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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 4, 2012 12:36:47 GMT -8
Hello fellow insectnetters, I will visit USA the first time of my life in February 2013 during a business trip. As I am allowed to combine this trip with personal holidays of up to 5 workdays I wanted to take this great opportunity and try to do a small collecting trip. My business trip will lead me to Philadelphia and so I have been thinking about taking a short trip to Florida. As the time of 5 days is very short the trip will probably end in a complete disaster when I am out there on my own. Therefore I would like to ask if anyone of you regularly lives in Florida (or will be by chance from ~6th to ~ 15th February there) and would have interest in meeting another insectnetter from Europe and could provide a light trap and some good spots where we could meet up and collect together. My main collecting interests are Lycaenidae and Noctuidae, I hope that early February is not too off for these species? I do know that February is very early in season but if just a handful of species are on their wings it will be a success. It would be great if anyone could provide information about what Lycaenidae and Noctuidae can be expected in February in Florida. If someone can help me please reply in this topic or write me a PM to discuss further details. I have already met other people from insectnet and made some collecting trips together with them and it has always been a lot of fun. For completeness, I am 24-years-old. Rgds, Claude |
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Post by wingedwishes on Dec 4, 2012 17:10:28 GMT -8
While I ive in Florida, I am not really qualified to guide you as I don't get out of the city much. However, Starlight Criminal IS certainly qualified but has not posted for some time.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 5, 2012 1:53:15 GMT -8
Hi,
he probably has been unhappy with the dropping quality of the website, just look at the hornbill topic which has been up for some days as a prime example.
I thank you very much for your reply, but even if I was able to reach starlightcriminal I bet he would be busy as he works in some scientific research field and time is usually scarce for these people. He sure would be qualified as I found some interesting posts by him about the local Lycaenidae fauna.
Rgds Claude
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Post by wollastoni on Dec 6, 2012 3:49:28 GMT -8
Good to read you again here Claude.
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Post by simosg on Dec 6, 2012 5:47:40 GMT -8
he probably has been unhappy with the dropping quality of the website, just look at the hornbill topic which has been up for some days as a prime example. Yes, there are some mostly new members with a lot of posts but with few sense and content. I guess these are younger people (I have nothing against the youth in general, I'm not old by myself) which like to chat or just get a lot of posts. And there are some long registered members with often interesting posts which are not often here now. Nice to see you back Claude. Hannes |
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Post by 58chevy on Dec 6, 2012 8:28:30 GMT -8
Claude,
The McGuire Center (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/) would be a good resource for finding a guide. Click on the Staff Directory. Some of the staff members have email links.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 6, 2012 15:04:44 GMT -8
 Yes a lot of members had turned their back upon the site. Earlier this year I started to work and my time is rather limited now. 58chevy, a million thanks for your help! I have remembered now that I saw the McGuire Center once in a video here on insectnet and it is just mindblowing. I have written them an email and kindly asked if they could provide me with any help and if I could see their breeding facility for the Miami blue. I hope that I will receive positive news from them. Rgds Claude
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Post by wollastoni on Dec 7, 2012 2:18:15 GMT -8
Hannes < "Yes, there are some mostly new members with a lot of posts but with few sense and content. I guess these are younger people "
Well I think it's great for the future of this website and of amateur entomology to see some teenagers on this website. Of course sometimes their posts are very amateur but they will learn fast.
Many members including friends of mine have quit this forum not because of teenagers but because they have been insulted/pissed off by one member (and his multiple usernames).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 10:16:43 GMT -8
good to hear from you again Claude, your input has been sorely missed my friend.
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Post by bichos on Dec 7, 2012 16:51:48 GMT -8
Btw
Good luck on your travels Claude, we'd love to hear the good news upon the completion of your trip.
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Post by simosg on Dec 7, 2012 23:13:14 GMT -8
Most of us have our specialty groups and can mostly only make " interesting" comments on our taxa of choice. Well, so please just do this. It says enough, that you feel adressed by my post above. You think my post ist unwarranted? So what is your explanation for the lesser quality of posts in this forum during the last months? Hannes |
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Post by simosg on Dec 8, 2012 3:59:26 GMT -8
As you say, it is a matter of opinion. We don't have they same, and I don't want to post long pleadings here to bring you to my opinion. I just want to say mine:
This forum is the best and most serious insect forum I know, and this for many years. So please use it as this and not as a chatroom. It is not required "to know everything" for this. I'm very sure I'm one of the people with the fewest amount of knowledge about insects here.
Hannes
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2012 4:36:04 GMT -8
On a personal note, I mourn the loss of many of the old members who dont come on any more, we miss their knowledge and input. The aim of this forum is not to see who knows the most but to share, learn from each other and enjoy each others collections and banter. I think that is what was meant by the statement of a loss in quality of posts that we have lost the input of quite a few key members of this site. If you enjoy entomology, have a passion for collecting as we all have on this site, cherish it and stop bickering, at the moment most of the world seems to be against us, collectors being blamed for the drop in numbers of insects around the world, being made a scapegoat for extinctions, the justification of beurocratic red tape to stop our activities when we all know that it is nothing to do with us and everything to do with the greed of governments, destroying habitats, human expansion etc, if the stupidity and nastiness stop they may return in due time.
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Post by simosg on Dec 8, 2012 6:32:01 GMT -8
Well said, Dunc.
Hannes
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Post by evra on Dec 8, 2012 13:17:29 GMT -8
Early February is a tough time of the year to collect just about anywhere in the U.S. If it's a long, cold winter, you're out of luck no matter where you go. In some years though, the southwestern deserts can have some good stuff flying by then.
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