Sulawesi, Indonesia, 10km North of Baturube, 2008. |
I have been collecting Lepidoptera at least since the
age of 10. There were ups and downs, but I never fully quit this
hobby. With the exception of a few gifts from friends, I only collect
specimens that I have captured myself in the wild. For this reason
I like to think of myself as a hunter, not a collector.
Man against beast and all that stuff. You may laugh, but try chasing
an Uranus moth on a hot sunny day around a rainforest clearing,
or a Tatochila white at 4700m elevation, and you will see
what I mean. Right now my collection boasts 4020 unique
catalogued specimens. One day, I plan to add it to the
millions-strong insect collection of my school ETHZ, which
is mostly built from private contributions. |
| Dear ENVIRONMENTALIST: if you have
concerns about the environmental
impact of my collecting please visit
this page. I am pretty
sure that I am at least as passionate about butterfly
conservation as you are, and that we are actually on the same
team. |
The specimen photos on this site are provided for catalog purposes
and are, by no means, of artistic quality. The catalog is fully up to date
as of September 2015. A complete holdings
list is available. I invite you to check out some "field
reports" of my
chasing butterflies across 6 continents. Also,
please click on the icons below to watch slideshows of select recent
specimens, or browse the complete digital collection further down.
To download some useful resources and literature, please visit
this page.
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