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Post by insectcollection on Feb 1, 2012 18:23:11 GMT -8
Insect-Collection.com has gone through a major makeover! It has more detailed taxonomic classifications and you can get listing for major insect auction listings from eBay.com (USA), eBay.de (Germany), eBay.fr (France), eBay.be (Belgium) and eBay.co.uk (UK) directly off Insect-Collection.com. Some example of listings you may find: COLEOPTERA: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Cetoniidae, Chrysomelidae, Cicindelidae, Curculionidae, Dynastidae, Elateridae, Euchiridae, Lucanidae, Rutelidae, Scarabaeidae. BUTTERFLIES: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae (with the Morpho family broken down to Balachowskyna, Pessonia and Grasseia, Balachowskyna and Pessonia and Grasseia and Morpho subgenus and a section for the beautiful Agrias genus), Papilionidae with a section for Ornithoptera genus and a full breakdown of the Papilio genus) , Rionidae, and Pieridae. MOTHS: Arctiidae, Brahmaeidae, Castniidae, Noctuidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Uraniidae, ZygaenidaeOne of our favorite section rarities is still available. Good luck and have fun bidding! Insect-Collection.com |
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 2, 2012 0:00:42 GMT -8
Did you achieve to put the "Search Engine" back ?
It was very useful to browse a locality like "Papua" or "Solomons". It was not possible anymore with the new website.
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Post by jshuey on Feb 2, 2012 5:56:59 GMT -8
did you bring back the Hesperiidae? I haven't looked at your site since you pulled that family of butterflies.
shuey
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Post by insectcollection on Feb 2, 2012 18:13:26 GMT -8
Hi shuey.
The reason why I removed the Hesperiidae family was because of its huge number of species and that its rarely offered on eBay. As Wikipedia quoted: "There are more than 3500 recognized species of skippers and they occur worldwide." Since Insect-Collection.com is keyword based, I'd have to create many categories to cover them and most of them would be empty. If you want, send me (InsectCollection@hotmail.com) a list of commonly collected genus (say 25-50) and I might do something in the near future.
To Oliver. Sorry. I have not forgotten about your request. But with my real work, a young family of 3 kids (and the need for sleep); time has become a valuable commodity. I apologize for any inconvenience.
Insect-Collection.com
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Post by africaone on Feb 2, 2012 23:23:02 GMT -8
why don't you do do researches on family names only ?
- you "keywords" (i.e. by tribes or some other kind)) are sometimes difficult to follow, usually, collectors made search by families or genus or species (the three main categories known by everyone)
- when I browse ebay auction, i like to see many as possible to detect "good opportunity" that are in many cases wrongly classified (except families .... with few exception) ....
ps : it is good that you included other ebay sites than ebay.com
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 2, 2012 23:44:12 GMT -8
ps : not that good for us!!! ebay.fr and ebay.de were often overlooked by US bidders... it was great to obtain good items at low prices ! ;-)
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Post by africaone on Feb 3, 2012 0:38:54 GMT -8
depend .... saler or buyer  |
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Post by wollastoni on Feb 3, 2012 0:48:14 GMT -8
I buy on all ebays but sell only on ebay.com where the traffic is higher.
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Post by insectcollection on Feb 3, 2012 18:28:56 GMT -8
why don't you do do researches on family names only ? My first version of my website was family based. However, not all sellers were following this naming convention and I was not able to pull in all the auctions. (Funny thing is that I started the trend to include the family name in front of the description title.) As a result, I decided to filter them by genus. Insect-Collection.com |
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Post by africaone on Feb 4, 2012 1:24:07 GMT -8
"As a result, I decided to filter them by genus."
yes, that i understand ... but why not to reassembly them into family containers ?
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Post by insectcollection on Feb 5, 2012 12:16:22 GMT -8
"As a result, I decided to filter them by genus." yes, that i understand ... but why not to reassembly them into family containers ? But they are...(?) They're broken down to family. Then subfamily. And if the family is too large with no known subfamily, I made family Group A, Family Group B, etc...In any case, I have included the genus that are included within each group as well. |
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Post by insectcollection on Feb 5, 2012 12:18:37 GMT -8
And by the way, any eBay sellers with a Facebook account, you can join the group called "eBay Insect Classified." Over 1300+ people are part of the group. You can advertise your auctions there.
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Post by africaone on Feb 5, 2012 13:47:54 GMT -8
....Then subfamily. And if the family is too large with no known subfamily, I made family Group A, Family Group B, etc...In any case, I have included the genus that are included within each group as well.....
it is my purpose that groups between genus and family are not clear (and not so universal) and i am somtimes loss when I am looking for something
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