Collecting Morpho butterflies

[@chrischan1253]

Awesome 🦋🦋👍💖

[@williamkuhns2387]

The "salt lick" on the riverbank where butterflies are attracted to is because of uric salts from humans peeing on the same spot. This is one of the old classic methods of luring butterflies and day flying moths. That sock-like thing being spun around to attract male morphos is probably a pantyhose leg with a piece of aluminum foil inside. The best method is a cardboard cutout of a morpho with aluminum foil glued on and a light blue magic marker ink rubbed over the foil. Attach a short wood handle like a hand held mirror and occilate it rapidly back and forth to imitate the flashing of wings.

[@williamkuhns2387]

The best collecting areas for morphos in Peru are around Satipo, Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Tingo Maria. Satipo is known especially for Dynastes sp. Hercules and rhinoceros beetles. Tingo Maria for Morpho helena (Tingo Maria can be dangerous because its along drug trade path). If you can get to Muzo Valley in Colombia that's a classic spot for Morpho Cyprus. Very dangerous area though because of the emerald mines, drugs and kidnapping.

[@jcmegabyte]

Great footage - especially the twirling the white cloth to lure the males down. Thanks for the show! :-)

[@loub747]

Grea video! Love the morphos. Do you still trips there?

[@anbernika]

please can you take me with you next time? its amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

[@viciousbest]

que es eso que giran y atrae a las morpho.. yo amo alas morpho. y quiero atrapar una para observarla de cerca diganme que es eso.. y que es lo que le hacen para que ya no se mueva..

[@jk-ws4lt]

Es una camisa si tú agitas algo blanco o azul rápidamente ellas pensaran que es otra morpho invasora en su territorio e irán a pelearla por eso bajaban rápidamente para que el las pudiera colectar aunque espero que después de 12 años te sirva la respuesta jajajaja

[@viciousbest]

@@jk-ws4lt ya hasta habia olvidado la pregunta,lo intente hace años y si funciona. Gracias amigo

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for nice Video! Best greetings from hymenopterist (chalcidologist) to other hymenopterists! Good luck in Hymenoptera collecting!!!!

[@albert214]

Answer for Chris Gluck comment below: Because that's where they live. You just don't get it, do you.?

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for nice video! Good luck!

[@amye6229]

Does the cloth work for swallowtails?

[@albert214]

Nothing works for swallowtails.

[@marianteodorescu6741]

Imagine a giant keeping this guy in his hand and giving the same speech in front of a giant camera, shaking him the same way he is shaking the poor butterfly.

[@genadonnerwetter1379]

Сачок надо было покрасить в зелёный цвет.

[@МаксимКоролёв-о7о]

Или в коричневый.

[@wildzach]

I'd certainly hope that all the people here crying foul at the lepidopterists for collecting butterflies are vegan.

[@chooba11]

why would you go so far to kill butterflies??

[@combomatt4034]

I don't like it.You are not catching butterflies, you are killing them.

[@sethmueller9676]

You have to catch them before you kill them. So technically they are doing both

[@sethmueller9676]

2:30 - time stamp of them catching them

[@davidczt]

Desgraciados.... Van a otro país a llevarse a los animales. Esas mariposas solo son para colección. Por ellos las especies se acaban

[@albert214]

Comment for Mariposamallorca below: imposible. Hay milones de mariposas y todos las mariposas en EL MUNDO que estan vivo hoy van a morir en menos de dos meses. Todos! Pero cada dia hay mas saliendo sus pupa. Unas personas no pueden hacer problemas con la populacion en la selva. La gente que corta las arlboles matan mucho mas que colectores. Ud no entiendo el ambiente.

[@r-k8666]

OMG NO DONT SHAKE MY BABY LIKE THIS!!!😭😭😭😭😭