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Post by diegolobo on Aug 14, 2018 4:50:06 GMT -8
Butterfly farms sell live leps (more likely chrysalides/cocoons) to zoos and other institutions with butterly houses. I was just at the 2018 IECC (Inverteberates in Education and Conservation Conference) in Tucson, and there was a Costa Rican seller there, although he didn't have stock. Also there was a USDA contact for live permits for institutions.
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Post by diegolobo on Apr 11, 2018 6:53:40 GMT -8
For what it's worth, when he was selling on Ebay about seven years ago I had multiple successful purchases from him, mostly coleoptera. I never ordered directly from the website though.
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Post by diegolobo on Jan 13, 2017 19:22:43 GMT -8
My guess would be a female Batocera aeneonigra (Thomson) from Halmahera Island in the Moluccas. I have specimens that look similar from Bacan Island, which is just south west of Halmahera.
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Post by diegolobo on Jul 24, 2011 19:09:35 GMT -8
The picture is not enlarged enough to see if there are ocelli on the head or the number of prolegs present, so it also could be a sawfly larva (Hymenoptera)
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Post by diegolobo on Jul 17, 2011 19:59:29 GMT -8
My guess would be Family Nitidulidae - Sap-feeding Beetles. Maybe Genus Glischrochilus?
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Post by diegolobo on Mar 25, 2011 17:12:57 GMT -8
Maybe Cassidinae larva?
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Post by diegolobo on Jan 29, 2011 13:45:43 GMT -8
Maybe the assassin bug species Zelus renardii??
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