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Post by foxxdoc on Apr 21, 2020 7:59:56 GMT -8
anyone going to the field trip in Ocala Fla. in the Fall ??
been on any of the others ?
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Post by 58chevy on Apr 21, 2020 11:32:43 GMT -8
Tom,
Is this an organized field trip? If so, who is the sponsor? I stayed with my family at the Holiday Inn in Ocala in the summer of 1960, when I was about 12 years old. The sign out front was a gold mine for both leps and beetles. My brother & I dug up the flower bed under the sign and got a bunch of Dynastes tityus and Strategus antaeus. Silkmoths were all over the lighted parts of the sign. 50 years later someone asked about collecting D. tityus in Florida on this website. I mentioned the Holiday Inn. He went there and caught some. It's amazing that the place was still entomologically active after 50 years. I think the Holiday Inn is very near the Ocala National Forest. Collecting is allowed in US National Forests. I'm not sure how Holiday Inn management would react to adults digging up their sign. Maybe somebody's kids could get away with it.
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Post by foxxdoc on Apr 22, 2020 7:08:19 GMT -8
It appears to be loosely associated with bugguide.com. by volunteers (?). this is not the first year. not just limited to insects but all areas of arachnids. I always enjoyed the end of the day review of what everyone collected. My last trip was to Ecuador to collect plants. same idea though.
TOM
P.S. for more info go the bugguide.com
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Post by Paul K on Apr 22, 2020 7:21:34 GMT -8
Interesting.
Do bugguide.com organizing collecting and export permits for participants when travel to foreign country, what is approximate cost?
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Post by Paul K on Apr 22, 2020 13:10:53 GMT -8
I went to this site and all I could find that the domain is for sale and bunch of mostly useless advertisers?
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Post by drewalan2 on Apr 22, 2020 13:52:41 GMT -8
The site in question is bugguide.net, not .com; that might be why you are having difficulty.
If you go to the home page for bugguide, on the left, down a ways, is a link to upcoming events. The Florida trip is discussed there.
I've never been on one, or am interested in this trip. I just happen to go to this site a lot to look at i.d. requests.....
Drew
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Post by Paul K on Apr 22, 2020 14:06:18 GMT -8
Thank you Drew
Got it! I visited this site already in the past, didn’t realize it’s the same.
Paul
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