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Post by cabintom on Feb 23, 2014 10:22:44 GMT -8
Don't know why I couldn't attach both photos to the first post...
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Post by cabintom on Feb 23, 2014 10:13:27 GMT -8
I've tried using Bernaud's Determination Key at acraea.com, but I can't seem to nail down which species this is. Closest I've found is A. egina but the hindwing ventral border is fairly different on my specimen from what he has pictured on his website. The dorsal suffusion also isn't helping...
Thanks! Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 21, 2014 8:57:29 GMT -8
This is a paper which you might find interesting to read... Very interesting! So I guess I wasn't imagining things when I saw a D. dorippus coupled with a D. chrysippus alcippus. Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 20, 2014 12:50:32 GMT -8
Anyone know if there's a specific name for this form of D. dorippus? I caught it just before New Year's in Mukono, Uganda. Thanks! Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 20, 2014 12:31:19 GMT -8
I love the variety in these two species... just wish I could tell them apart. Tom Attachment Deleted
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Post by cabintom on Feb 19, 2014 4:48:57 GMT -8
From what I've read ( atbutterflies.com ), gallienus is supposed to have "creamy yellow" coloured bands, which are narrow and "curved on inner edge". Which is why I had initially assumed my specimen was gallienus.
Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 17, 2014 9:57:40 GMT -8
I hope it's alright that I add a specimen of my own. I caught this in the Ituri Forest, near Mambasa, DRC. I had thought it was P. gallienus, but now I'm not so sure... I know it's in bad shape, but you catch what you can find.
Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 11, 2014 19:41:14 GMT -8
Is it common to find butterfly's with different wing shapes on either side of their body? And would it be considered an aberration or a deformity? (I'm not really sure what exactly is considered "aberrant"... is it just differences in colouration?) Attachments:
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Post by cabintom on Feb 10, 2014 23:40:29 GMT -8
I mostly use a homemade net attached to a broom handle. I've also cobbled together a bait trap with the materials I could find here... though I need to upgrade from the metallic mesh I have to mosquito netting. I've been using mostly banana bait... but the only thing I've caught it in has been Charaxes brutus (they love it though) and a couple bright green beetles. Lastly, in mornings I check the walls on the office buildings nearby to see what moths have turned up. Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 4, 2014 12:28:01 GMT -8
I am attempting to catalogue my collection as I go. I take digital pictures of every specimen, once taken off the spreading board. Then I sort those specimen's pictures (dorsal/ventral - 1 of each) into folders for each species. I also keep my notes and data for the specimen stored in a .txt file found within that folder. The picture files are given a specimen number which corresponds to the data in the .txt file. I have then been, slowly, uploading this all to Flickr ( www.flickr.com/photos/76363052@N05/collections/ ). It's a work in progress (many species still need to be moved into the appropriate sub-family), and I have yet to upload a not insignificant number of unidentified/unconfirmed species. I'm hoping others might one day find this collection useful. Tom
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Post by cabintom on Feb 4, 2014 11:59:19 GMT -8
The only time I've had a problem was last year at Prague airport where spme clodhopping customs official decided he needed to touch them to confirm the evidence of his own eyes and knocked two wings off. Bob I'm not one to get angry very easily... but that... ooooo. I don't think I could have helped but show some emotion.
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Post by cabintom on Jan 31, 2014 8:19:55 GMT -8
Well, no need to boil it. I came back home from work today to find it dead... I wonder how long the artist guy had been holding on to it...
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Post by cabintom on Jan 30, 2014 4:20:54 GMT -8
Tom, You could kill it by putting it in a freezer for a few hours. It would prevent the beetle becoming discoloured and also be a relaively painless death for the beetle. As soon as it is dead it will still be pliable and easy to set. Usually you'd put a pin through the middle of the right wing case, place it on a setting board and set the legs in position using more pins. Johnny Unfortunately, I don't have stable enough electricity to run a freezer... I've heard something about using boiling water, but that sounds risky. Also just realized that I put this thread in the wrong section. Sorry Clark. Tom
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Post by cabintom on Jan 29, 2014 23:16:35 GMT -8
be careful, this price is quite high locally as the species is very common (you can have some dozens in one night hunting in good places, I remember a night in Kivu when I stop to count at 150 spécimens and there were many more) the length seems quite good I figured the price was high, but hopefully the guy I bought it from (an artist actually) will stop trying to sell me wooden elephants and will now start bringing more interesting things. Tom
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Post by cabintom on Jan 29, 2014 22:30:15 GMT -8
I just bought this live specimen from a local for roughly $4.50... not sure if it was a good deal or not. Anyways, I'm pretty excited about it. lol How do I go about killing and setting it?
Thanks, Tom
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