Central, South and East Asia outside the former USSR

He put a piece of moss in mine. Some burrow into it and eat something there. I tried plates of fish food-by. I'll try using your method.
And how do they make masonry?

I haven't seen how they do it. They are generally quite secretive. Mating was observed a couple of times. Males are smaller, and they are easily distinguished by copulatory appendages on the legs of the 2nd segment, but this should be done very carefully, it is better through the transparent walls of the container or split tube, they are easily crushed, despite the "armadillo" appearance.
Eggs were laid only by one small (25 mm) and dim Vietnamese species, most likely the genus Sphaerobelum (a family like yours, Zephroniidae, it is one in Southeast Asia), and only when kept in a group of 8-10 individuals (a plastic box with ventilation 60x40x30cm, half filled with soil). In general, groups of about a dozen individuals with an area of 2-4 sq. dm/individual lived most optimally in all species; smaller groups, as well as with lower and higher planting density, lived worse and shorter. It seems that they somehow affect the environment to optimize living conditions, and in my conditions this effect was optimal at a certain planting density, as is observed for a number of other soil fungi (woodlice, collembola). This is easily seen by the quality of the soil. The soil consisted initially of imported from the place of capture, including some local litter. Since it was not enough, I immediately added about a third of a good fine coconut substrate and crumbs of Abkhazian cork oak, as well as ground sepia. This Vietnamese species was from karst areas. Then, little by little, he added oak dust down and linden litter on top. I was afraid to add oak litter, but other broad-leaved trees with a low tannin content will probably do, which is easier in the south. Preservation of specific symbiotic intestinal microflora is probably critical for survival, and this probably requires a constant supply of wood dust at a certain stage of mycotic destruction. We lived for about a year, and M. B. and would have lived longer, the waste rate was 10-20%, but I kept one group, and, to be honest,I started it up. Or maybe something was still missing.
All masonry was found in the lower part of the soil layer. In these places, the soil was more moistened and contained more small particles, as if silted up, or something. Or donkey-faced? In the clutches there were several dozen leathery dark eggs, with a diameter of 1.5-2 mm. The females don't seem to care about them in any way (except maybe for the first few hours after laying, they stick around). I left the eggs and transferred them to a separate container for incubation, but nothing happened. There were 4 or 5 clutches, from at least two different females. Of course, it was necessary to play at different stages, but the hands, as always, did not reach.

Valentinus
Great report, thank you! One thing saddens - not a single beetle... If you don't collect them, it's clear. But it's not even in the photo. Didn't you get caught at all? I can't believe it...

And finally there is not a single mention of luxury e-mails....The report is very nice and heartfelt!!Thank you for the moments of happiness!!!

  Valentinus
Great report, thank you! One thing saddens - not a single beetle... If you don't collect them, it's clear. But it's not even in the photo. Didn't you get caught at all? I can't believe it...

Zhukov took few photos. A little later I'll post a cool elephant. There is in alcohol. I'll pull it out, take a picture, and show it to you. Somehow I'm not very lucky to meet a big beautiful beetle in the wild. This was also the case in Peru. Not like Viktor Vasilyevich

Thank you all for your acknowledgements!
- Pyadenichek, as well as other raznoustykh I did not define and almost did not take. I only took a few hawkmoth leaves for my friend.
"We've seen two kinds of praying mantises. One big, green Rhombodera, I think. At the autopsy, it turned out that a huge hairy man was sitting inside it. The second species is small, greenish with shiny upper wings. It seemed to me that these wings shimmered and were with a silvery mirror reflection.
- Alexander Lvovich Ivanov was engaged in plants. I think that his pictures will be on the Internet.

Problepsis plenorbis or a similar species from Problepsis
Antitrygodes divisaria or a similar species from Antitrygodes
Moth there of course great !

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Well, if you haven't had enough yet...
Ketambe, day four.
Morning butterflies.









