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Pavel Morozov, 04.08.2008 13:56

Summary of fishing results in Central Nepal.
Lepidoptera.
Among the Papilionidae there are many Graphium agamemnon, G. sarpedon, Papilio memnon, Papilio polytes, P. paris, P. helenus, Pachliopta aristolochiae, Atrophaneura nox, Troides aeacus fly. Of the Pieridae, several species of yellow Terias, there are even Hebomoia glaucippe
Nymphalids are well represented, all sorts of Junonia, Polyura. There is also Cyrestis thyodamas, there is another, similar to it and more rare. There is Kalima, like, inachus.
Pigeons are not numerous, again due to the monsoon. A few Arhopala and others I haven't identified yet.
Tolstogolovki are small in number, I brought four species out of probably more than fifty.
Some things from the Satyridae and Ryodinidae
didn't fly very well at night either, especially for the first seven days. Several hawks of the genus Eupanacra, a pretty green (but widespread) Pergessa acteus, Ambulyx liturata, or ochracea deserve attention.
Only Netria viridescens, Syntypistis plagiviridis, Periergos sp., Antiphalera sp., and a couple of large Phalera are my favorite crested birds. Much remains to be determined.
Happy bears, green moth.
There are few beetles, mostly crunchers.
For example, one of the mattresses.

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15.08.2008 22:10, Grigory Grigoryev

from Trofim:
"And here's another interesting thing, don't think that it's just a village. But the last time I flew on a plane was when I was little. Rengen shines through-silhouettes, how strong, whether the outline of mattresses with insects is visible. Maybe the question is stupid, but I'm interested. What if you put a box of mattresses between your clothes?"

In fact, biological objects are not visible when passing the control. Smart experienced "poachers" advise to lay mattresses in such a way that the person looking at the monitor does not have the feeling that there are "empty" boxes or something similar to them in the luggage. I.e., you need to put some small items in this container, a first-aid kit, thread, needles, etc., so that during the flight, you will be able to get rid of them. all the projections showed something, that's all. And yet, - rigid, made of whatman paper or thin cardboard, mattresses are visible from the side, like the spines of thin books or something similar, in this case, mattresses made of newspaper are safer. I have had cases when people were interested in hard mattresses placed in specially made boxes for them. The blunt question followed: "What's this ?" Here you can lie to anyone that comes to mind..... .

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13.04.2009 19:46, El Cazador

On April 06, I returned from Phuket Island. March – April is formally considered the peak of the dry season, but it rains every day and there are quite a lot of butterflies. The only thing that surprised me was the lack of an abundance of flowering plants. In the hotel, yes, everything blooms and smells, but in the forest until you find a flowering bush, you will have to walk around. I went on vacation with my family, so I went out for butterflies for an hour or two a day, but it didn't work out any more. There are very few untouched areas of nature. On the plains, everything is plowed and built up. Kamala Bay, where our hotel was located, is surrounded by wooded hills, but even there the forest has long been removed, the hills have been turned into giveaways. The "living" forest was preserved only along ravines and steep slopes. Such places had to be found. There are few butterflies in the giveaways, but there are plenty of dragonflies, stick insects, and praying mantises. But once you go down to the bottom of the ravine, you find yourself in a completely different world. Because of the lack of flowers, sailboats are rare visitors in such places, but nymphalids, danaids, whiteflies are everywhere you can't look. There are a lot of beetles, but because of the abundance of butterflies, I didn't even want to be distracted by them. In one place I found a tree, like our bird cherry, and it blooms and smells the same. The top-two meters just moves from the butterflies, but they don't go down. I've tried everything. And he threw sticks, and baits made of bananas and honey at the bottom arranged, and branches with flowers in the form of bouquets at the level of his growth on the bushes scattered, all in vain. Only before the rain, as if on cue, the butterflies from the top abruptly went to the ground and scattered through the bushes. It was a magical 2-3 minutes when huge sailboats are rushing past you and there is a chance to cut them down. Of the interesting species, we managed to catch several Troides that have not yet been identified, P. Palinurus, memnon, including females, A. coon., and local banals, if they can be called such. It's worse at night. The entire embankment and the hotel itself are brightly illuminated, respectively, there is nothing on the lanterns. Baits on trees, immediately eaten by ants, the same did not work out. I had to remember Nabokov: "In many gardens like this I later grew, in Athens, Antibes ...". I went out at sunset to look for flowers and hawk moth. I found a suitable bush next to the building , you won't believe it, of the police station, a hundred meters from the hotel. And immediately noticed small hawk moth, hammering flowers. Right under the king's portrait. I didn't hesitate long. I turned the gun around and went ahead. I knocked down a few pieces (they turned out to be like our yazykana, with rich yellow rear wings), talked on my fingers with the police. No complaints on their part, catch whoever you want. The police were like all Thais – smiling, helpful. They quickly figured out what I was doing, and three people followed me around the bush, enjoying each capture as much as I did. It's just a pity that the species composition of hawk moth is not great. Only once I saw a huge hawk moth, and flew low, and hovered for a long time. But my hands were shaking so badly that I missed.
Overall, I am very satisfied. This was my first trip to the tropics. There will be something to spread out in the fall and experience the same thing again.

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