Post by rrabybrasil on Jan 13, 2011 12:13:03 GMT -8
Dear members
I'm a lapsed entomologist, I spent a number of years studying and rearing lepidoptera in West Africa and also Trinidad & Tobago. I now live in Brazil where I've a house on the coast nr. Rio de Janeiro.
I pursue Guiding work with Birdwatchers & more recently with some butterfly photography groups, this is done on a hobby basis, but I do charge for my services (I expect to retire living on the proceeds from this guiding work in the future, so I'm getting my hand in now).
OK I had an amazing amount of luck last Friday (6th January) when a very fresh adult AGRIAS CLAUDINA visited my birdtable. I have never seen this butterfly before, but to be quite honest, I thought that the chances of finding it localy were infinitely small and ridiculously optimistic (it's known to be extinct in nearby Rio ). I also photographed it well, so there are zero doubts about it's identity!
I'm not writting this email gloating over this amazing garden visitor, but I am writting because I'm keen to increase my knowledge of the Southern subspecies of A. claudina.
I need help to find dates of specimens from Rio de Janeiro south to Rio Grande do Sul. I also need help to know the length of the cycle from imago or egg- to pupae, I could further do with help in identifying the lfp. I'm also keen on any field-related trapping reports on this southern subspecies, including baits used, trap height, trap location etc.
Now that I know it's in the region I intend to track this species down over the next year or two and I'm not adverse to people wanting to help me, even by visiting me in the field, to help in this task.
sincerely your Richard Raby www.birdingbrazil.com
I'm a lapsed entomologist, I spent a number of years studying and rearing lepidoptera in West Africa and also Trinidad & Tobago. I now live in Brazil where I've a house on the coast nr. Rio de Janeiro.
I pursue Guiding work with Birdwatchers & more recently with some butterfly photography groups, this is done on a hobby basis, but I do charge for my services (I expect to retire living on the proceeds from this guiding work in the future, so I'm getting my hand in now).
OK I had an amazing amount of luck last Friday (6th January) when a very fresh adult AGRIAS CLAUDINA visited my birdtable. I have never seen this butterfly before, but to be quite honest, I thought that the chances of finding it localy were infinitely small and ridiculously optimistic (it's known to be extinct in nearby Rio ). I also photographed it well, so there are zero doubts about it's identity!
I'm not writting this email gloating over this amazing garden visitor, but I am writting because I'm keen to increase my knowledge of the Southern subspecies of A. claudina.
I need help to find dates of specimens from Rio de Janeiro south to Rio Grande do Sul. I also need help to know the length of the cycle from imago or egg- to pupae, I could further do with help in identifying the lfp. I'm also keen on any field-related trapping reports on this southern subspecies, including baits used, trap height, trap location etc.
Now that I know it's in the region I intend to track this species down over the next year or two and I'm not adverse to people wanting to help me, even by visiting me in the field, to help in this task.
sincerely your Richard Raby www.birdingbrazil.com
from it!