South and Central America

And if you need to lay a light for three hundred meters, then there is no problem...our Freddy will do it on one, two, three...

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The meadow bear and the Rothschilds...

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Donde la casa, remember this combination of sounds and say it when you really want to sleep...in the village, of course.
And if you like it there, you can buy it...only 1000dol .

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The mountains and the frio zone are a separate song...Places where the invisible landscape master and fakir work...

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Even on the expedition, I really want to eat. Fresh air and running around with a net excite a brutal appetite, and there are no shops and stocks are at zero. It remains to beg from the locals...But the appetite disappears when you take a warm animal in your hands, and there you can hear the pounding of the heart.

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Halofu safari is what I would also call this trip. I've never seen such a large number in one place. It's industrial-scale, day and night.

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During the day, you can watch these funny "animals". They're just like humans; either two of them beat up one, or a bunch of them are too small, and then they run away when the police come...

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And you need to climb for the females...

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Fredy Krueger and Gonzales...

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The water in the ocean is different. Closer to Bolivia, it is very cold, and to Ecuador it is almost like in Costa Rica. Going from Ecuador to the airport on pan Americano, you can find quiet coves with crystal ocean water, without people and garbage. These coves are almost all private property, but you really want to feel rich, and you don't have to deny yourself this, because entomology actually makes a person richer than any paper millionaire...

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Still in the appendage and that's it...

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Aren't there any pictures of cacti?

Aren't there any pictures of cacti?

The cactus country is Mexico, and the report was about Peru...When I get there I'll write a report

This post was edited by Romyald - 02/18/2017 15: 57

The ocean coast of Peru is all covered in cactus. And in the mountains, where it is drier, there are plenty of them. No less than in Mexico)

Romialdu: Thank you for a good and informative report! What is the diameter and depth of your net bag?

Romialdu: Thank you for a good and informative report! What is the diameter and depth of your net bag?

The diameter of the net is 50-almost the same as the aperture of 5.6, and the depth depends on economic circumstances, because you always have to finance trips from your own pocket ...

Concrete platform for a monumental monument-dream, dream…Now, if there was help at the government level...but where would it be, to cope with the terrible increase in its own population and the threatening destruction of unique biotopes?…

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By the way, it would be nice if collectors took a closer look at the insects in their collections...there would certainly be completely new types of insects. You just need to be more attentive, have a large social circle and know who to turn to.
The photo shows the well-known and at the same time new beetle PSALIDOGNATHUS ANTONKOZLOVI FROM PERU, PIURA . One of the tasks of our trip is to confirm the existence of this insect in the specified territory (+- 50 km). Local dealers do not give accurate data, their task is to fill the market with material… Photo - Huancabamba Mountains.

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With all the positive qualities of the Hilux pickup truck, this car has one big drawback - it takes a lot of time to lay and pack the car body in plastic.

And what was the reason for choosing a car without kung fu? Or were they simply not available?

And what was the reason for choosing a car without kung fu? Or were they simply not available?