On this day, we went in a friendly company to the hot springs. A well-marked forest path leads there. First, it descends to a small river, and then winds along its right bank. In some places there were steep ascents and I had to sweat.
In the forest fluttered tailed birds and charming pink rhyodinids-Paralaxita damajanti.
There were a huge number of very beautiful cicadas that could be collected and photographed.












In the afternoon we reached the springs. Near the shore, hot hydrogen sulfide springs were beating from which steam swirled, and magnificent butterflies fluttered next to them. This is where I first saw Papilio forbesi. And then there were the beautiful males of Trogonoptera brookiana!






One swing of the net!

You should pay a little attention to the sources themselves. The water is very hot. I had holes in my sneakers, looked at the butterflies, tripped and scalded my foot. This boiling water gets into the river and mixes with cool water. There are places where you can lie in a hot tub and then roll over in a cool one. Full of buzz!!!

On the way back, I caught a magnificent atrophaneura. It was a shame to tears that it was of such quality.

When they were crossing the river to ford, a female sailboat plopped into the water. It looks like it was a female Papilio memnon.

Sumatra, Ketambe. Day five.
On this day, we decided to have a little rest. Wave the net at the baited areas.
Morning butterflies:







Flocks were already gathering for bait.



On the bank of the river there are places to relax. They have the same rest as in our country.


Macaques gathered in one tree. I went over and looked at what they were eating. It turned out to be quite delicious.



This plant is very interesting to arrange its leaves. At the same time, the shoot below the outlet remains even.


You need equipment to shoot birds, not the soap dish I have. I only took a picture of a dead kingfisher.


"I'm a professor, I came to Sumatra to catch butterflies"



After breakfast, we followed the familiar route upriver. Peter offered to cross to the other side in a new place. I dared to go alone, having packed my things in a bag. While he was doing this, I found a trap on the riverbank. It was a loop of rope stretched over a bent tree. The bait was two sticks around the edges, one of which was wrapped around a huge worm, and the other-a rotten fish. I don't know what kind of animal it was designed for, but it lured the butterflies wonderfully!!!



Peter returned with bruised legs. The crossing was unsuccessful. A strong current knocked him off his feet and he got hurt...




As we were making our way along the riverbank, the natives caught up with us. Among them was a vicious chief who was shouting and waving his arms. I could tell from his speech that he wasn't happy with our nets. After that, the evil dwarf began to show his entourage how to fish, and we retreated.
At night, I suggested that one of the locals wander around the jungle in search of scorpions and other things. The absence of mosquitoes and other dangers made me feel bolder and I went in shorts and leaky sneakers. It was very interesting. We saw a couple of snakes, frogs, and planarian flatworms. No scorpions were found, but I got to know the local nettles. Got my bare feet. Well, that's all right, I thought, if it hurts a little, it'll go away. But everything turned out to be more complicated. The intense burning sensation came in waves and lasted all night. I couldn't sleep. In the morning, one of my friends turned out to have a spasatel cream. I smeared myself and took an anti-allergenic pill. I felt better, but the pain is still felt even now, after two weeks have passed. Don't walk around the jungle in shorts!

 
The absence of mosquitoes and other dangers made me feel bolder and I went in shorts and leaky sneakers.

This is an amazing carelessness, you could easily catch some small ticks and earn a whole bunch of painful ailments!

Sumatra, Ketambe. Day five.

Hooray, the beetle popped!!!

And besides the natives, no one was outraged by your nets, for example, employees of the park, hotel ? Judging by the photos, you went out in the open with them. That the collection of insects is not prohibited, or paid for?

And besides the natives, no one was outraged by your nets, for example, employees of the park, hotel ? Judging by the photos, you went out in the open with them. That the collection of insects is not prohibited, or paid for?

Sorry, I forgot to go to the forum.

Great report!!! Especially with the imperial flag! The rotifer flag is still missing for color. As for nettles, the burn from the Indonesian nettle lasts about a month.
P. S. I would like to see more beetles.

