Just getting things ready for Somerset fly tying symposium I have been working on some elitras. Here are some examples:
Batocera tigris, from Indonesia
Chalcolepidius sp. , from Latin America
Cylindorthorax balteatus, from Kenya
Deliathis flavis, Guatemala
Freadelpha eremita, Gabon
Andr?st.
Five more…
Mastododera coccinea, from Madagascar
Mouhotia planipennis, from Thailand
Rosembergia Weiski, from Papua-New Guinea
Semiotus ligneous, from Bolivia
Thenetica lacrymans, from Thailand
Andres,
Good looking bugs! You’ll need to be careful some entomologist doesn’t want to stick a pin in these and add them to a collection. Nice!
Cool! I am wondering how you are making them and how you tie them on the hook.
Hello,
Thank you Joe! hope you are right and some entomologist ask me for them.
Normand… I am also confused.
Ken I am going to introduce this material at Somerset and I hope tyers like it. To tye it is very simple; the tab I use to hold it is tyed behind the hook eye, forming the beetle?s head. Some thread turns, just between torax and abdomen, will fix the elitra to a foam body.
You can see the final result in a post about fishable beetles I wrote a pair of weeks ago (more or less)
AndresT
very impressive !!! pm sent…
Hello all,
I started this thread time ago, now I post a finished Batocera Tigris.
I hope you like it.
Andres T.
Hi,
Very nice, all of them.
Thank you Jeff!
Andres T.
Amazing workmanship! very nice indeed Andres T.
Jeanne
they are very beautiful and i am impressed still dont understand the material used could use more info when possible keep up the great work
Robin:cool:
Andres,
Do you tie these for use or for art? Frankly they look so stunning I wouldn’t want to use any of them.
2 questions…
How much?
How soon can we get them?
Thank you for your interest maodiver, I will pm you.
Andres T.