The car was found through Facebook ( although for this money you could get a SUV in standard, licensed companies) and presented a rather interesting offer based on the roads and weather conditions that are available in Peru... in general, in Latin America, I did not see Hiluxs (and other SUVs) in the form of all-metal pickups ( see reports and Facebook with Viktor S.). There are no options here, either a small and cramped SUV, or a pickup truck+an awning for $ 150.day ( what we got was luck, which was imposed on the guide-Fredi for 800dol.). I will say moreover that this machine for an additional 1500r. can be raised by 100 mm., leaving the standard M+S rubber, which is a dead poultice in barro (Spanish Mud) even for Hailux. Fords are still in Peru antimony…Imagine a high-end luxury with a completely submerged hood with a standard air intake? It's pure luck that the air supply is protected by the hood and contact with the surface is so fleeting… Otherwise, Hitler-Kaput and the car will simply be washed away by the increasing flow into the tributaries of the Amazon.
I will also note that the traffic police of Peru has become like bespredelschikov...in one case out of two, you can leave without paying a virtual fine, and claims can be made both because of a first-aid kit with a fire extinguisher, and quibbles with an international driver's license...
Evaluating the capabilities of an all-terrain pickup truck and a SUV, I note that it is better to take the latter. The car rental company is always licensed.
Never take a local guide again. When traveling at 6000 km. In the country, he is completely useless...his power is in the region where he lives and disappears as he moves through unknown territory. Peru (like many others) is a multiethnic country and very different. It's like comparing a Tajik who went by car from Dushanbe to Gorny Badakhshan for an Autokrator ... he is afraid of himself, in other words, the owner in his village. It is easier for a white gringo to know 1000 Spanish words and smile than to pay money for being overweight.
The summary is as follows: a parketnik car (if it turns out), only two, a supply of provisions for three days.
More about monumental monuments... the option that I purchased from Viktor has a big plus and a big minus. Plus, you can work all night under the canopy under heavy rain. Minus a lot of material goes to the roof and spoils. Compromise in mobility; if you need and there is no way out, you need to be able to quickly pull the roof; if it is not necessary, then let it lie next to you. I will note the importance of the substrate under the screen and the installation of several more screens with different light intensity lamps. The more there are, the bigger and more interesting the fees. You need to stock up on cables and screens. Like everything.

And for lunch? Hawkmoth stew, sir, with beer...

Then a friend saw this photo and asks: what kind of food? I said hawks with their wings cut off. Am I right?

Did you really eat that?"

Roman, does any poisonous "evil spirits" creep into the world( scorpions, bird eaters, etc.)?

Okay, I understand off topic! Sorry I'M SICK!!! If you don't censor them, they will censor YOU! Let's show our loyalty to the authorities ! FORWARD RUSSIA!!!

This post was edited by Valery Sinitsyn - 22.02.2017 18: 08

And for lunch? Hawkmoth stew, sir, with beer...

I wonder what kind of food was eaten?

I understand that winter and the season ahead are boring, but I have to interrupt the offtopic

Did you really eat that?"

Vadim and Viktor ate. I only made it with smoke, but I tried to talk you out of it...then they understood me...the sacrifice was necessary for art, because it was blasphemy to throw away so much organic matter...
It was a mass species for Colombia ( Manduca neglecta, schausi, lefeburii).
By the way, the food in Colombia is better than in Peru and Costa Rica. There's more meat and less carbs. In Peru, in General, only rice and potatoes (carbohydrate with carbohydrate) with a piece of chicken every day and even in a good restaurant. These are their customs and culture.
But IMHO, Colombia and Peru have gotten better in the last five years...Consumption is growing and young people are attracted to science...I don't compare it with us, otherwise the post will be deleted anyway.

The exchange rate of the" secured " Colombian peso to the cardboard pupaar on my first trip in 2011 and 2016 - 290000 pesos per 100 and now it remains so, banana salt to the American cardboard changed by 8% more. Information for forum participants - let them buy salt and pesos in rubles in advance, in the future it will be easier to travel around South America.

However, not everything is so bad... The three of us, with our backpacks full of insects, were searched in Sheremetyevo for the first time in 10 years...we were hoping that we had taken drug lords, but we saw orchid tubers and a bunch of dried insects...in addition, we showed our customs officers photos of the expedition and Peruvian documents. They were shocked that anyone else in the country was interested in something!!! Thank you on this one. In Australia, the importation of dry biological material would have resulted in confiscation and a fine of thousands of pupaars...

It's not always possible to get up where you want...time dictates the rules here. But it's better to get up and get some light than just sleeping in a hotel.
Children are the first to come running to the light, even before the twilight hawks fly...they are interested in everything, unlike adults who have long decided on the choice of interests…

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Roma, hi!
Something this time there are fewer photos than usual.

Panama 2017 June

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Megaloblatta (blaberoides, judging by geography). You should have tried bringing them in alive and breeding them. True, no one has ever succeeded in this, except the bourgeoisie. But you should always keep trying and believe in success.

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Downhill skiing

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International Entomological Special Forces...special topic

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