Comments for ChrisR http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog Chris's blog Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on A Venezuelan delivery… by Jose M. Ayala L. http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5700&cpage=1#comment-28223 Jose M. Ayala L. Thu, 17 May 2012 18:28:58 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5700#comment-28223 I like knowing that you are happy with the material! I hope to get more Tachinidae so we can to do some exchange!!! Regards, JM Ayala L I like knowing that you are happy with the material!
I hope to get more Tachinidae so we can to do some exchange!!!

Regards,

JM Ayala L

]]> Comment on Something from Yves by Jorge Almeida http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5707&cpage=1#comment-24919 Jorge Almeida Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:52:48 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5707#comment-24919 Liar. :p They are laxants specially from French Guiana :D Good try. ;) Liar. :p They are laxants specially from French Guiana :D Good try. ;)

]]> Comment on About Me by Ali Rıza Güç http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-21170 Ali Rıza Güç Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:00:26 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?page_id=2#comment-21170 Hello Chris, this is an amateur insect collector like you. Today ı discovered your blog and got many useful knoeledge. Thanks for your share. I live in Adana Turkey and work for a Bank. Here in Adana, it is hard to find suitabla equıpment for reptile collecting. For example ı use common pins. I think ın the future ı may advance my collection and have better specimens. I would like to communicate with you. Take good care Hello Chris, this is an amateur insect collector like you. Today ı discovered your blog and got many useful knoeledge. Thanks for your share. I live in Adana Turkey and work for a Bank. Here in Adana, it is hard to find suitabla equıpment for reptile collecting. For example ı use common pins. I think ın the future ı may advance my collection and have better specimens. I would like to communicate with you.
Take good care

]]> Comment on Some more stacking … by Alan http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5493&cpage=1#comment-21091 Alan Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:33:58 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5493#comment-21091 Chris, the images are quite impressive. Is the bellows an ebay job? There seem quite a few cheap models on there. Cheers, Alan Chris, the images are quite impressive. Is the bellows an ebay job? There seem quite a few cheap models on there.
Cheers,
Alan

]]> Comment on A few forgotten French Guianan insects by ChrisR http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=3023&cpage=1#comment-20680 ChrisR Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:16:49 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=3023#comment-20680 <a href="#comment-20678" rel="nofollow">@David Clements </a> Hi Dave, I'll have a look round for it for you. I can't immediately lay hands on it so it's very possible that it has been donated to the NHM - I gave them a batch of miscellaneous Hymenoptera & Diptera families that I didn't have time to work on. If I find it I will hang onto it and let you know :) @David Clements
Hi Dave, I’ll have a look round for it for you. I can’t immediately lay hands on it so it’s very possible that it has been donated to the NHM – I gave them a batch of miscellaneous Hymenoptera & Diptera families that I didn’t have time to work on. If I find it I will hang onto it and let you know :)

]]> Comment on A few forgotten French Guianan insects by David Clements http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=3023&cpage=1#comment-20678 David Clements Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:09:52 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=3023#comment-20678 Hi Chris. The conopid looks like Physocephala but is probably new - not one I immediately recognise, anyway. I'd like to see this and any other conopids one day, if possible. Hi Chris. The conopid looks like Physocephala but is probably new – not one I immediately recognise, anyway. I’d like to see this and any other conopids one day, if possible.

]]> Comment on Butterfly wings by Ted C. MacRae http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5566&cpage=1#comment-20035 Ted C. MacRae Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:07:34 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5566#comment-20035 Hi Chris - I just discovered your site while Googling for images of Pantophthalmidae (of all things!), which John Acorn mentions in his column in the latest <i>American Entomologist</i>. You've got some great info here, especially in the Entomology articles. I'll be reading through your archives over the next few weeks! regards--ted Hi Chris – I just discovered your site while Googling for images of Pantophthalmidae (of all things!), which John Acorn mentions in his column in the latest American Entomologist. You’ve got some great info here, especially in the Entomology articles. I’ll be reading through your archives over the next few weeks!
regards–ted

]]> Comment on A few ultra-close shots of tiny tachinids! by ChrisR http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5517&cpage=1#comment-18084 ChrisR Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:22:56 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5517#comment-18084 <a href="#comment-18077" rel="nofollow">@Larry Shone </a> Hi Larry I think the damage to most of the specimens is post-mortem so in life they would have been fine ... as you suggest, if they had that kind of damage they probably wouldn't have flown very well and I probably wouldn't have caught them in the first place ;o) When they die the eye often delaminates behind the chitinous facets and you occasionally get some eyes developing concavities but usually this is only a problem with material taken out of alcohol ... because it dehydrates everything massively. Cheers Chris R. @Larry Shone
Hi Larry

I think the damage to most of the specimens is post-mortem so in life they would have been fine … as you suggest, if they had that kind of damage they probably wouldn’t have flown very well and I probably wouldn’t have caught them in the first place ;o) When they die the eye often delaminates behind the chitinous facets and you occasionally get some eyes developing concavities but usually this is only a problem with material taken out of alcohol … because it dehydrates everything massively.

Cheers
Chris R.

]]> Comment on A few ultra-close shots of tiny tachinids! by Larry Shone http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5517&cpage=1#comment-18077 Larry Shone Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:00:49 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=5517#comment-18077 Fabulous photos Chris! I notice a lot of damage to the eyes I wonder how that affects the flies vision in life? Fabulous photos Chris! I notice a lot of damage to the eyes I wonder how that affects the flies vision in life?

]]> Comment on My first stacks by Michael Jefferies http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=4963&cpage=1#comment-17011 Michael Jefferies Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:46:19 +0000 http://chrisraper.org.uk/blog/?p=4963#comment-17011 Greetings Chris, I have been experimenting with stacking; an example Tachinid is below. I use a led ringlight as illumination, can't afford and have no access to museum quality equipment! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogcodes/5308409839/ The detail on this one is nothing like the original which is about 175mb as a final. regards Michael Jefferies Greetings Chris,

I have been experimenting with stacking; an example Tachinid is below. I use a led ringlight as illumination, can’t afford and have no access to museum quality equipment!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogcodes/5308409839/

The detail on this one is nothing like the original which is about 175mb as a final.

regards

Michael Jefferies

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