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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 20:37:34 GMT -8
What's really neat is that your drawer is full of what u love ......and.......you made the drawer as well. That is complete? Nice bugs.
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 9:13:02 GMT -8
I agree! I love Winter! Main reason is that I hate heat/humidity/insects....mosquitos/blackflies to be precise. Second, I am off all Winter, since I am in the lawncare business. During April-Dec I work 7 days a week , dusk to dawn. So, Winter is my time for fun, walking my Rottweiler "Loki" thru the woods on groomed snowmobile trails. Of course being out on the trails on a 195 HP "ThunderCat" snowmobile is great fun....no speed limit! Third, time to fool around with my fav. hobby...rare gold coins, and whats left of my butterfly/moth collection. I sold my papilionidae coll. from Neotropics to buy rare coins.
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 10:08:10 GMT -8
and some butterfly drawers... John
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2015 10:15:02 GMT -8
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Post by panzerman on Dec 16, 2015 14:08:54 GMT -8
Work hard, play hard!
Fantastic beetles!
I always wanted to get into those too, esp. lucanidae.
I always feel so sorry for people who have no hobbies...
John
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2015 15:29:13 GMT -8
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 16, 2015 16:02:09 GMT -8
Here is a drawer of Hemileucas, both Eastern and Western US species.
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Post by mothman27 on Dec 16, 2015 16:08:37 GMT -8
Those are some awesome drawers!
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Post by joee30 on Dec 16, 2015 22:06:33 GMT -8
Next year, Tom, next year. Should be good for Hemileucas here in the west. ?
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Post by johnnyboy on Dec 17, 2015 0:08:43 GMT -8
Well done everyone, all the drawers shown are really fantastic! Really cheered me up seeing them all.
Johnny
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 17, 2015 4:09:18 GMT -8
Here is a drawer of P. glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)that displays some different forms. The female of this species has transitional forms from black to yellow which include several intensities of the intermediate form. In good years they can be found with some degree of regularity, though it does require patience and persistence. Bill Garthe and I had some good times collecting these a few years ago. Going through drawers of specimens like these brings back some fond memories.
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 17, 2015 4:30:24 GMT -8
Here is a drawer of the machaon group. These swallowtails have always intrigued me. I still remember catching my first Papilio machaon in Germany so many years ago. It was nectaring on alfalfa. Going back to the location the next day, I found several more as I remember. I was so excited at the time, I still recall walking around in a state of euphoria. That time of my youth was filled with new adventures, and discoveries.
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Post by exoticimports on Dec 17, 2015 5:41:40 GMT -8
Tom, what's the location on those transitionals? I've seen yellow, and black, but not that wonderful mix. I'm surprised nobody uses unit pinning trays. I can't live without them. Chuck Here's some Automeris from Ecuador
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2015 6:49:58 GMT -8
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Post by beetlehorn on Dec 17, 2015 10:46:56 GMT -8
In regards to the question from exoticimports, I find the different forms in many locations. One I found in a parking lot of an AT&T store, a casualty from someone's car grill. I captured most of these in river bottomland along the Cumberland river west of Nashville Tennessee. I see good numbers at the height of their flight in July, and concentrate my efforts around nectaring plants such as thistle, button ball bushes and wild bergamot. Here is a close-up of four specimens. Tom
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