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Instructions for this section - please read In order to avoid long message threads that have many photos, it's best we split up the photos more. Please start a new topic for each set of pho... |
Clark |
Feb-20-10 10:23 PM by Clark |
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Blue Dynastes hercules? In fact it is grayish-blue, with no hint of yellow or red. I guess, this color can be produced by the exposure of an ordinary beetle to UV. Red pi... |
lamprima2 |
Sep-01-10 11:27 AM by lamprima2 |
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Blue Ornithoptera Fakes!!! Hello all
A warning to all fellow passionate birdwing collectors! I have just found out that some dishonest Japanese dealers have discovered a ... |
Laurie1 |
Aug-31-10 03:58 PM by Touterse |
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A few new acquisitions I've only dreamed of Below are a few recent bugs I've been fortunate enough to get:) The Morpho cypris f. cyanites has been on my dream list for decades:o My wif... |
bgarthe |
Aug-30-10 11:23 PM by Olivier Pequin |
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Forms and Variations of Papilio glaucus After having a rather bad collecting year in 2009, this year has been quite good. In fact in regards to Swallowtails this has been the best I can re... |
beetlehorn |
Aug-27-10 02:46 PM by bicaliber |
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Bluish O priamus poseidon and O priamus kassandra Hope you enjoy these photos!... |
Laurie1 |
Aug-26-10 02:33 PM by thanos2008 |
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Agrias croesus female Agrias croesus female
Rio Madira
Brazil
I have just taken this one off the setting board.
http://www.insectnet.com/dcforu... |
Anaea |
Aug-25-10 12:47 PM by Hewi |
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Papilio dardanus dardanus female aberration.
Papilio dardanus dardanus aberrant female from Kenya.I've not seen again a specimen like this.The wings are like transparent and the colours not ... |
thanos2008 |
Aug-24-10 07:34 PM by thanos2008 |
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Mecynorrhina ugandensis exceptional male.
Mecynorrhina ugandensis exceptional male in size(87mm..),colour(blue pronotum!)and quality.From Congo.
Thanos... |
thanos2008 |
Aug-22-10 11:12 AM by cetonid |
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Lysandra coridon female,extremely rare aberration.
An extremely rare aberrant female of the already very rare(in most populations)blue female f.syngrapha of Lysandra coridon,which I collected ... |
thanos2008 |
Aug-22-10 09:16 AM by thanos2008 |
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Pixodarus exasperatus A big male(43mm) of the ultra-rare Callipogoni Prioninae Pixodarus exasperatus(Quentin & Villiers,1976) from Tanzania.I got it thanks to ... |
thanos2008 |
Aug-19-10 07:27 PM by thanos2008 |
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Papilio jordani FEMALE Just arrived. I'm very impressed. My male has not longer to be alone.
Best regards, Hannes... |
simosg |
Aug-11-10 07:46 AM by bgarthe |
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Finally got one.....40 years after seeing my first :) A few years back I was lucky enough to have captured a Thysania zenobia.
This year while travelling through TENN, I managed to finally nab %2... |
bgarthe |
Aug-10-10 08:42 PM by Touterse |
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Apatura metis ssp.balcanica FEMALE -At last collected one!
I,at last,collected one great,very rare female of Apatura metis ssp.balcanica in N.Greece,a few days ago,for the first time in my life!... |
thanos2008 |
Aug-02-10 12:43 PM by thanos2008 |
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Limenitis sp. I'm going to beg the indulgence of the professional and exotic collectors here and show my first and only butterfly thus far. I collect mostly small... |
Andere |
Jul-26-10 07:29 AM by Andere |
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Graphium mendana mendana From Guadalcanal... |
Laurie1 |
Jul-24-10 11:46 AM by Adam Cotton |
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Parnassius autocrator. Just spread,a nice A1 male from Tadjikistan.I'm waiting also to receive a nice female,so for my male not to feel alone :P.I would really love... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-24-10 10:07 AM by thanos2008 |
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charaxes xiphares drawer of xiphares 10 ssp.
xiphares kulal M (Mt. Kulal, Kenya) crappy quality...looking for AI specimen!!!
xiphares vumbai F (Chirin... |
panzerman |
Jul-20-10 01:05 PM by Colin12303 |
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What is this crazy bug? What is this crazy-looking bug? It obviously looks like an odonate, but I can't identify it. I took a picture of it while I was out fishing this... |
njohnson605 |
Jul-15-10 11:11 PM by pepsis |
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Apatura iris aberrant male from Greece.