And besides the natives, no one was outraged by your nets, for example, employees of the park, hotel ? Judging by the photos, you went out in the open with them. That the collection of insects is not prohibited, or paid for?

Sorry, I forgot to go to the forum.

on the territory of the estate with a net, they didn't really light up, but the employees immediately understood what we were doing and could have warned us if it wasn't possible. The only question was asked at the very end of the stay.
-Will there be any problems at the airport?
We didn't pay anyone. Where there were a lot of people, they hid nets. The baggage wasn't checked at customs. Maybe we were lucky.

The report is really very heartfelt and interesting))) I'm nostalgic for tropical trips myself. And flags are just that... They tried to shoot me in the summer for a small Ukrainian on my sleeve on our forum

The report is really very heartfelt and interesting))) I'm nostalgic for tropical trips myself. And flags are just that... They tried to shoot me in the summer for a small Ukrainian on my sleeve on our forum

The flag was taken by one of the participants of our trip. I'll keep my opinion on this to myself.

Last day in Ketamba.
One of our people decided that he was bored in the jungle and went to the town of Berestagi, which is located at the base of the Sibayak volcano and where we were on the first day of the expedition. Other participants also spoke out in favor of moving, and I, the idiot, succumbed.
We decided to go the next day.
In the meantime, we went back to the hot springs. Great route. You could have wandered there for a week or two and still had something to see.












The forest gave me the most beautiful cicada, which flies quite high in the treetops. And then luck! A cicada sat on a bamboo branch within easy reach of my long net.


This time, more butterflies have accumulated on the springs. The birdwings were fascinating. It is very beautiful when they flutter around you and gather in flocks.





There were a huge number of lampropters. In flight, they have very interesting twisting tails.




Elsewhere, there was a cluster of Memnons and Sataspes.




Unusual buds grew at the base of the tree. Probably some kind of parasite? Not rafflesia, of course, but still.


On the bank of the river, the natives put up film tents for tourists.


The next morning, while waiting for the car,I managed to take pictures of moths and run to look at the bait.









When I was returning, I saw a flying beetle. Caught up. It turned out to be an amazing elephant!



The natives showed me an unusual gecko.


Peter found a fantastic spider. I took it with me, but it didn't survive the flight.


Near the camp, near the road grows ficus Bengal.



Goodbye to Ketamba! It was great!!!

Valentin, what did you "bodyazhili" for baits?

Valentin, what did you "bodyazhili" for baits?

I told you above that I made a mash of honey, yeast and fruit. The biological fluid also worked well. Based on the experience gained, I would supplement the baits with rotten meat. However, this is not always possible. Monkeys pull apart.

Last day in Ketamba.
One of our people decided that he was bored in the jungle and went to the town of Berestagi, which is located at the base of the Sibayak volcano and where we were on the first day of the expedition. Other participants also spoke out in favor of moving, and I, the idiot, succumbed.

When I was returning, I saw a flying beetle. Caught up. It turned out to be an amazing elephant!

Valentine thank you for the excellent report
In the photo, if I'm not mistaken, Macrochirus praetor Gyllenhal, 1838, a female from the family Dryophthoridae-Tube weevils are close relatives of weevils.

I haven't seen any small ticks in Sumatra, but according to local reports, they are more common in Central Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Minahas. They don't transfer anything. They are called Gonone in Indonesian. Sumatra is famous for nettles. Jelatang is called. I've been caught, too. The first night is really not to fall asleep. The report claims to be "Report of the Year". It will be difficult to surpass))

A little report on last night's hunt in Bali. The height of 1500 meters with a DRL generator and a small net. Fishing experience is not enough, but after half a year of living here in Indonesia, I think I will get used to it.



I chose a fishing spot, away from prying eyes.



