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Post by papiliotheona on Dec 6, 2021 20:48:10 GMT -8
In Arizona H. chrysalus is really hard to collect. Usually you can see them up at the top of the Gambel’s oaks attacking each other and other butterflies, but rarely do they come down low enough to net. Not sure that I entirely agree. There are plenty of bushy/shrubby live oaks up on top of Mt. Lemmon that you can bang with your net pole and they'll fly out (or they'll just be out if it's afternoon). Of course most of these mountains badly burned.
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Post by papiliotheona on Dec 3, 2021 12:05:43 GMT -8
Better than A-, not quite A1.
Antennae are fine to me. My main complaint is the uneven lift of the wings (right side set higher up than the left).
A good specimen, but not quite great.
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Post by papiliotheona on Nov 27, 2021 10:13:25 GMT -8
I wear full-length white denim jackets and jeans everywhere and in all conditions, with the collar extended and a broad-brimmed hiking hat. The white is for heat reflection and night visibility and it also makes ticks stand out. If it's cold I'll put something else on over that. It's absurd to go collecting in shorts,especially in the desert West with all of its thorns.
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Post by papiliotheona on Nov 18, 2021 19:15:51 GMT -8
USPS *never* pays out on their "insurance"--I thought that was known. People blamed Trump for their woes--they were dysfunctional long before him.
This is what happens when you have a bureaucracy loaded with unfirable guys and gals who get 90 minute lunch breaks and benefits/retirements otherwise reserved for Fortune 500 CEOs. The sooner it collapses and is replaced entirely by Amazon etc. the better.
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Post by papiliotheona on Nov 6, 2021 9:34:56 GMT -8
Jaume,
I'm truly interested in knowing how you got your hands on these. Heraclides pallas bajaensis (that's the current taxonomy) is one of the great holy-grail species of N America.
As far as I have known--getting a Mexico collecting permit, even for your own garden, is a difficult and laborious task *if you are a Mexican citizen*. If you aren't, it's close to impossible. And, there is no export permit issued for anything, so I am told.
Are you a citizen of Mexico?
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Post by papiliotheona on Aug 8, 2021 15:46:42 GMT -8
Leroy was and is an excellent field entomologist and he had a lot of practical knowledge due to his decades of travelling and collecting (i.e. I collected this, saw this, raised this, when and where). His collection is certainly impressive. However, I did not find him overly knowledgeable in terms of the scientific aspects of entomology. Just recently he claimed P. glaucus diapause as larvae and that canadensis and glaucus were the same species even though canadensis was elevated to species status 30 years ago. Sometimes I wonder if he reads any up to date scientific articles at all. I don't care about what he did, or what he bragged about supposedly collecting... if the guy is a scammer and a con job, good riddance to his arse.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 27, 2021 11:08:18 GMT -8
I hate EA as a degreasing agent--odorless mineral spirits and xylene are much better (the latter is very expensive and smells horrible). All of these are extremely vile toxic polycyclic hydrocarbons that you must use outdoors with gloves. A respirator would be a good idea.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 20, 2021 7:08:32 GMT -8
Let me spell it out fast. Leroy is not the same man since he lost his wife of over 50 years. Knowing some of the situation makes me more compassionate. Not dismissive for non-performance of trade, but knowledgeable about why a formerly solid lepidopterist and supplier has had challenges satisfying his colleagues. Leroy, nobody is out to get you, or wants you to fail; rather, the opposite. If you take obligations, make due. Please refund 58Chevy. Chuck Grief is one thing. Taking advantage of people is another. He's hiding behind his grief and weren't there unsavory reports about him well before his wife passed?
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 13, 2021 12:11:37 GMT -8
Saw Catocala sp. in the woods in Icehouse Canyon at Mt. Baldy, CA at the end of June, about 5300'.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 13, 2021 12:10:21 GMT -8
I haven't had any issues with the adjustable board I bought from Bioquip, I use setting pins most of the time to hold down glassine, or make sure the glass slides don't slide around, and those are thicker and sturdy. I did have to customize my board to hold large winged specimens, and that wood from the craft store is hard, I made the board wider by glueing some removable extensions together, so it could accommodate wide winged material.I don't spread that many gigantic specimens--when I have one of those true monster multicaudata or rutulus on the board, my little trick with the (oversized) glassine piece is to depress a pin in at the edge of the flap (so that it won't curl upward in the drying oven).
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 13, 2021 12:00:57 GMT -8
I hate to say this yoshigirl but we'll get rid of every last roach in our homes when we get rid of every last bacteria cell. It ain't happening.
For me, living with a small number of roaches beats getting drenched in vile poisons in a futile attempt to stop them a hundred times out of a hundred.
Roaches do not: bite, sting, possess venom, transmit disease, or destroy crops. They don't really contaminate or ruin food either unless you leave it out for them. They smell bad not because they are filthy and infectious, but because of glands that secrete bad-smelling compounds as a defense from predators (they are essentially helpless, being unable to bite/sting as above, and without an armored exoskeleton). Blattodea are harmless scavengers who simply want a crumb of our refuse and moisture.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 13, 2021 11:47:56 GMT -8
I think Jay Timberlake was probably right about this guy.
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 12, 2021 12:33:34 GMT -8
I prefer #1s for pinning down the glassine around the wings--I often find 2s aren't sharp enough for Bioquip's often very hard wood. The problem is that #1s are very susceptible to becoming "pretzel pins" or turning into "lightning bolts"--again because of BQ's wood.
BT
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 11, 2021 15:52:28 GMT -8
I use #2 for everything from Brephidium exilis on through giant-skippers.
PT
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Post by papiliotheona on Jul 2, 2021 9:21:57 GMT -8
Leroy, I've defended you here in other threads but this is cut and dry. Refund Chevy his money. This isn't cool.
PT
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