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Post by boghaunter1 on Dec 18, 2021 9:36:43 GMT -8
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Post by boghaunter1 on Oct 21, 2021 13:55:13 GMT -8
Just tried yet again...the option to use a credit card does not work when clicked on (repeatedly)... only the Paypal otion is available & tells me the same old thing when clicked on... error encountered… try, try again.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Oct 21, 2021 12:34:57 GMT -8
Forgot… I have no problems with shipping charges (Postal or Courier), as stated; I expect shipping to be expensive (6-7 lb book)…. I just can't work through the website & when I finally, finally did... error encountered, over & over.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Oct 21, 2021 12:30:14 GMT -8
I have a problem with the website.... when I finally get to checkout with Paypal, it keeps on saying.... error encountered, please try again. After trying repeatedly over 2 days I just gave up. JT even provided me with a U.S. address to use (I tried that U.S. address for billing (as JT suggested) & my own Canadian courier address (& P.O. Box)for shipping .... only error, error, error (not specified!)…. try, try again... so frustrating. JT admitted himself there were problems with his website to locations outside the UK & the USA.
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Oct 21, 2021 11:54:21 GMT -8
Hello All,
This is an appeal to any UK collectors/insectnet members who would be willing to help me get a copy of John Tennent's new "Meek" biography book. I have tried all possible ways, through JT's website, to purchase this book... with no luck. I contacted JT personally & he advised me of numerous problems with the site (to Canada) & he suggested a number of solutions... none of which, unfortunately, in my situation, work. I am looking for someone in the UK to order one copy of the book + local UK courier shipping (pd. with Paypal). I would then ask that after the package arrives at your address that it be readdressed to my local Post office here in Canada & sent via the UK Postal system. I have had absolutely no problems with ordering books from the UK in the past & having them shipped by the UK Postal service to Canada. My problem with JT's site is that I live in the country (therefore I have no required/website street address... only a P.O. Box) & the site only uses couriers to deliver the book. I can get packages delivered to a local business in my home town of Bjorkdale, by courier, but still prefer shipping through the postal systems. I realize that this is a big, heavy book & postal shipping costs will be substantial (so are courier shipping costs!).. I really want to get a copy of this book & would be extremely happy if someone could PLEASE help me out. Lastly I will quickly repay you for all costs (1 book, local courier shipping in the UK, UK postal shipping to Canada, etc.) with Paypal. JT told me he will be gone/travelling from Saturday (23 Oct. to 07 Nov. 2021) & he will catch up on book orders when he returns, therefore orders can still be placed now, but won't be packaged up & sent away until after the 7th Nov..
Please PM me if you would be willing to help out & I can then provide you with my mailing address, email, phone, etc. A big THANK You in advance!
Update 10th Nov., 2021 - finally succeeded in ordering & paying with Paypal. Cost of book to Canada with courier shipping is expensive 137.27 GBP total or $242.00 Canadian dollars. Update 20th Nov., 2021. The book arrived here to central, Western Canada (Saskatchewan), by courier DHL, 8 days after being shipped from the U.K. Additional Customs/Duty/fees/taxes raised the total amount paid to 156.77 GBP (total cost $266.49 CAD or $210.77 USD).
Look forward to reading this impressive, meticulously researched volume in the coming snowy winter months... we have 2 ft. snow on ground now here already as of 20th Nov. '21! Important note... I was never able to order or pay through JT's website... instead I ordered outside the site using JT's: johntennent@hotmail.co.uk email & also finally paid successfully with Paypal (directly through their site)... again to the same johntennent@hotmail.co.uk email.
J.K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 9, 2021 12:25:48 GMT -8
I know exactly what you mean trehopr…. up here in NE Sask. we are, normally, used to cooler, wetter weather. This year has been awful... Hot, hot (30 to 37 C [86 t0 99 F]) drought conditions, with heavy forest fire smoke, from mid June to now (today is the coolest day we've had since then... temp. as I write this at 2:00 pm is refreshingly cool now at 17.3 C [= 63F]). Previously… every time I opened the door & the heat hit me, like the inside of a furnace, I, too, hesitated & said the heck with it. I never went on a single collecting trip beyond my yd. this yr. as forest fires threatened the remote back roads I usually frequent. Thank goodness I had my string of light traps to occupy my time! One other thing I hate to admit now is that I just can't take the heat like I did when I was younger... I used to spend entire long days out & about (glory days!) collecting regardless of how hot it got with no problems.... such is growing old. All you youngsters make the best of your youth & get out all you can while you're young...
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 9, 2021 11:56:59 GMT -8
Wow!... what a huge number of Catocala in one night Rayrard!... congrats!
From 01 Aug. to 09 Aug. I added (almost embarrassed to report after Raynard's report!) 2 more rare/uncommon "Cats" up here in central, NE Sask., CANADA. I captured, to date, 8 C. badia coelebs (more than at any time previously in one season) & I, surprisingly, added a new sp. for my yd./collection... 2 C. sordida, a small, blueberry feeding sp., that I have looked for, in vain, for more than 40 yrs.! Blueberries grow about 4 kms from my yd. & moths were quite flight worn. That is why I love this hobby... even after decades, you can still find new things right around you!
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 9, 2021 11:34:22 GMT -8
I wish the moderators/owner would lock this thread....
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 9, 2021 11:30:36 GMT -8
Another photo as it crawled about the screen door...
