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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:11:15 GMT -8
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:11:56 GMT -8
the rest are the insects i collected when it flying (not fast) at about 14:00 afternoon. perhaps belong to family Megaloptera,but it's a big family. belong to which subfamily or genus? i caught only one specimen. the pity was the wings broken after i spreaded it. hard to spread without broken. Attachments:
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:16:21 GMT -8
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:18:21 GMT -8
2B, caught on the leaf when they were mating,they still embaranced firmlly each other after being driped into alcolhol. ;D Attachments:
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:19:25 GMT -8
very nice cetonidae, caught when flying. Attachments:
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:22:11 GMT -8
back side, is rutelidae or cetonidae? Attachments:
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:22:49 GMT -8
a butterfly. Attachments:
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Post by timoinsects on May 25, 2011 19:23:50 GMT -8
i prepared them after taking back home. a nice experience for me. Attachments:
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Post by prillbug2 on May 25, 2011 20:14:57 GMT -8
The Cetoniinae are actually Rutelinae. Cetoniidae is not an actual family, it's a aubfamily of the Scarabaeidae--has never been separated except by dealers. Didn't take a sweep net or a beating sheet, did you. If you had, you would have probably found more beetles. Jeff Prill
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Post by lucanidae25 on May 25, 2011 22:28:49 GMT -8
I'm glad you are starting to collect your own specimens instead of getting them online. ;D Keep on doing that.
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Post by Entomofou on May 25, 2011 22:40:37 GMT -8
very nice cetonidae, caught when flying. --> There are Hoplia sp. You can use the work of Sabattinelli about the revision of Himalayan species. Stéphane
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Post by wollastoni on May 25, 2011 23:13:41 GMT -8
Very nice trip and pictures. Catching Bhutanitis must be very exciting !
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Post by timoinsects on May 26, 2011 4:09:57 GMT -8
Jeff,thanks,it's rutelidae another friend reminded me this,but i am not so sure.i did not took a sweep net, there're spiny bushes,not so easily to use that. what if the net being hooked by thorn? honest to say,i really know little of sweep net, here i did not saw any people use this. i believe it is interesting of use. Ray, thanks my summer were wasted before,from this summer i must do something activelly. i will probably vist S.E.Tibet (LinZhi region) or west Yunan (GaoLiGong Mt. region). in around a month. i do interest insects of China,previous years due to many problems i did not went wild. now better. i collected extenstivlly. insects from big to very small. catch as various families as possible.
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Post by timoinsects on May 26, 2011 4:19:46 GMT -8
like other many countries,west China is of great interests also,not only collecting itself,but also adventure/tourism,see the different culture,there lives tibetens(Zang zu) and Yi zu,more to west more minorities. the unknewn insects are great which i have never saw before. after this trip,i bought some e-books from internet this helps on ID chinese domestic insects. the pictures are not good quality,the books were published from several to over 20 years ago. i made collecting data of each specimen i collected. <moths of china> is a good one. but this books can not ID all moths. some species are missing. also,i more and more interest the high alevation insects families/species.i got tired tropical showy beetles a little bit. some smaller but "mysterious" insects become more attractive.
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Post by lucanidae25 on May 26, 2011 14:42:14 GMT -8
where did you go collecting? Western Sichuan?
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