Insectifera

Insectifera

Discover Insectifera, a captivating magazine that once brought the fascinating world of insects to life, inspiring nature lovers and entomologists.

Spreading the fascination of insects since 1993

Insectifera

Insectifera was a lively entomological magazine launched in 1993 by the Entomological Society of Gästrikland, created to captivate insect enthusiasts from the region and beyond. Its goal was to share knowledge about insects and other small creatures, with the name Insectifera reflecting its mission to inspire nature lovers and promote insect conservation.

Although no longer in production, Insectifera remains a cherished part of entomological history, celebrated for its engaging articles, field reports, and features that introduced readers to the fascinating world of insects. Contributors like Göran Sjöberg, a passionate member of the society, contributed many articles to the magazine. His dedication to entomology and to engaging younger generations made Insectifera a unique platform for sharing insights on insect life, conservation challenges, and the broader world of small creatures. While it was never intended to compete with formal scientific journals, Insectifera carved out its niche as a fun, informative resource for insect enthusiasts and aspiring entomologists alike.

Insectifera 2019 40 articles Download PDF (Swedish) Download PDF (English)

Summary; My own reflections — pp 3–4
Background to the first Swedish Scientific Circumnavigation 1851–1853 — pp 5–15
Extreme sex marks – scent scales and antennae — pp 16–19
Colias ponteni in the BMNH collections — where do these come from? — pp 20–21
Two new Colias ponteni and a pupa! — pp 22–23
Hawaii or Port Famine? Which locality is most likely on an objective assessment? — pp 24
Colias ponteni – a sensitive "primitive species", is it extinct?; Cause of probable extinction — pp 25–27
IRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer) "isotope study" — pp 28
What further supports that Samuel Pontén's butterflies were really taken in Hawaii? — pp 29
Could Port Famine or its surroundings after all be the right locality for Colias ponteni? — pp 30
Mount Sarmiento — pp 31–32
Collecting on Oahu — pp 33–35
Is there anything more to suggest Pontén himself found his Colias butterflies near Honolulu? — pp 36
The background to my studies — pp 37
Is there anything against Port Famine as the locality for Colias ponteni? — pp 38
Is it really likely the butterflies exist, or could have existed, on Tarn Mountain? — pp 39–40
Are there other ways to determine where the butterfly was collected? Pollen studies?; The San Francisco area of western California — pp 41
DNA studies?; New DNA studies; More about Port Famine — pp 42
My friends set out to find Colias ponteni!; A divergent hypothesis that could nonetheless favour Port Famine; Might there be other alternatives to the Strait of Magellan or Hawaii? — pp 43–44
The route of the frigate Eugenie — pp 45–47
Back to other possible visited places where the butterfly could have been collected — pp 48
Valparaíso — pp 49
Back to the Strait of Magellan question – could Samuel Pontén have bought the butterflies? — pp 50
Other alternatives along the Strait of Magellan — pp 51
A new theory (extract from Insectifera 1997): Eugenie's passage through the Strait of Magellan — pp 52–58
Hiroshi Hara — pp 59–60
Daniel Rosengren is engaged — pp 61–74
The expedition's zoological finds have been questioned by "experts" — pp 75
Summary — pp 76–82
Hawaii or Port Famine? Which factors argue for and against these places? — pp 83–86
Conclusion – the most likely scenario — pp 87
Acknowledgements! — pp 88–90
References — pp 91
Footnotes — pp 92
Appendix 1 – Wallengren's description of Colias ponteni; Appendix 2 – Berger's Palaeocolias, type genitalia: Colias ponteni — pp 93
Appendix 3 – Christer Hägg's book on Eugenie's circumnavigation — pp 94
Appendix 4 – Christer Hägg's letter to Göran Sjöberg — pp 95–97
Appendix 5 – Extract from Daniel Rosengren's travel account — pp 98–99
Appendix 6 – A lucky evening, 12 October 2000, when the Colias ponteni pupa was found!; Appendix 7 – Bengt-Åke Bengtsson's clarification of how the 11 known specimens should be named — pp 100–101
Appendix 8 – A final plea, Göran Sjöberg — pp 102–106

Insectifera 2001 7 articles

Parnassius bremeri — pp 12
Spider Drama — pp 13
Bupristis splendens in Greece — pp 15
Call to Action! Save the Rainforest — pp 22
Large Elephant Hawk-moth — pp 24
The Komosse Meadow — pp 29
This Year's Butterfly Discoveries from Gästrikland 2000 — pp 46

Insectifera 2000 7 articles Download PDF

Insectifera 1999 11 articles Download PDF

Insectifera 1998 15 articles

This Year's Butterfly Discoveries from Gästrikland 1997 — pp 7
Butterfly Report from Gästrikland 1997 — pp 22
Butterfly Watching with Binoculars — pp 31
Literature Service for Members — pp 46
Information on New Zoological Nomenclature — pp 47
Beetles of the Österberg Wall — pp 48
African Butterfly Meeting 1997 — pp 50
An Exciting Small Butterfly Book — pp 53
New Butterfly Competition 1998, Larvae — pp 55
Butterfly Competition 1997 — pp 56
Insects in Literature 8, C.B. Gaunitz — pp 58
Association Activities 1997 — pp 60
Ahead of the Summer Entomological Meeting in Gävle 1998 — pp 62
Species Fact Sheets for Butterflies Associated with Grinduga-Trosken Area Before the Summer Meeting Excursion on July 11, 1997 — pp 63
Landscape Insects — pp 104

