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Post by miguel on Dec 20, 2013 13:01:44 GMT -8
I´ll always remember,April 1992 when one night while I was walking in my hometown, a small village in Andalusia,Spain,I saw my first Graellsia isabelae female resting in a wall and few meters away 3-4 males attracted by the queen of the european moths,and I remember I inmediatly began to jump trying to catch them(I was 15 years old).
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Dec 13, 2013 12:34:14 GMT -8
Wonderful Moths,but I have not seen Ocnogyna zoraida,a wonderful Arctiidae from Spain.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Nov 10, 2013 13:44:32 GMT -8
Hello
The Polyommatus from Tunisia are probably Polyommatus celina,I believe that Polyommatus icarus doesn´t fly in the north of Africa.
Regards Miguel
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Post by miguel on Aug 23, 2013 9:57:40 GMT -8
Here near the east coast of Spain now are flying Pseudotergumia fidia,Neohipparchia statilinus or Charaxes jasius.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Aug 22, 2013 2:55:18 GMT -8
Yesterday I saw Papilio chikae offered in one ebay page by a seller,if you buy it,Could you be denunciated?
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Jul 27, 2013 8:58:32 GMT -8
Hi: The ssp. is andalusica(Ribbe 1906).
Miguel.
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Post by miguel on Jul 20, 2013 12:45:31 GMT -8
Hello all:
I have seen this behavior in Fonchanina,a small village in Huesca,last July while I was looking for Apatura sp., I saw a male enjoying the damp ground.
Miguel.
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Post by miguel on Jun 18, 2013 12:06:58 GMT -8
Hi:
In 15 years I have collected only 3 H.fuciformis,H.tityus is more common than H.fuciformis,the biggest problem that I have found with the two species is that I know a place where they fly together,but they have a big population of vipers as neighbours.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Jun 18, 2013 11:06:43 GMT -8
Hi all:
Here in Castellon,in the east part of Spain,Macroglossum stellatarum can be found from February until November ad you can find specimens near the coast or the mountains,H.tityus and H.fuciformis only fly in May-June in the mountains but at not very high altitudes.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Apr 29, 2013 12:06:38 GMT -8
Hello : Charaxes jasius is protected in Andalucia,and you cann´t collect it even with a permit.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Apr 28, 2013 12:37:10 GMT -8
There are various species of butterflies of the north of Africa that are arriving to the south part of Europe(Colotis evagore,Elphinstonia charlonia ...)in the last decades and that´s the reason why I think is good to know what species of butterflies are living in Morocco,Tunicia or Algeria.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Apr 16, 2013 11:11:24 GMT -8
Danaus plexippus and Danaus chrysippus fly together in Torrox,near Nerja.
Seems that people with a net is more dangerous for wildlife than touristics resorts (and touristics resorts are more lucratives for our politics)
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Apr 16, 2013 8:39:44 GMT -8
Hello:
Danaus plexippus and Charaxes jasius fly there,but it´s forbidden their collecting because both species are protected.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Feb 3, 2013 14:05:41 GMT -8
Hello Quintin: I think that P. albicans does not occur in Extremadura,I have collected P.albicans mainly in July-August in eastern and southern part of Spain.
Miguel
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Post by miguel on Dec 25, 2012 10:26:15 GMT -8
Pieris ergane,Pseudochazara hippolyte,Pyrgus andromedae and P.apollo Novarae form(with black dots).
Miguel
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