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Post by Zacatak on Sept 9, 2016 2:41:09 GMT -8
At least in most countries most would know what butterfly collecting is, here it's a unknown thing and those who do this are literally few in number. You could count on your fingers to be exact. Growing up it was always a struggle to have the balls to go out in public with a butterfly net, especially in the teenage years and if you lived in a city suburb. Thankfully I now live in the country, and you find most places you tend to collect are away from the public eye. But I have to say those that come across you out collecting, think your fishing in the middle of the Forest and give you the eye like "what are you doing you weird guy". I have created my own butterfly habitat where I live and have 2 hectares of private forest, so I'm free to be as weird as I want  haha |
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 9, 2016 4:10:19 GMT -8
Anybody who thinks collecting bugs is for sissies I will challenge to go with me to Solomon Islands for a month- no mosquito nets, no sleeping bags, we live off the land. See who's the pansy now.
Chuck
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Post by cabintom on Sept 9, 2016 6:13:26 GMT -8
Hand them a net and tell them to give it a go. My experience has been that either they'll gain an appreciation for the skill needed to catch a butterfly (after making a fool of themselves) or they'll realize it's actually kind of fun.
Much more often, I inundate these folks with facts about them. Migrations. Carnivorous caterpillars. The top speed of certain Charaxes. Mimicry complexes. Habitat specializations. etc etc etc. I work into the conversation that they are in fact butterFLIES and how disgusting many of them actually are... far from cutesy image many people have of "fluttering around flowers." Throw latin names around too. People need to understand we're not just collecting butterflies, we're actively doing science.
I am, I guess, in a bit of special position in that I live where there are still discoveries to be made, so I can legitimately brag about having the first records for a couple different species for the entire country and about having collected species that "no scientist has yet been able to identify".
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Post by mantisboy on Sept 9, 2016 18:46:24 GMT -8
Anybody who thinks collecting bugs is for sissies I will challenge to go with me to Solomon Islands for a month- no mosquito nets, no sleeping bags, we live off the land. See who's the pansy now. Chuck Collecting Bugs IS for sissies though... Ok, I said it. Collecting trip to the Solomon Islands now? 😉. I'm sure there's probably some neat tiger beetles around there. |
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Post by beetlehorn on Sept 10, 2016 5:41:07 GMT -8
Interesting response mantisboy. I'm not sure what you meant, or how you meant what you said about "Collecting Bugs IS for sissies though..." Is this sarcasm, or do you consider yourself a sissy? Please explain.
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Post by leptraps on Sept 10, 2016 5:47:25 GMT -8
I think he left out a word: IS "NOT" for sissies.
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Post by mothman27 on Sept 10, 2016 7:37:27 GMT -8
He wants to go to the solomon Islands so yes he is kidding. He said it in response to exoticimports "offer" to take anyone who said it to the solomons.
Made sense to me.
Tim
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Post by beetlehorn on Sept 10, 2016 12:59:42 GMT -8
Thank you Tim, that is what I thought of when I figured he was just being sarcastic. I would do the same if a chance to go on a trip to the Solomon Islands may be possible.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 3:19:51 GMT -8
Exoticimports left out the key phrase "all expenses paid" in the trip offer.
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Post by norton on Nov 8, 2016 3:29:20 GMT -8
As WE all know, field collecting can be really rough. Living in a tent, no decent food, can rain for days and things actually start growing inside the tent. Lots of dangers from almost anywhere: robbers, falling trees, snakes, animals, disease, accidents, lightning...........................the list is almost endless. But you know, despite all the hardships, I'm always sad when I have to leave the forests in Africa and go back to "civilisation"; after a couple of weeks in the forest I get really connected with it, a sort of spiritual bonding is the only way I can describe it.
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 14, 2016 6:06:09 GMT -8
Exoticimports left out the key phrase "all expenses paid" in the trip offer. Most trips can pay for themselves. You buy there, sell here. Whether it be Solomons (insects), Bangkok (jewelry), Istanbul (carpets), or Knob Creek KY (machine gun parts), Fiji (classic Mopar parts) the concept is the same- bring enough cash to buy local, pay for permits and duties, and sell back home. |
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Post by Paul K on Dec 14, 2016 6:47:36 GMT -8
Exoticimports left out the key phrase "all expenses paid" in the trip offer. Most trips can pay for themselves. You buy there, sell here. Whether it be Solomons (insects), Bangkok (jewelry), Istanbul (carpets), or Knob Creek KY (machine gun parts), Fiji (classic Mopar parts) the concept is the same- bring enough cash to buy local, pay for permits and duties, and sell back home. Not so easy nowadays with global economy. I don't see anything cheaper here in Bangkok than in Canada, except copy products lacking good quality from local producers, which wouldn't sale on western market. |
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Post by jhyatt on Dec 14, 2016 6:55:55 GMT -8
I bet you can get a good durian cheaper in Bangkok! Here in Tennessee on the rare occasions the local oriental market gets a few, they've been frozen and cost $12 each!
Cheers,
jh
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Post by Adam Cotton on Dec 14, 2016 7:11:59 GMT -8
John,
You probably could, but having bought some you wouldn't be allowed to take the durian into your hotel, as most hotels in Bangkok ban them due to the awful stink.
Adam.
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Post by Paul K on Dec 14, 2016 7:13:13 GMT -8
I bet you can get a good durian cheaper in Bangkok! Here in Tennessee on the rare occasions the local oriental market gets a few, they've been frozen and cost $12 each! Cheers, jh Forget durian , they are not allowed on airport not to mention to check them in. And to bring any food legally to any western country one needs bunch of permits from all sort of governments . PS. As far as remember they cost here in local markets about $3.00 to $4.00US per kilo and one fruit weighs for sure about 3 kilos. |
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