38 GMT -8
Stephane, I have a friend on Palawan, he is primarily a shell collector but he does collect Lepidoptera too. If you want I can give him your email address and ask him to contact you.
Dave
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Post by Entomofou on May 15, 2012 17:34:09 GMT -8
Hi Dave !
Yes, I am very interested in. Could you send me a PM ?
Stéphane
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Post by wollastoni on May 15, 2012 23:29:09 GMT -8
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Post by geegung on May 16, 2012 5:21:58 GMT -8
^that is right! if you plan to collect in Palawan, you might as well secure permits from their PENRO (Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office). You might want to contact some universities there so that they may assist you in collecting insects legally. What sort of beetles do you want to collect?? Palawan is a great place, so you should plan things ahead of time because there are lots of places to visit there. I personally recommend El Nido.. (but it's like 5-6 hours from the airport so you might want to explore Puerto Princesa first and see the Underground River) =) been there.. collected there.. hehe  |
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Post by Entomofou on May 16, 2012 6:32:41 GMT -8
Hi,
I am looking for Cetoniidae, and Scarabaeoidea generally.
Have you some contacts at PENRO ?
Best regards,
Stéphane
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Post by geegung on May 16, 2012 7:28:54 GMT -8
PMed you already about the permits.. hope it helps. I know someone who is interested in Scarabeoidea.. if I'm not mistaken, he included Cetoniids in his manuscript. I think it is advisable to collect scarabs at this time of the year, since they come around as early as mid April to early July. Good luck to your bug beetle hunting.  |
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Post by lepidofrance on May 16, 2012 17:36:38 GMT -8
"I personally recommend El Nido.. (but it's like 5-6 hours from the airport so you might want to explore Puerto Princesa first and see the Underground River)" As far I remember correctly things, it's more than 5 hours from Puerto Princessa to Port Barton. And El Nido is much far from Puerto Princessa ! In Palawan (Port Barton, El Nido and other touristical places), lodges are on the beach. Of course, the rain forest is very close. Nevertheless, would be better to climb on the hills where the biodiversity is stronger but accomodation does not exist. That's the reason why it should be useful to rent a car or a motorbike to get the montaneous spots. Even staying at low elevation, Port Barton is a good place for studying the entomofauna : the rain forest is very close and after some walking (could be hard around 2 PM on the main track under the equatorian sun), you get remote paths inside the forest around the Pamoayan Waterfalls where butterflies (I don't know for beetles) are abundant.  Attachments:
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