Thank you Harold for the link.

We have a unique position here in the world.”Down Under” Wallaces Line.

Len

Craig asked” Do you happen to know, or have reference to the earliest, documented record of Lepidopteran in Australia?” A new paper has a comprehensive world list including this Australian Primitive Moth OXYCANUS Walker, 1855 [extant] cf. antipoda Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] (Epiolus) [extant]; Keble, ...

Tim : One more word,Yes

Thank you Rik for such a pertinent question.I am presently pondering the same situation using your Zerene Stacker and a Stackshot I am also trying to evaluate the merits of flash versus continous lighting.This discussion is eagerly appreciated. Quote:“Hot-Shoe Use with Canon and Nikon Camera Bodies ...

Not only do the members of the genus Catocala make up some of the most interesting and spectacular of the large Noctuid moths of the Northen Hemisphere. We are indeed very fortunate to have the book Legion of the night: the Underwing moths. Sargent, Theodore D Amherst. University of Massachusetts Pr...

Now this is a wrist watch.worth keeping A Patek Philippe, ref. 2499, 18k yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph watch sold for $815,637 Sunday during Sotheby’s Important Watches sale in Geneva. It was sold to a private U.S. collector. http://jewelrynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/05/patek-chrono-s...

Rik, The parts are from an assortment of replacement balance staffs , usually Ebauche Number 723.only of use in the right calibre watch that it was made for (circa 1925 > 1940 ) After that most Swiss watches had a shock proof balance jewel system fitted,dominated by Incabloc and KIF . which protecte...

DQE Asked "An ideal system would be one that would fairly quickly attract and harmlessly hold a dozen or two night bugs at a time on a photographically neutral background (a sheet would work fine, I guess). Then, when I've finished with a batch, I would like to gently shoo them back to the night air...

A word of caution on bucket traps and using funnels. This set up works reasonably well with small sized insects in sheltered conditions but in most circumstances in general collecting the following will occur. Funnel blocked by large insects, for example Hawk and common abundant Noctuid Moths, Scara...

Light Sheets are a very effective collecting method,and they are not a trap.Specimens are"Pill Boxed" for examination and collection.

As you will see they are easy to set up and collect from.

This comprehensive site will get you started

http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/bu ... setup.html

Have a look at Desmond's work
http://desmonddowns-ttlblflash.blogspot ... udies.html

His blog is a new insight to Nikon Flashes, and can hopefully solve a lot of problems.

Another way;A High pressure Mercury Vapour Light , Clear glass Either blended as shown at Anglican ":MV12 160W MBTF Blended bulb ES Warning Please Read These bulbs are being phased out during 2011 to comply with EU Directives. Limited Stocks. £25.00 " It will run straight off mains power Down here w...

A very good article on photographing and stacking beetles, and the use of Photoshop in making the final image


http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/ento ... rabs64.pdf

Craig,Zerene was set on a flat balsa setting board ,the convention is to always set on flat boards ,and a added bonus is that “flat set Lepidoptera” can be overlapped (like scales) in cabinet drawers or store boxes, giving a higher specimen to space ratio. Optics used was Nikon VR 105, on D200, at c...

DQE asked"What was Zerene Stacker named after?"
This is one question that I will let Rik answer,but I have a lot of admiration
for both Zerenes.
I know that Rik will also enjoy my post.
Len