Insectifera 1997 19 articles Download PDF

Provincial Insectspp
Editor's Pages — pp 2
Butterfly Finds of the Year from Gästrikland 1996 (Lepidoptera) — pp 5
Butterfly Report from Gästrikland 1996 — pp 20
Finds of Painted Lady, Cynthia cardui, 1996 — pp 29
The Painted Ladies of Our World — pp 31
1996 Gold Wing Prize Awarded to Hans Lundberg — pp 38
On Butterflies in the Gävle Area — pp 40
Iridescence - Interference Phenomena in Nature — pp 47
Nursery Web Spiders in a Dance Macabre — pp 51
Everything Can Be Sold with Butterflies — pp 52
The Nettle Butterfly Nisse and his Friends - Summer of Butterflies: An Earthy Puppet Play — pp 55
The China Journey — pp 58
The Black-rumped Spider is Here - At Last — pp 64
Insects in Literature 7: Verner Aspenström — pp 66
Colias ponteni, Wallengren 1860 - A Study of a Butterfly That Has Eluded the World's Butterfly Researchers for More Than a Century — pp 68
What is the Beetle Called? - Competition — pp 103
The Butterfly Scale Competition — pp 104
Butterflies of the World - A Masterwork by Bernard D'Abrera — pp 106

Insectifera 1996 24 articles Download PDF

Insectifera 1995 21 articles Download PDF

Editor's Pages — pp 3
Protect the Trösken Area !!!! — pp 6
EU and Biological Diversity from an Entomological Perspective — pp 36
Out and Look for Cases! — pp 46
1995's Butterfly Book: Die Tagfalter der Turkei — pp 52
A New Study Object: Flower Flies — pp 63
Valuable Nature in Gävle — pp 62
Interesting Findings of Butterflies in Gästrikland 1994 — pp 64
Data Sheet: Butterflies — pp 67
Spring's Butterfly 1995 — pp 68
Butterfly Watching — pp 70
Small Creatures as House Guests — pp 74
Association's Spring Meeting 29 May 1995 — pp 89
Appeal to Association Members — pp 94
Insects in Belles-Lettres, 5: Di Leva — pp 95
Results of the Competition in Insectifera 2:2 — pp 96
New Competition — pp 107
Brokiga Blad 1911: Insects as Delicacies — pp 108
Book Review: China's Butterflies — pp 112
This Year's Butterfly Findings from Gästrikland 1994 (Lepidoptera) — pp 53
Gästrikland's Red-listed Butterflies — pp 117

Insectifera 1994 21 articles

Butterflies of Eggegrund — pp 8
Vegetation of Eggegrund — pp 26
Dragonflies of Gästrikland — pp 15
Autumn Butterfly — pp 30
Wolf Johansson/Göran Sjöberg: Small Insects — pp 31
Four Old Butterfly Pictures — pp 33
The Striped Amazon: Rondônia — pp 37
Entomological Journal, Time to Subscribe for 1995 — pp 38
Book Review: Day Butterflies of Northwest Asia — pp 39
The Year's Prize Moth — pp 43
Competition: Which Insect Is This? — pp 47
Missing Persons Notice — pp 48
House Crickets in Hofors — pp 52
Book Review: Swallowtails of America — pp 53
New Dragonfly for Gästrikland — pp 66
The Butterfly — pp 67
Book Review: Lucanid Beetles of the World — pp 68
Book Review: Cerambycoid Larvae of Europe and Soviet Union — pp 69
Gefle Dagblad 1959: Ragnar Östlund and the Sea — pp 70
Holarctic Lepidoptera, New Journal — pp 72
Butterfly Watching, Course Spring 1995 — pp 73

Insectifera 1993 (n2) 22 articles Download PDF

Fifth Swedish Entomological Meeting 15-17 June 1994pp
Editor's Reflections on a Current Topic — pp 3
The Association's Contacts Regarding UA4 — pp 5
Ecological Song to the Butterfly — pp 6
Letter to Banverket 1993-05-03 — pp 8
One of the Spiders' Secret Mysteries is Now Solved — pp 11
The Golden Wing Prize 1993 — pp 13
The Grave-Digger Prize — pp 14
Spider Barbecue - Can That Be Anything — pp 14
Press Flash: Latest News from Banverket — pp 15
Ulf Nylander's Trip to Crete — pp 15
When? How? Why? — pp 20
Distinguished Gift — pp 22
Being a Lepidopterologistpp
Gästrikland in Entomological Journal, Part 2 — pp 25
Butterfly Finds from the "Limestone Area Southeast of Gävle" 1993 — pp 27
The Association's Activities 1993 — pp 33
The FE4 Alternative — pp 36
On How to Limit One's Research Area — pp 38
Special Work on the Nettle Butterfly — pp 39
Area of National Conservation Interest, Value: < 30 seconds?pp
The Board's Appeal to Banverket — pp 46

Insectifera 1993 (n1) 12 articles Download PDF

A new entomological societypp
Insectifera - New journal for insect enthusiasts in and outside Gästrikland — pp 3
Interesting new findings in Gästrikland and its vicinity — pp 4
It was better before!...... or was it? — pp 5
The society's first excursion — pp 6
Butterflies in Gästrikland's meadows and pastures etc. — pp 7
Spiders in Gästrikland 1 — pp 18
Has our Earth lost a Papilio? — pp 20
Gästrikland in Entomologisk Tidskrift etc. — pp 21
New additions to Gästrikland's butterfly fauna — pp 28
Nordic Entomological Meeting 1994pp
Bylaws for Gästriklands Entomological Society — pp 34