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SUSANNE Admin

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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat May 27, 2017 10:47 am | |
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75senta75 Moderator

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat May 27, 2017 11:59 am | |
| Many thanks! _________________ Yvette
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun May 28, 2017 9:23 pm | |
| The common wood nymph, Cercyonis pegala. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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Roger Admin

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun May 28, 2017 9:45 pm | |
| These Promethea moths are really beautiful and they look real. :) |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Mon May 29, 2017 9:30 am | |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:11 pm | |
| The gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae. When I was a beginning insect collector years ago in Arizona, this was one of the most common species in my neighborhood! One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:13 pm | |
| White admirals in the genus Limentis. I. The white admiral, Limentis arthemis. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]II. The Eurasian white admiral, Limentis camilla. Also a magnet figure, by Koro Koro. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:15 pm | |
| The golden-banded skipper, Autochthon cellus. Skippers are rarely made in figure form; I know of only one actual PVC figure (a larva by Kaiyodo) other than these magnet figures. One, a magnet figure by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:43 pm | |
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Nick

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:45 pm | |
| very nice thread and nice collection  |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:01 am | |
| The first amphipod figure ever made, well to my knowledge, the deep-sea pram bug, Phronima sedentaria. This unique figure is made by Ikimon Co. (formerly, Kitan Club) - Nature Techni Colour (Deep Sea Creatures). [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:24 am | |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:26 pm | |
| Soft Ticks (family Argasidae). One figure, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). This figure is marked 'chigger' but this is clearly not a chigger (besides, chiggers are only parasitic in the larval stage, which would only have 6 legs). The morphology is generic (and many members of this family look similar), but probably represents Ornithodoros or Carios. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:27 pm | |
| The dust mite, Dermatophagoides farinae. One figure, and what must be the ONLY figure of a dust mite, by Play Visions (Fleas, Lice, and Ticks). Kind of cartoony but interesting. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:27 pm | |
| Black fly (family Simuliidae). Another fairly generic fly by Funrise Toys (World of Nature Insect Collection), but marketed specifically as a black fly. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

Country/State : Germany Age : 43 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 29641
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:39 pm | |
| Interesting figurines again. |
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barracudacat

Country/State : USA Age : 34 Joined : 2016-08-11 Posts : 641
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:31 pm | |
| Great insects! I love the amphipod as well. It's very unique and I like its translucency. |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:25 am | |
| I have about 15 new species to add, so time to update 'Bug of the Day' with new species. First up, the Arran brown, Erebia ligea. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:28 am | |
| Blues in the genus Plebejus. I. Lupine blue, Plebejus lupini. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]II. Melissa blue, Plebejus melissa. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:30 am | |
| The batwing coral crab, Carpiluis corallinus. One figure, by K&M International (Coral Reef Nature Tube). This is an ID of mine, based on the morphology and the association with coral reefs. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:32 am | |
| The checkered white, Pontia protodice. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:34 am | |
| The blue admiral, Kaniska canace. One figure, a magnet by Koro Koro. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:36 am | |
| Another butterfly (about half of the new species are lepidopterans), the holly blue, Celastrina argiolus. One figure, a magnet by Koro Koro. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:38 am | |
| The Polyphemus moth, Antheraea polyphemus. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:41 am | |
| The virescent green metallic bee, Agapostemon virescens. This is, to my knowledge, the only figure of a sweat bee (family Halictidae). One figure, by Play Visions (Bees, Wasps, and Hornets). [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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SUSANNE Admin

Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 66 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 32694
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:54 am | |
| A great model, - and look at the neat paintwork !!! |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:54 pm | |
| Desert scorpions in the genus, Hadrurus. I. Arizona hairy scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis. One figure, a model kit by AMT/Ertl (Gigantics). [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]II. Desert scorpions, Hadrurus spp.. Two figures, both by Safari LTD (and both probably modeled after H. arizonensis, above). 1. Desert TOOB 2. Hidden Kingdom Insects [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:59 pm | |
| The giant deep-sea ostracod, Gigantocypris agassizii. Two figures, both by Ikimon - Nature Techni Colour (Deep Sea Creatures, 1 and 2). These two figures, both new this year from 2017, are to my knowledge the only figures of Ostracoda! However, I think the prototype set for Safari LTD's Deep Sea TOOB contained this species; early images of the figures in the tube showed a round orange object, reminiscent of Gigantocypris. Whatever it was, it did not make it to the final product. The orange figure was in the first set, followed up by the clear figure in the second set. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:01 pm | |
| The Madagascan sunset moth, Chrysiridia rhipheus. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. I am surprised this species has not been represented previously in toy/model form. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:03 pm | |
| The roseate emperor, Eochroa trimenii. One figure, a magnet by Doug Walpus Art Studio. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:05 pm | |
| OK...one last one for now! This time, a plasterer bee in the genus Colletes. One figure, by Play Visions (Bees, Wasps, and Hornets). With nearly 100 species in North America alone, I am not comfortable putting a species name on this figure. Still, it is probably the only member of the family Colletidae in toy/figure form. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:20 pm | |
| Interesting figurines again :) |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:56 pm | |
| The silver-bordered fritillary, Boloria selene. One figure, by K&M International (Butterfly Nature Tube). This figure has been an 'unidentified' figure for years until a recent suggestion of B. selene was made by a forum member. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:51 pm | |
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Roger Admin

