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Post by JKim on Jun 13, 2021 17:22:16 GMT -8
If you are still interested in keeping live beetles as pets, try contact Insect Brothers at: insectbrothers.orgor directly contact: admin@insectbrothers.com I was raised in South Korea, so I know very well how you feel to breed or collect in the US. haha
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Post by JKim on Jun 13, 2021 16:06:07 GMT -8
Soft box doesn't really help photographing flat object, unless you are using with flash in proper direction. If you are photographing specimens, consider it as 2D, meaning your flash should stand and must flash in same direction as your camera (or little angled). Are you using flash diffusers? It really helps. Show us your setup, and ask for further and detailed advice.
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Post by JKim on Jun 13, 2021 16:00:05 GMT -8
I'm not located in eastern states, but in central Louisiana. I've observed Actias luna in February (as usual), started seeing Eacles imperialis and Antheraea polyphemus in April, Dryocampa rubicunda in late May to right now. Since I'm more interested in scarabs, I did notice many species I've been working on came out about 2-3 weeks later than how it was past couple years.. I also thought it was because of the weather too since the seasonal rainfall was comparably little delayed than past years...
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Post by JKim on Jun 13, 2021 15:47:48 GMT -8
If you are still interested in either or both of those species, try contact Insect Brothers at: insectbrothers.orgor directly to: admin@insectbrothers.com
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 9:42:48 GMT -8
It sure is an old post, though I would like to participate. As an amateur entomologist when I was young, and majored in entomology, studied and still working as a research entomologist, and also with an experience of curatorial assistant in insect collection in University of Nebraska State Museum (Lincoln, NE, USA). I think I will donate most of my personally collected collections to the museums and institutions depending on the taxon and the taxon that current curator of each institution are working on. Let's say [Institution A] has great collections Lepidoptera and current curator works on Leps. THen I will donate all my Leps to [Institution A]. I have been donating insect collections to couple different collections and institutions within the US and in South Korea.
Based on my experiences as a curatorial assistant in the museum, faculty members (researchers) do not touch a specimen if it does not need to be updated on database or their research subject. However, they do sometime clean up or replace pest deterrent when it runs out. It's not that they don't care, but it's more likely it is not their subject to study, and too busy to care others. (or other reasons). The museum's goal to housing insect collections are to so that visiting scientists or future scientists/faculties can work on those. It's not to display "fancy" insects to public. Our museum had visitors from around the world including the faculties of entomology department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (The state museum is separated from the school as an affiliation, I think).
Anything that I purchased (especially those collection labels only including country and years) lacks information for researches (unless it is very difficult to obtain from wild) will very likely discarded, given away, or donated to a small local museums which do less research with more public displays, public educations. I recently visited an insect museum city owned (I think) has most of insect specimens discolored, and are in TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. I would NEVER EVER donate any of my personally collected insect specimens, unless they are willing to "pay" my specimens. As a research entomologist, that museum needs to be removed, or better take a good care of insect specimens. I know the donor of some great collections in there so I'm well aware some of those are not too old, but were all discolored, faded, and terrible taken cared. They were like a piece of junk.
Entomological institutions where actual researches occurring are far better than such museums available only for public display (obviously).
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:30:27 GMT -8
In some areas of the world you need permit to collect natural resources disregarding whether the purpose is a public or private research or just picture, fun, commercial, or whatsoever. It sure is frustrating to make people understand what you are trying to do. I met so many policeman patrolling at night near street light collecting (picking) ground beetles. I tell them that I'm entomology student (not anymore) and I'm studying insects actively fly (and walk) in the night hours from midnight to early morning. If I speak with all the entomological terms and all the difficult-to-understand terms, they just let me go. haha..
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:24:06 GMT -8
I heard that LEDs do not emit UVs, however, I've read some researches attracting moths with LEDs successfully on Research Gate. Try search there if you are a member of that community. There are many studies, discussions and feedback available.
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:20:42 GMT -8
I do currently have Actias luna moth eggs laid on the night of 28 March 2019. If you are located within the US. I have some available for a sale. Also, not many people attempts to sell caterpillars as they can easily die during a shipment. Eggs are a lot safer and easy to ship it out.
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:18:51 GMT -8
I'm unsure about luckiness of color changes. You can always (very easily) change color by exposing specimens to UV lights (or simply, sun), however, that's not the natural color of a specimen. If you are studying such light spectrum and colors of insects, may not be a great specimen to refer onto.
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:10:39 GMT -8
I've ordered multiple times on BioQuip for fold yourself thing. It sure is cheap, but not durable at all, can easily ripped off, and too thin that pins sometime poke a hole on a bottom. Thanks for the link and reviews!
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Post by JKim on Mar 29, 2019 8:08:30 GMT -8
I'm located in central Louisiana (USA), and collected two specimens from UV light trap. My interested is small scarabs, so I barely know anything about Buprestids. I do not aware of any other ways to collect them.
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Post by JKim on Sept 23, 2015 13:37:58 GMT -8
Hello, I got a question over Psychidae preservation. Psychidae female adults are not like any other female adults. They are caterpillar-like form with no or reduced legs and are wingless. It seems they are somewhat hairy as well. How can I preserve this as a specimen? If I preserve it as a fluid collection, all the hair may be lost. Would there be any way to dry it without shrunk it?
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Post by JKim on Mar 20, 2014 0:22:16 GMT -8
Recently, I got into the Golofa spp.
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Post by JKim on Mar 15, 2014 20:23:50 GMT -8
Hello All, I have some questions. My friend wants me to collect some Odonata and send them to him (dried, but not pinned)
How should I pack each dragonflies? Last time, I packed each on in the zipper bags with hardboard in it to make it flat and not bent. But all are broken at the arrival.
Does anyone have a special way of packing the Odonata?
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Post by JKim on Jul 29, 2013 10:02:55 GMT -8
Hmm.. weird... I can see the picture fine... I should try upload it again...
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