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Continued from yesterday

17 Sep, 2008

Several hundreds of skippers (a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae) came in swarms for the nectar of the white flowers I introduced on Saturday.

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Shoji Hashimoto




When I Got to the Museum at 8 o'clock in the morning...

17 Sep, 2008

moth B moth A

I found a moth resting on a wall.
The closeup picture on the right shows its real size, almost.
This is a moth called Nothus diana in the family Sematuridae.

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Shoji Hashimoto




So Much Time To Kill

17 Sep, 2008

it's dull

The Museum is deserted today. Well, it allows me a plenty of time to take a siesta. Its 9 oclock in the morning.

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Shoji Hashimoto




After Three-day Weekend

17 Sep, 2008

September 8th, Manaus was packed with cars everywhere after a holiday weekend. It took more than an hour to get to a place where you would normally arrive in 30-40 minutes.

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Shoji Hashimoto




Hectic Week

10 Sep, 2008

I have been tied up all week, identifying the 930 butterflies, which the federal police had seized and INPA conducted the spreading of the wings on, and more than 5000 butterfly and coleopteran (beetle) specimens in my storage by their family, genus, and species names.

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Shoji Hashimoto




Beginning of Second Round

02 Sep, 2008

I received a visit yesterday from an inspector of IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Resources), and I was notified that......

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Shoji Hashimoto




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