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Ecuador
Jan 10, 2014 8:53:46 GMT -8
Post by smallcopper on Jan 10, 2014 8:53:46 GMT -8
Lucky thing, I am off to Ecuador in a month's time for a fortnight out in the wilds in the Andes and their foothills. Anything in particular I should be keeping an eye open for? (I'm there to photograph and write about hummingbirds, so the leps are but a sideline on this expedition. But it pays to keep an eye open, of course!)
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Ecuador
Jan 14, 2014 9:19:56 GMT -8
Post by oehlkew on Jan 14, 2014 9:19:56 GMT -8
Have a nice trip. I can probably help you with any Saturniidae identifications if you do any collecting at lights at night. Bill Oehlke
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Ecuador
Jan 14, 2014 9:52:14 GMT -8
Post by nomad on Jan 14, 2014 9:52:14 GMT -8
I also wish you a very good trip, I am sure you will find many good things there.
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Ecuador
Jan 14, 2014 10:08:08 GMT -8
Post by Adam Cotton on Jan 14, 2014 10:08:08 GMT -8
Which side of the Andes will these foothills be on? There are less Leps on the west side, but many of them are different to the ones on the Amazonian side, and rather interesting. I would be very interested in Eurytides earis for example.
Adam.
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Ecuador
Jan 15, 2014 4:16:10 GMT -8
Post by smallcopper on Jan 15, 2014 4:16:10 GMT -8
Thanks all - I shall be seeing what I can find by day and night, so I may well be back with some identification queries. Our expedition is a transect across the Andes, so will be approximately a week on either side. All too brief, of course, but it's my first trip into South America and alas I am not a gentleman naturalist with time on his hands - I have a job to come back to!
I'll see what I can find while I'm there...
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Ecuador
Jan 15, 2014 13:06:19 GMT -8
Post by oehlkew on Jan 15, 2014 13:06:19 GMT -8
Please try to keep track of each precise location. As Adam has stated, there are different, but often very similar species on both sides of the Andes. Location is a big help in determining them Bill Oehlke
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Ecuador
Jan 16, 2014 4:22:30 GMT -8
Post by smallcopper on Jan 16, 2014 4:22:30 GMT -8
Please try to keep track of each precise location. As Adam has stated, there are different, but often very similar species on both sides of the Andes. Location is a big help in determining them Bill Oehlke I will do, Bill. Shall be carrying a GPS to that end.
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