Beetles fly reluctantly, and butterflies are also not very dense. After replacing the usual DRL with a chipped one, butterflies began to fly up and sit on the fabric, beetles flew only to the ultraviolet lamp.

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Today, a caterpillar was brought by local residents. What kind of species and what it eats is not known. A narwhal of different leaves, we will determine what it likes, although there is an option that it is going to pupate. I will be glad to help determine.




On Thursday, a night hunting trip is planned to the foot of the mountain (whose name I never found) located in the center of Bali. The height is planned to be 800 meters, I don't want to climb high this time, let's see who will fly to the split DRL-250, I would certainly like to try 500 now, but so far I haven't found a sale of such lamps in Bali. After the train, I'll post a report right away.

Maybe I don't know what, but there are two helikonids on the mattresses, and these are American animals!

We escaped from the local "butterfly parks" and successfully got used to it. Caught them in Thailand, quite a common sight.

You're right! I brought it with me from Koh Samui, from my last trip.

The caterpillar has pupated, and now I'll wait to see who comes out of it.

Today, a caterpillar was brought by local residents. What kind of species and what it eats is not known. A narwhal of different leaves, we will determine what it likes, although there is an option that it is going to pupate. I will be glad to help determine.




On Thursday, a night hunting trip is planned to the foot of the mountain (whose name I never found) located in the center of Bali. The height is planned to be 800 meters, I don't want to climb high this time, let's see who will fly to the split DRL-250, I would certainly like to try 500 now, but so far I haven't found a sale of such lamps in Bali. After the train, I'll post a report right away.

judging by the caterpillar, it is clearly from the family of nymphalidae

Now the rainy season is ending in Indonesia, not very many years. In the midst of a rainy day in Sumatra, at an altitude of 1800, it was beautiful.

I found a couple of places in Java that are full of daytime butterflies (mainly golubyanki, belyanki, nymphalids and sailboats). I bought a motorcycle today, I plan to travel to the ass places of Java, since there are still quite a lot of them here, despite the population of 150 million people... There are still areas where you can walk all day and not meet a single person. I also bought a camera to replace the one that got wet on the Merapi volcano. I'm kind of hinting that you're waiting for reports. We plan to ride a bike around Java until October.

While in Jakarta, flying foxes poke mangoes outside the window... So Jakarta is not as scary as it is painted. A very pleasant metropolis, maybe even live here for half a year-a year when I'll save up more material for articles.

Vanya, do you remember about Papuasia?

Yes, Valentine, I hope to get there in the fall.

In early March of this year, I visited the Philippine Islands with a girl, trying to combine a traditional tourist holiday with fishing for six-legged animals. We prepared for the trip quite carefully, trying to choose places on this archipelago where primary forests were preserved in a more or less close proximity to housing. As a result, we decided to visit the islands of Luzon (to which, in fact, we flew from Moscow) and Palawan, devoting more time to the latter. As I found out, March in the Philippines is the height of the dry season; however, as it became clear later, at that time I greatly underestimated its dryness (during the entire trip we did not witness a single rain), and, most importantly, the effect of this dryness on the local fauna...

Manila was quite consistent with all the negative reviews about it — indeed, a dirty and very crowded city, having arrived in which you want to leave it as soon as possible. A two-hour bus ride takes us to the small town of Calamba, located at the foot of the extinct Makiling Volcano, our first destination on this trip.



Our hotel was located on the very edge of Calamba, almost on the edge of the forests growing on the slope of the volcano. The hotel grounds were illuminated so brightly that fishing with your own lamps was out of the question. After walking around the local lanterns, the first realization came that to observe all the riot and abundance of tropical nature that a person who first arrived in the tropics expects to see, it would be necessary to choose some wetter time of the year. Rampage and abundance somehow not very observed. It is not clear that forgotten bees arrived at the light, as well as all sorts of diptera and micro-lepidoptera trifles. I did manage to find something worthwhile — a female Xylotrupes philippinensis, which, being taken in the hand, tried to scare me away with a loud creak of its sternites. In addition to insects, those who wanted to hunt them gathered under the light sources — geckos, aga toads, tree frogs, and "horned" krestoviki spread their nets nearby. One of the geckos on the ceiling of our room:


