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Post by nomad on Dec 30, 2015 13:52:24 GMT -8
The ironic thing Billgarthe regarding O. alexandrea is that unless you happen to be 15 years old that butterfly WILL ALWAYS be O. alexandrea to the greater body of us hobbyists and professionals ! To me it will always be Ornithoptera alexandrae.  |
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Post by exoticimports on Jan 2, 2016 17:31:11 GMT -8
Oh Bill, how I remember those days of the Butterfly Co. in Far Rockaway New York ! I started purchasing from them in 1974 on thru to 1979. I'll never forget that wonderful catalog of 900 insects from all over the world being offered for sale. ........ Just seeing the name – Butterfly Company – brings back two strong memories. First, as a kid buying a bunch of random bugs from them and simply being amazed at what things from the tropics looked like. And spreading those bugs while listening over and over again to the live version of “No Quarter” during the dark of winter… The memories are wrapped so tightly in my mind, that I can’t hear this song without thinking of the data-free but pretty butterflies and winter. Coda - Robert Plant was just in Indy about a month ago, but did not grace us with No Quarter. And mom must have thrown out those bugs while I was in college. John Ah, yes. What a memory! I didn't find them until later. As a kid we traded local stuff with Jerry Schlomer (sp) of Illinois and bought stuff from (darn I forgot the name, but Alexandrae was $300/pr.) My only transaction with Butterfly Co. was when they were going out of business and I bought thousands of moths in bulk. |
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Post by exoticimports on Jan 4, 2016 9:01:13 GMT -8
A weakness of mine- Dynastes. Sadly I've never caught a single Dynastes specimen.  |
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Post by megagyas on Jan 4, 2016 9:49:31 GMT -8
Yes, back in the 1960's there were many trips to Far Rockaway to see "Dave" (Asimodov) Glanz and my old friend Bill Reid. I still have many specimens from the Butterfly Company bearing labels from collectors such as Gorge Kesselring and Fritz Plaumann. I had just graduated from Cornell and decided to enter N.Y.U. for my M.A. and we lived in Queens for several years. Travelling to The Butterfly Company in those days was a simple matter. Bill Reid and Fortune Chalaumeau wrote the paper describing Dynastes Hercules from Guadeloupe and St. Lucia- D. h. reidi is named in his honor. Fortunately I became interested in D. Hercules and have 19 drawers of them- many are very large, and very hard to get anymore. Following Dave Glanz' death, his daughter Irene took over the helm and finally the contents of the Company were sold to a dealer in Florida. Happy New Year to all. HR
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Post by poisonarrow on Jan 5, 2016 8:40:12 GMT -8
My favourite genus of Lucanidae, Hexarthrius!  |
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 5, 2016 10:20:01 GMT -8
Poisonarrow,
Looks nice......gotta love these guys.
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Post by poisonarrow on Jan 5, 2016 11:00:29 GMT -8
Yup, love those, and the pains one goes through to get some of these. Especially the hexarthrius bowringi was the holy grail, one of the specimen is a wild one and a few decades old. In the Lucanus box, the L. Dohertyi is the price specimen, only got it offered once, never saw it again anywhere, and even better it is from boman's collection.
Haven't seen much of H. Howdeni offered these days. Anyone one knows if they have become rare?
Cheers
Ben
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 5, 2016 20:27:02 GMT -8
Exoticimports, believe it or not Jerry Schlomer is still around and well into his 70's and still living in Round Lake Ill. ! He won a long standing court case against what is now AT&T over some patent rights he had on the original cellphone and is now a multimillionaire.
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Post by exoticimports on Jan 6, 2016 5:34:30 GMT -8
Exoticimports, believe it or not Jerry Schlomer is still around and well into his 70's and still living in Round Lake Ill. ! He won a long standing court case against what is now AT&T over some patent rights he had on the original cellphone and is now a multimillionaire. No kidding! That was almost 40 years ago! I remember trading monarchs and dragonflies to him in order to get my first Goliathus. It was a small one, but still a Goliath! Chuck |
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Post by vabrou on Jan 6, 2016 12:35:35 GMT -8
I too did business with Glanz in Far Rockaway back in the 1970s, I would send him a few hundred dollars and each time I ordered, I would get packages of numerous hundreds of papered Sphingidae from Brazil and elsewhere. Another New York dealer back then was Michael Zappalorti, who I discussed with, buying his business stock back around 1979. In the end, I did not. Those were the days when insect pins were $2.00/1000 retail price, and birdwings were $2.00 per specimen. Another New York dealer who existed back in the 60s-70 was Dave Bouton, who I just recently (2-3 years ago) purchased 3 specimens from on E-bay as he was selling off his personal collection in bits and pieces from a lifetime of collecting and business selling specimens.
