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Post by insectcollector on Jan 16, 2011 7:18:54 GMT -8
I am curious what type of insect lovers visit insect net? Your response is appreciated.
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Post by bluemoth on Jan 16, 2011 11:10:20 GMT -8
I collect as a hobby and to sell and trade mainly. How ever I did collect specimens for some body who was doing a study. I am very happy to help with scientific research of an insect.
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Post by insectcollector on Jan 19, 2011 20:57:21 GMT -8
Interesting... Insect Collecting as a hobby is universal among responding insectnet.com visitors. I would have thought that there was a more distributed pallet of visitors to this site. Sample is small and you have to sign in to vote. -To major limiting factors here. Especially in that I visited insectnet.com for years without ever posting. I read a lot of great discussions that kept me coming back. Thanks to all those who responded!
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Post by bobw on Jan 19, 2011 23:29:27 GMT -8
Anyone who collects insects is going to say it's a hobby. Even the most serious researcher would have originally got interested as a hobby. People collect for many reasons; personally I collect some genera mainly for research and some others less seriously as a hobby. I also rear a lot of stuff as a hobby.
Bob
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Post by nomihoudai on Jan 20, 2011 1:40:14 GMT -8
I think most people that come here collect themself because otherwise you don't have that much of this site, we are talking here 24/7 about collecting insects so it would be strange if people not interested in it would follow the site for longer periods of time.
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Post by kmyoungs on Jan 20, 2011 12:31:22 GMT -8
Yes, I also enjoy collecting for hobby and research/class as I am still in school. I also rear colonies for research but have begun a few butterfly colonies because its fun.
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Post by downundermoths on Jan 24, 2011 5:33:37 GMT -8
I collect to collect...I love to see and own serried ranks of well-mounted insects...My 'wanting' is only limited by money and space...
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Post by timmsyrj on Jan 25, 2011 11:32:36 GMT -8
It started out as a hobby when i was only 9 years old collecting around my home town, soon moved a lot wider once i could drive, i have reared all british species during the 80's and early 90's. Started collecting Papilio in the mid 80's and i think i'm now at the stage where it's no longer a hobby it's an obsession, i don't want specimens for the collection anymore i NEED THEM, there's a hole without them.
It's a good job i don't smoke, butterflies and beer cost enough, lol..
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Post by cicindela on Jan 28, 2011 2:31:50 GMT -8
I started as a collector and just enjoyed the "being with nature" aspect. Then began research in collaboration with international experts. Now in old age and with diminished interest I collect primarily for researchers who need material, retaining little for myself...that "being with nature" business still forefront. The majority of the specimens I've collected over the years now reside in museums.
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Post by timoinsects on Feb 1, 2011 16:24:44 GMT -8
since i was a child,i watached some TV programs about nature/wildlife/insects,since then i began interest insects,and specially watached a few TV programs inclued American National Geograpic,so.. i began more interested and desired to have some beetles and other showy beetles. i collected insects over 15years! mainly on Coleoptera,and wish have a private small "insects museum" in my house in future. and have my own website.
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Post by Khalid Fadil on Feb 20, 2011 17:34:50 GMT -8
A few years ago, I took a trip to Malaysia and got in touch with an entomologist who was working in a facility in the rain forests of Endau Rompin, Johor, called Nature Education and Research Center (NERC) I helped him with his research and even discovered a new species of millipede for him.
I may have done research in the past years, but I consider myself more of a hobbyist in these fields. I like to get lost in jungles just to see what I can find.
I prefer to capture specimens rather than buy them online unless they were bred. I do not buy specimens which have been caught in the wild. Entomologists and collectors have offered me prices for some of my specimens, but its not easy to get me selling. I like to keep my collections to myself.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 18:07:32 GMT -8
I collect, rear, and photograph insects primarily as a hobby, but with research sporadically taking place. I prefer to collect my own, but I do buy and sometimes trade. My priorities for buying insects outweighs new clothes, club memberships, new cars, or doing the 'bar thing'. I'd sooner sit at a sheet waiting for some Catocala or coleop to buzz in while listening to the chorus of nature when everyone (who might be considered normal) is inside sleeping. Walking up to a tree that was 'sugared' hoping to find another visitor is ten times more rewarding than watching TV or even playing computer games. Interestingly, I also cherish night musky fishing for many of the same reasons.....I love to be out in nature at night. Daytime collecting is great, but that aloneness and serenity of the starry nights surpass just about all else. Now you all know I'm nuts
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 18:18:17 GMT -8
Now I did it......got to thinking about this A few pics will surely tell you all just what I like about being a collector. Attachments:
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Post by panzerman on Feb 20, 2011 18:22:11 GMT -8
When I was 6 years old, my grandfather back in Germany got me interested in bugs...he had a small collection of insects, also he was a taxidermist and had a neat collection of mounted wild birds. I then got into postage stamps, then I became a coin collector(still am) Then I started with insects at around 26, still at it, and loving it.
John
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 18:22:01 GMT -8
Or....how about that A. odorata I fianlly caught after 38 years of waiting/hoping to come across one, let alone catch it. Attachments:
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