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:41 pm | |
| I am not quoting any of your several posts referring to Sega figures. Mainly Lucanids but I am quite curious about them. Is there any chance that you open a topic telling us about these Sega series. I'd love to know how they are grouped, their sizes, material, scale, etc.  I am even interested in getting one of these stag beetles if they are not fragile neither rare. |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:28 am | |
| - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:
- I am not quoting any of your several posts referring to Sega figures. Mainly Lucanids but I am quite curious about them. Is there any chance that you open a topic telling us about these Sega series. I'd love to know how they are grouped, their sizes, material, scale, etc.
I am even interested in getting one of these stag beetles if they are not fragile neither rare.
Hi Roger Funny you should ask. I am actually now organizing some of my Sega sets. Sega did MANY different sets of scarabaeoid beetles. Some small some big; some single piece, some articulated. Unfortunately, most of my sets are still incomplete. I am putting together a couple reviews now. The biggest set is their standard set of small figures, which is roughly 75 species (all Lucanidae and Dynastinae) but the large DX figures are some of the most accurate. Some sets have magnets. Some have the wings flying. 'BeetleGuy' on the ATF is probably the forums' leading authority on Sega figures. He and I are working on collaborations, so to speak. Beetle Guy is sending me a bunch this week actually! As I complete sets I will start to post them... |
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Roger Admin

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:06 pm | |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:53 am | |
| - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:
- [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:
- [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:
- I am not quoting any of your several posts referring to Sega figures. Mainly Lucanids but I am quite curious about them. Is there any chance that you open a topic telling us about these Sega series. I'd love to know how they are grouped, their sizes, material, scale, etc.
I am even interested in getting one of these stag beetles if they are not fragile neither rare.
Hi Roger
Funny you should ask. I am actually now organizing some of my Sega sets. Sega did MANY different sets of scarabaeoid beetles. Some small some big; some single piece, some articulated. Unfortunately, most of my sets are still incomplete. I am putting together a couple reviews now. The biggest set is their standard set of small figures, which is roughly 75 species (all Lucanidae and Dynastinae) but the large DX figures are some of the most accurate. Some sets have magnets. Some have the wings flying.
'BeetleGuy' on the ATF is probably the forums' leading authority on Sega figures. He and I are working on collaborations, so to speak. Beetle Guy is sending me a bunch this week actually!
As I complete sets I will start to post them...
I am glad you are working on these. A series of 75 species from only two families is something quite impressive, unusual and surely educational. It means also that Sega will give me a lot of work on TAI. I am looking forward to see how these series are grouped and their content. I am checking BeeetleGuy posts on ATF and he really entered a lot of information about these but still very dispersed. I am glad that he is helping you to get these for your collection.
I think I will do an 'overview' of Sega series, what they have to offer, and with some examples. Most of my sets are not complete so it will not be a typical review. I'll start working on it when my next batch comes from Beetle Guy, so probably in a couple weeks... |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:24 pm | |
| Time to get this thread back on track and update with a few new genera and species. First up, the enigmatic prehistoric crustacean, Dithyrocaris (several of these today will be extinct taxa). I have two figures, both variants of the same sculpt, by Paleocasts. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:26 pm | |
| Next the red wood ant, Formica rufa. Ants are common in bin sets but very rarely marketed below the family level. This single figure is a model kit by the French company Heller. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:30 pm | |
| The enigmatic extinct arthropod, Leanchoilia superlata. I have two figures, one main figure and a smaller version, by Paleocasts. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:31 pm | |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:32 pm | |
| moved to another place in the thread
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:35 pm | |
| Last one for the day, the Tully Monster, Tullimonstrum gregarium. I was at one point interested in this species, but then decided against it when it was considered a chordate related to lampreys. Apparently, at the time of this writing, it is now back among the invertebrates. Because of its enigmatic standing I will collect a couple figures that become available. This first one was a 'freebie' given to me by Pat May (Paleocasts) when I ordered a bunch of arthropods from him. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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widukind

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75senta75 Moderator

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:58 pm | |
| Thanks for all the photos and explanations! _________________ Yvette
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Bowhead Whale

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:21 pm | |
| - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:
- So, another tentative ID. I cannot remember how I acquired this figure, but after some research I am calling it the larva of the hydrophilid beetle, Berosus sp.
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You got it from me, a few years back. I know it, because I had two, an orange one (this one) and a pink one that I kept for myself. We had a trade back then. |
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bmathison1972

Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 46 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 1306
 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:57 pm | |
| OK, spent the last week doing lots of updates to Bug of the Day. Initially, it was to update all the scarabaeboid beetles I have acquired since late April (and trust me, there has been a lot). I updated 18 genera, including new species in Oryctes and Hexarthirus, and a new subspecies in Eupatorus. I should be getting something from Brett in the near future, after which I'll update a few more.
However, since I was systematically going through the posts, I added a bunch of minor updates throughout the thread. |
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bmathison1972

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 | Subject: Re: Blaine's Bug of the Day Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:34 pm | |
| Revisiting the Red Admiral... The red admiral, Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758), occurs in temperate regions throughout much of the Holarctic, as well as Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. Larvae have a broad host range, although the main host plants are nettles in the family Urticaceae. A familiar species, it is not commonly-made in toy/figure form, but has not been ignored. Clockwise from top left: 1. Toy Major 2. Doug Walpus Art Studio [a magnet figurine] 3. Bullyland 4. Land and Sea Collectibles 5. Skillcraft (Insect Lab) [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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