A unique aberrant male of A.iris,which I collected a few days ago in N.Greece.Look at these stripes on the forewings..!I've never seen a spec... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-15-10 11:12 AM by thanos2008 |
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Limenitis populi populi blue variant females from Greece.
2 very rare and large,blue variant females from N.Greece.On the left side of the picture is also seen a blue variant male of extreme form tremula... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-11-10 08:35 AM by thanos2008 |
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Parnassius apollo linnei female of extreme aberration wiscot
A magnificent female of extreme form wiscotti. I have also a pure pair wiscotti(large specimens,with fewer red)and I'll post photos once I%... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-09-10 01:28 AM by Lord Pandarus |
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Interessting L.maera Hi just wanted to show this Lasiommata maera i caught a couple of days ago. They are really common around here, but this specimen is one i've nev... |
wolf88 |
Jul-08-10 01:45 AM by wolf88 |
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Charaxes phenix phenix Female from Nguu Mountains in Tanzania.... |
AfricanCharaxes |
Jul-05-10 06:58 PM by AfricanCharaxes |
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Melitaea arduinna rhodopensis aberration.
About 2 weeks ago,I collected in N.Greece this nice aberrant male of M.arduinna rhodopensis,with wide black borders on all wings.On the picture... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-01-10 08:11 AM by thanos2008 |
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Some nice Greek butterfly aberrations.
Some extremely rare aberrations,all collected by me : female Apatura iris double-aberrant(size/shape of wings and obscured like semi-iole f... |
thanos2008 |
Jul-01-10 07:01 AM by dunc01226 |
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Unique Haploa variations Hello Arctiid/Noctuid collectors, I thought I'd show a few Haploa variations from the Midwest. I have gone through dozens of individuals and ha... |
bicaliber |
Jun-27-10 07:40 AM by Missmoth |
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Atrophaneura crassipes Atrophaneura (Byasa) crassipes
Tarunga Hka River, Burma
Timothy... |
Anaea |
Jun-15-10 10:29 AM by Anaea |
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Large female of Macrodontia castroi
A freshly pinned female of 85mm of M.castroi from Honduras. I'm waiting for the rehydration's water to be evaporated from the elytra,so to sh... |
thanos2008 |
Jun-14-10 09:10 PM by thanos2008 |
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parides echemon parides panthonus panthonus(Surinam)
parides echemon ergeteles M+F (Brazil)
parides aglaope callicles F (Bolivia)
drawer aglaope%2... |
panzerman |
Jun-13-10 06:21 PM by panzerman |
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Recent Additions part 2 Three rather neat specimens came my way recently and I was thrilled to get 'em:)
Salamis cytora ( F ) has been tough to find here in th... |
bgarthe |
Jun-13-10 12:32 PM by Lord Pandarus |
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parides phalaceus, proneus etc. various ssp. + drawer... |
panzerman |
Jun-07-10 07:19 PM by panzerman |
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A topic for never offered leps ! Many butterflies are never offered on the market because they are not as "bankable" as those from famous genus (Papilionidae, Agrias, Delias... |
Olivier Pequin |
Jun-05-10 08:09 PM by Lord Pandarus |
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Papilio garamas electryon black female.
Papilio garamas electryon black female from Mexico.
Thanos... |
thanos2008 |
May-23-10 06:49 PM by Lord Pandarus |
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Ornithoptera meridionalis tarunggansis I just got this pair Ornithoptera meridionalis tarunggansis ,and I mounted them immediately.
They were really very nice and in A1 candition when I... |
morpho2010 |
May-21-10 04:22 PM by Lord Pandarus |
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Parnassius apollo and CITES Hi everyone,
Everybody knows, that apollo is under CITES protection. Are all pepared speciment under CITES ?? How about 100 or more years... |
radusho |
May-21-10 08:08 AM by radusho |
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parnassius staudingeri, hunza ssp. ssp. staudingeri+ black forms, paratype ssp. daniil... |
panzerman |
May-18-10 07:19 PM by beetlehorn |
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parnassius apollonius ssp. various ssp. of apollonius... |
panzerman |
May-15-10 06:32 PM by panzerman |
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recent additions These were all purchased from a recent insect fair here in England, I have been after some of these for years especially the hermeli pair and the pa... |
dunc01226 |
May-15-10 12:35 PM by dunc01226 |
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Ornithoptera priamus boisduvali A pair of O. priamus boisduvali from Woodlark Isl,
infrequently seen in Birdwing collections.
This pair had been collected by H. Borch.
Man... |
Hewi |
May-12-10 01:47 PM by Chris_2005 |
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