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 9, 2021 11:22:37 GMT -8
Hello Everyone, This morning, for the very 1st time in years of light trapping, I was surprised to find this cute(??!!), little fur ball in one of my traps. Say hello to my new little friend... Quite a shock to open up the door on one of my light traps to see this little guy/girl looking back at me! Any I.D. anyone? The bat's body was about 3.5" long x 1.5" wide with a wings span of around 9" (9cm x 4cm x 23cm). It's body was clothed in fine black hair with a fairly thick outercoat of longer silvery guard hairs. It's wingspan was surprising for such a tiny creature. Yet another rather surprising thing was that this little bat put out quite a loud, audible "hiss", comparable to a tiny, very young kitten, when surprised. I managed to remove the bat from the collection chamber (with leather gloves), hissing all the way, & launched it into the air where it slowly took wing & flew back into the surrounding forest. John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 1, 2021 11:19:14 GMT -8
Quick update from central NE Saskatchewan, Canada: From 14 July to 01 Aug.'21 I have collected, in my yd., 6 spp. of Catocala in my 8 light traps & 1 new bait trap. They are C. unijuga, C.briseis, C. praeclara manitoba, C. ultronia fm celia, C. relicta & C. concumbens. Season is very early this year due to prolonged & continuing drought conditions. First time I have ever collected so many spp. so early (out of a possible 9-10 spp that occur somewhat regularily up here). Certainly not impressive spp. numbers by any means, but still interesting to note from a more northern N. Am. perspective.
Interesting "Cat" catcher Bill... strangely, even up here with super dry drought conditions... which usually, most yrs., means better turnouts at bait... I still get way more underwings in my light traps... my 1,000W MV being the most effective. Just my own personal observations.
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Aug 1, 2021 10:46:03 GMT -8
Also absolutely nothing as of today 01 Aug. 2021 (14 months still waiting...)
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Post by boghaunter1 on Jul 19, 2021 10:47:28 GMT -8
Same here.... no refund as of July 19.
L.K. just wrote: "I have refunded the two customers who requested refunds. I will also ship them their order free of charge. In other words Leptraps will give them there order at no cost."
What? So just to be 100% clear...you are actually refunding 57 Chevy the $165.80 USD you owe him? PLUS sending him a free bait trap at your own cost?
& you are FINALLY refunding me my $314.95 USD (all details in THIEF thread)... PLUS sending me a free 40 w, 120V black light at your cost?
I, & many others, will believe it when we see it... time is ticking.
I won't even address the other rubbish in your 2 previous posts.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Jul 15, 2021 15:42:12 GMT -8
RE: Polyphemus, H. columbia gloveri abundance in 2021.
This report is rather late in the season as I still captured a "Poly" in one of my light traps a few days ago. I am located in central, NE Sask., Canada & I daily run a string of 8 light traps (M.V., B.L. & combo M.V./B.L. traps) in my yd. & have continuously run light traps for 45 years now. 2021 was, by far, the best year ever up here, for "Polys". From 27 May to 12 July I trapped 302 (includes 15 females) "Polys" in my traps! This huge number of "Polys" needs a bit of explanation... of the 302 I only kept 2 dozen nice A1 specimens (including 2 females) & the unwanted moths were released back into the woods each morning. I, therefore, had many recaptures (counted again) in the days following the initial captures. I estimate that altogether only about one 3rd to half of the 302 total were separate individuals; even so 100-150 "Polys" in 2021 would be a record! The most I have ever trapped in previous seasons was 50-60 individuals. Record days in 2021 were 02 June when I trapped 27 "Polys" in all 8 traps (includes 21 alone in my new 1,000W MV/MH trap- with a MH bulb) & 05 June when I collected another 25 "Polys" in all my traps.
Hyalophora columbia gloveri is an uncommon silkmoth that shows up in my traps almost every year, but usually in very small numbers (0-6). 2021 was, again a great year for them. From 02 June to 14 June I trapped 31 individuals (including 4 females)… I kept a dozen males & released the 4 females. On 07 June I was shocked to find 11 male H. c. gloveri alone in my new, large 1,000W MV/MH trap - with MH bulb)….& 2 more in an adjacent B.L. trap totalling 13!...that is twice a good previous year of 6 specimens! That night of 07 June was quite cool with a low of 8.7 C (48 F),cloudy & calm. In past years I have observed that H. c. gloveri often likes to fly during cooler, often foggy nights... montane sp. originally?
A note on collecting Ghost Moths. I only get 3 spp. of the larger Sthenopis spp. up here. S. purpurescens is the most common with the "Normal" salmon/pinkish/orangey fms., less common dark grey fms, & the very rare silvery/white fm.. S. argenteomaculatus is a rare (here) eastern N. Am. sp. that I've collected less than a dozen (3 this year) times. The rarest is another eastern N. Am. sp., S. thule… only one specimen in 45 years! Last night from 10:00-11:00 pm, temp. was warm at 18 C (65 F), calm, clear & smokey (from forest fires in N. SK.). I slowly drove my ATV, with the headlights on, down a heavily wooded back road just west of my yard. During that time I observed about a dozen S. purpurescens (males & females) feebly flitting about the edges of the road. I was able to collect only 3 of them (2 females & a male) as running about a rutted backroad in the dark can be dangerous to your health... especially for older guys! This is, however, a good way to collect pristine A1 specimens, especially males which don't come to traps that readily. Females come to my traps by the dozens most years (also in 2021). Ghost moths are found commonly in low, wet areas with willows & alders (larval foodplants). A fun way to collect ghost moths if you're still young & agile (with good eyes & strong bones!). This method of collecting Ghost moths was suggested to me by another member/collector... T. Taylor.
John K.
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Post by boghaunter1 on Jul 15, 2021 12:30:13 GMT -8
Great photos of beautiful odes guys!.... pity I don't get any spp. that nice up here in Sask., Canada. Nicest sp. I have collected a few times, when they fly up & establish temporary colonies, is the Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella). Also a number of the Common Green Darner (Anax junius) in years past. Keep the photos coming...
John K.
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