Realizing that there wasn't much to catch under the streetlights, I tried to go deeper into the night rainforest with my flashlight. Obviously, due to the proximity of human buildings, the forest was overgrown with ruderal vegetation and was quite difficult to pass, and the terrain was not favorable for a long walk, so I did not dig very deep. As a result of the walk, I: a) caught a rather modest set of beetle trifles, of which only a small barbel from the Apomecini tribe could please the eye; b) was fried by some plant, I didn't even understand what it was; c) "got acquainted" with ants of the genus Odontomachus, " trap-jaw ant "(sensations not very pleasant) and green tailor ants (also better not to mess around); d) found dry trees inhabited by termites; e) wandered into a small cave / grotto with bats. In general, I got my first impressions of the tropical nature.




The next day we took a walk around Mount Makiling. We walked through the forest growing at the foot of the mountain, and finally wandered into the local botanical garden (which on its outskirts differed from the" wild " forest only in that some plants had nameplates).















Along the road along which we walked, a variety of daytime butterflies flew in considerable numbers — tailed butterflies, whiteflies, nymphalids, danaids, sailboats. As a first-time visitor to the tropics, it seemed to me that the local lepidoptera were on average noticeably faster and more cautious than ours — except for the caudates and whiteflies, all the others had to arrange long and exhausting chases. Probably, it was also affected by the fact that I only recently flew to the tropics from Moscow, which was still almost winter, and my body could hardly bear such changes in the climate. When I did manage to catch up with the object of the chase, the quality of the instance was often depressing. Perhaps, it is rare where in the middle zone of Europe you can see so many battered and worn butterflies of different species at the same time. Moreover, if golubyanka and belyanka were mostly more or less intact, then among the nymphalids and sailboats there were practically no such ones. From the beetles, it was possible to catch on the fly a bizarre steed from the Collyridina tribe (possibly Neocollyris bonellii), as well as all sorts of leaf eaters.

The next day we flew to the island of Palawan and reached the town of El Nido. Once a quiet village on the outskirts of Palawan, at the moment El Nido is a popular tourist resort, and therefore all the areas that are more or less suitable for human habitation are built up and planted with coconut palms. The primary forest remained only on rough terrain, where it is difficult to build and plant anything. And since I slightly twisted my leg in the process of moving, I had to give up rock climbing, and for the next 3 days I mostly indulged in a more peaceful rest. By the way, for "snorkeling" (swimming in shallow water with a mask and snorkel), El Nido is a good place, for a reasonable fee you can take a boat to the nearby islands, near which there are corals in shallow waters with all the accompanying marine fauna. Only the presence of stinging plankton and jellyfish marred the pleasure somewhat.








Due to the abundant illumination, El Nido is also quite poorly suited for night fishing, but bypassing local lanterns allowed us to collect several crunchers (Anomala and Adoretus).



Among the insects flying to the light, bees still paradoxically dominated here. Dozens of geckos grazed around lamps and other light sources, quickly collecting everything that arrives:



[I never found out how this gecko's attempt to eat a bee would end. The reptilian was afraid of the camera flash and retreated]

By the way, moving around the village at night can be quite problematic because of the dogs. In general, there are a lot of dogs in Philippine small towns, almost every house has a dog, or even several. During the day, they are usually peaceful, and at night they bark at any passing stranger - and if you are "tracked" by one dog, then in a matter of seconds a pack of dogs from all houses will be barking around you.



Walking along the shore, under a rotten palm tree, I found larvae of some large lamellate mustaches (I suspect that this is Oryctes rhinoceros or O. gnu), which I took with me and am now trying to breed.