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 6, 2016 16:28:22 GMT -8
indeed those days were the best, but don't forget that back then was only snail mail....letters, catalogs, and long distance phone calls.
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Post by exoticimports on Jan 7, 2016 12:59:01 GMT -8
I too did business with Glanz in Far Rockaway back in the 1970s, I would send him a few hundred dollars and each time I ordered, I would get packages of numerous hundreds of papered Sphingidae from Brazil and elsewhere. Another New York dealer back then was Michael Zappalorti, who I discussed with, buying his business stock back around 1979. In the end, I did not. Those were the days when insect pins were $2.00/1000 retail price, and birdwings were $2.00 per specimen. Another New York dealer who existed back in the 60s-70 was Dave Bouton, who I just recently (2-3 years ago) purchased 3 specimens from on E-bay as he was selling off his personal collection in bits and pieces from a lifetime of collecting and business selling specimens. That was it- Michael Zappalorti! He was my steady supplier of retail material until I discovered Dave Bouton. I remember Dave lost most of his collection in a flood and started over, probably about 1980 or so. |
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 8, 2016 20:38:01 GMT -8
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Post by rayrard on Jan 9, 2016 8:24:32 GMT -8
Nice, did you self-collect those Satyrids? Some cool Erebia in there.
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 9, 2016 10:08:43 GMT -8
Some I collected and some were collected by my late friend Norm Seaborg. He was a sweet man and a fine entomologist.
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Post by beetlehorn on Jan 9, 2016 17:22:59 GMT -8
It is an honor to carry on in someone's passionate interest. Collectors' and entomologists' legacies live on, and this can be accomplished by preserving their collections. As we all know, specimens can be preserved for centuries if they are maintained. Here are two drawers of mine. They consist of Tiger Moths, Schinias, Prominents, Foresters, and many more.   |
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 9, 2016 17:39:41 GMT -8
Yes Tom, I agree. I am honored to have specimens in my collection from many many collectors and their specimens caught will be maintained for decades, if not longer. Thinking of just a few....
Tom P., Eric S., Ricky P., Vernon B., Norm S., Evan R., Bedros O., John H., William G.(my father), Lee and Jacquie M., Chris W., Greg And Rod L., and more ....... just listing a handful from the US.
Btw.....love your two drawers Tom......pretty impressive.
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Post by beetlehorn on Jan 12, 2016 20:00:42 GMT -8
So far I haven't noticed any Lycaenidae drawers. Here is a drawer of mine that displays a mix of worldwide species. Tom  |
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 12, 2016 20:38:50 GMT -8
Some weevils.....  |
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Post by bugboys3 on Jan 13, 2016 17:39:02 GMT -8
  Here are a couple of my favorite drawers. |
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Post by poisonarrow on Jan 14, 2016 7:32:42 GMT -8
Some more pictures, a holding box with African Cetoniidae. Cheers Ben  |
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Post by poisonarrow on Jan 14, 2016 7:36:02 GMT -8
And a box of Oddball Lucanidae, where I do not have enough yet to fill a box, or where there are not enough. Alotopus, the only one missing is the Bornean ssp. fruhstoferi, anyone has spares? Among the smaller ones are Gnaphaloryx, Streptocerus, Pycnosiphorus (not sure if they are still called that), Nigidius, Platycerus, etc. Cheers Ben  |
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Post by billgarthe on Jan 21, 2016 10:37:52 GMT -8
Nice pics Ben. A few Buprestids.......    |
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Post by ornithorchid on Jan 21, 2016 10:47:34 GMT -8
SHAME ON YOU! You trimmed these beautiful and rare Calodema specimens  Nice drawers. |
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