Butterfly collectors?

[ahkarboy]

Was wondering if anyone here is a butterfly collector

[benny]

Are you refering to preserved specimens? If so, I have a Papilio ulyssellus.

Cheers,

[planted86]

singapore can keep live butterfly??

[ahkarboy]

As in catch it yourself with a net and then keep the specimen preserved yourself. Wow! A ulysses! my fav butterfly. No chance to catch one though, only found in australia.....

[Simon]

it is illegal to bring a net into the nature reserve. Why collect specimen? capture them with your camera and leave nature as it is

[ahkarboy]

Erm....then don't catch it in a nature reserve.....

[ranmasatome]

Butterflies are a troublesome bunch to catch...and also preserve..

[ahkarboy]

Its actually quite easy to catch and preserve. Just need a net and some silica gel

[Simon]

unlike up north, SG does not have many places to net butterflies, urban ones are common, parks are also off limits

[ahkarboy]

I've come across quite a few butterfly collectors from singapore who come up to malaysia to net some butterflies so I was wondering if there were any in this forum

[ranmasatome]

Its actually quite easy to catch and preserve. Just need a net and some silica gel

yeah..i know.. but i am speaking comparatively. Compared to other insects... besides dragonflies...its just a little bit more troublesome.

[ahkarboy]

Whys that?

[ranmasatome]

err...simply speaking.. other insects just catch and dump into bottle.. then go home and kill and pin...

butterflies...well... need to carry envelopes around.. then after killing.. need to tape wings down on that board... then have to look after scales on wings.. then sometimes fingers all dirty..haha... i mean... its not really hard la..and i don't mind it myself..just that sometmes really no mood to do it man..haha..

[ahkarboy]

You kill the insects? Well, beetles and dragonflies are bout the same with butterflies, you still need to set them

[ranmasatome]

actually.. for identification purposes... don't really need to set beetles. Unless you want to display then need to set. For butterflies, you have to set them to pin them. Dragonflies..well.. are even worse than butterflies...need to preserve the colour in acetone...sian...