A few days later, we moved to the final destination of our trip — the village of Sabang, where we stayed for a week. Compared to El Nido, Sabang is a much quieter and greener place. Among tourists, it is famous for one reason — near Sabang there is a famous "underground river", which is used for boating. A national park is organized around this river, which includes not only the river itself, but also the mangrove forest located near it, as well as a section of tropical forest. Therefore, to visit the underground river, you need to pay not only for the boat, but also for a permit in the office located on the Sabang embankment.:


For the reasons described above, most tourists come to Sabang for 1-2 days, visit the underground river and tour the mangrove forest. We, of course, also did not neglect these attractions:






There were quite a few brackish-water fish at the mouth of the underground river, so snorkeling in this place might also be of interest.






Reports of previous years ' visits to the underground river often mentioned numerous monitor lizards and long-tailed macaques attracted to the mouth of the underground river by tourists. Now there is only one monitor lizard left — a hefty and obviously almost tame one, which tourists show as an elephant. There were no macaques at all, and, apparently, the park administration decided to earn money on them separately-tourists were actively advised to visit the "Monkey trail" for a fee, where, apparently, all the lured monkeys were moved.



The next day - another local entertainment-a boat ride through the mangrove forest.





Monitor lizards, snakes and birds could be seen on the branches of mangrove trees enjoying the morning sun:

Overall, Sabang is a much more mountainous place than El Nido, and the Sabang landscape reminded me of the shores of Lake Teletskoye in the Altai.








Filipinos ' homes and garden plots are located along the beach and along the roads, but if you turn off them, you can easily reach areas of primary rainforest — both on the slopes of mountains and on flat places.









There are many different paths through the forests, but despite this, the forest is not polluted and makes a very favorable impression. However, due to the absolute dryness, there are not so many animals in it (especially for the beetles I was looking for). By the way, the dry season in the tropics has a pleasant side: there were practically no blood — sucking parasites in the forest-ground leeches and ticks, and mosquitoes appeared only at certain hours. Another type of blood - sucking dipterous nechisk - "tick-tick", which, according to reviews, should live on the beaches of Palawan-attacked us only once.







Our bungalow was located at the foot of Mount Bloomfield on the very edge of the forest, where I had set various odorous bug traps (only a few onthophagus, caccobius, and spangles were found). Contrary to expectations, there were no macaques in the forest, but contrary to expectations, there were squirrels that looked very similar to European ones. There were only a couple of snakes.




But the daytime butterflies in Sabang, despite not the most favorable season, were in abundance. They could be caught in forests, in vegetable gardens and rice fields along roads, in gardens, and even on the streets in the village itself. By the way, despite the fact that catching insects in the Philippines is formally allowed only with a permit (http://www.theskepticalmoth.com/collecting-permits) — in fact, no one cares about this, the locals react quite friendly to a person with a net. In general, during my entire stay in El Nido and Sabang, I did not see a single representative of the authorities who could get to the bottom of it. Some of the locals catch insects themselves and sell crafts made from them in souvenir shops. From conversations with them, it turned out that the peak of diversity and abundance of butterflies in these places is July — August. However, even now, in March, there was something to see — for example, on Appias nero palawanica (these for some reason flew mainly along the coast), as well as on the Palawan endemic birdwing Trogonoptera trojans:




Unfortunately, here, as in Luzon, a significant part of the butterflies were in poor condition — if the whiteflies came across mostly b. m. whole:


that of the sailboats I caught only a couple of more or less fresh specimens in the net during the entire trip. Otherwise, I had to contemplate something like the following:


With the night fishing, everything was sad. Although the sky over Sabang was often overcast during the day, however, after six o'clock (when dusk was falling), the clouds began to creep over the mountains - and at night, looking up, I always looked at the beautiful starry sky without a single cloud. In addition, although I had a battery lamp with fluorescent lamps, it was quite difficult to find a place with good visibility — almost everywhere where there were no human buildings with their own light sources, there was a fairly high forest. As a result, I caught the light at the edge of the forest near the bungalow. It was flying rather weakly, a few crunchers, other bug-like small things, fireflies. Hawkmoth, volnyanki, scoops and cossids are quite isolated. Like everywhere else in the Philippines, geckos had to compete for the insects that came into the world.:


Walking through the night forest and paths with a flashlight turned out to be somewhat more fruitful:












Along the road leading from Sabang to Puerto Princesa, there are several not very deep caves. We reached one of them, Elephant's. Inside it is not particularly interesting, it stretches more up the mountain than deep, no traces of speleofauna. There was a bull grazing near the cave entrance, and I collected a series of Onthophagus sagittarius from its excrement — a funny onthophagus, which, unlike most other dung beetles of this group, has larger females and more horned than males (http://www.membrana.ru/particle/3769).




A few days after arriving in Sabang, I found a colony of the most elegant and graceful horse Abroscelis tenuipes araneipes at the far end of Sabang beach. The speed and caution of this long-legged predator was such that it was out of the question to catch it with my hands — but even with a net, each specimen I caught was given at the cost of great difficulty. Catching it on dry, hot sections of the beach was extremely difficult, but a little further away, where a streamlet flowed into the sea and therefore the sand was slightly wet, the beetles were a little quieter. I managed to collect a series and even take some photos:




There was a lot of this sphecid wasp in Sabang, which hunts grasshoppers:



All littoral animals:








The inner" skeleton " of squid:


Mud Jumpers:



Waves often throw mangrove seedlings on the shore:


Durian fruit with some white coating (some mushrooms?) and clearly interested ants in it:


An appetizing sight in all respects. But we still preferred mango...


On the last night before we left, a barbel called Aeolesthes induta fell on my head from the ceiling in our bamboo hut . By the way, this was only the second barbel caught during the trip.

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And finally, a little more Filipino flavor...

Philippine national motorcycle taxi type - "tricycle"


Philippine minibus - "jeepney"


Philippine boats:



Sabang








Sabang dawns...


... and el nida sunsets


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Sasha hi!
Great trip, great report.
I had seen this article about different-horned predatory onthophages before, and I thought-eh... I'm not interested in the tropics, but I'd make an exception for a couple of these beetles.

Sasha hi!
Great trip, great report.
I had seen this article about different-horned predatory onthophages before, and I thought-eh... I'm not interested in the tropics, but I'd make an exception for a couple of these beetles.

Okay, I'll save you some sagittarius) True, they are not predatory, predation is described for South American dung beetles - and I picked sagittarius out of cow's bread)

Oh, takrakans and the second bird-eater should have been caught... By the way, I have seen very similar tariks from one breeder, as well as indeterminate ones. But the first bird-eater is a run-down, in the sense that the male is an adult.

Okay, I'll save you some sagittarius) True, they are not predatory, predation is described for South American dung beetles - and I picked sagittarius out of cow's bread)

Yes, I messed up. I hoped for a memory and didn't finish reading it.
Thank you for ontofagusov. By the way, on our last trip to Rezeny (Sasha, eviforester, gave a report), I first caught Onthophagus vitulus, a new species for me. However, for some reason only females. There was still some digging to be done. There are other news, but later and in PM.

Oh, takrakans and the second bird-eater should have been caught... By the way, I have seen very similar tariks from one breeder, as well as indeterminate ones. But the first bird-eater is a run-down, in the sense that the male is an adult.

One of my friends, who is fond of terrariumistics, kept complaining that I did not catch geckos and akhatins and did not bring them alive, but at the time of the trip I still did not fully understand what kind of control was expected at the exit. In the Philippines, baggage is sometimes checked manually on domestic flights. So I decided not to recruit a zoo for myself, I took only beetle larvae alive - with dry insects it's easier...


But in the end, there was no inspection at all, I could at least take out a monitor lizard