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3 Feb Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... [McClung Dale ] 3 Feb Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... [Mike Quinn ] 3 Feb Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... ["James, David G" ] 1 Feb RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson ["Jim Mason" ] 1 Feb RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson [chris kline ] 1 Feb RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson [chris kline ] 1 Feb RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson [Roger Kuhlman ] 31 Jan Re: monarchs overwintering in Tucson [Paul Cherubini ] 31 Jan RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson [Roger Kuhlman ] 31 Jan monarchs overwintering in Tucson ["Jim Mason" ] 16 Jan Don't open an e-mail from me today. Virus ["Dennis Schlicht" ] 16 Jan very good [Dennis Schlicht ] 13 Jan Free scientific name spelling checker [] 13 Dec Updated version of LepIndex now available ["George Beccaloni" ] 9 Dec Lepidopterists' Meeting 2012 in Denver, registration open ["Gall, Lawrence" ] 7 Dec Re: Which Buckeye is this. [JRoberts ] 7 Dec Which Buckeye is this. ["Tom Middagh" ] 1 Dec Pink-spot Sulphur (Aphrissa neleis) in the news [Kim Davis ] 26 Nov Butterflies from Columbia in the news [] 24 Nov Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III published today [] 22 Nov Re: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX [JRoberts ] 21 Nov Fwd: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX [Mike Quinn ] 18 Nov John Douglass' email address [] 17 Nov New book due in two weeks ["Wagner, David" ] 11 Nov Project blends art, entomology and education... [Mike Quinn ] 1 Nov Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies ["David James" ] 29 Sep "1000 miles of hell" [Paul Cherubini ] 19 Sep Guardian:Richard Benyon's 'war on ragwort' sparks fierce spat with ecologists [Neil Jones ] 16 Sep Re: Wall mounts [] 15 Sep Re: Wall mounts [OscartheGrouch ] 13 Sep Free scientific name spelling checker [] 6 Sep RE: Peterson Field Guide to Moths of *Northeastern* N. Amer. ["Jim Mason" ] 3 Sep 3 Tailed Cecropians in 2 counties in 2 days in southmost Texas... [Mike Quinn ] 28 Aug Fw: Specialists search ["Dennis Schlicht" ] 21 Aug road trip [chris kline ] 21 Aug road trip [chris kline ] 9 Aug Miami blue, congeners, emergency listed as endangered spp. [Mike Quinn ] 1 Aug No Subject [chris kline ] 28 Jul Elephant Hawk Moth - Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus @ British Columbia - July 21 [Mike Quinn ] 19 Jul key to Canadian Lepidoptera [Felix Sperling ] 13 Jul Re: A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM [Bruce Walsh ] 13 Jul Re: A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM [Bruce Walsh ] 13 Jul A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM [Neil Jones ] 13 Jul Re: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland---is a Wood White cryptic? [Neil Jones ] 13 Jul RE: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland---is a Wood White cryptic? ["Michael Gochfeld" ] 13 Jul New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland [Neil Jones ] 12 Jul Parts of the Coronado Natl Forest (SE AZ) reopen tomorrow [Bruce Walsh ] 12 Jul Parts of the Coronado Natl Forest (SE AZ) reopen tomorrow [Bruce Walsh ] 5 Jul Coronando still closed [Bruce Walsh ] 5 Jul Coronando still closed [Bruce Walsh ] 1 Jul Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! ["Hank Brodkin" ] 1 Jul Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! [Bruce Walsh ] 1 Jul Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! [Mike Quinn ] 30 Jun SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! [Bruce Walsh ] 30 Jun SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! [Bruce Walsh ] 30 Jun Free scientific name spelling checker [] 21 Jun Re: Garden Canyon update [Hank Brodkin ] 21 Jun Re: Garden Canyon update [Hank Brodkin ] 21 Jun Re: Garden Canyon update [Mike Quinn ] 21 Jun Re: McGuire Center [Hank Brodkin ] 21 Jun Fwd: Fire in Ash Canyon, SE AZ, loss of Noel McFarland Coll. [Mike Quinn ] 21 Jun RE: Garden Canyon update [Bruce Walsh ] 21 Jun RE: Garden Canyon update [Bruce Walsh ] 21 Jun RE: McGuire Center ["John Shuey" ] 21 Jun Re: McGuire Center [Vincent P Lucas ] 21 Jun RE: Garden Canyon update [Hank Brodkin ] 21 Jun RE: Garden Canyon update [Hank Brodkin ] 21 Jun RE: Garden Canyon update [David Ferguson ] 20 Jun McGuire Center [JPPelham ] 17 Jun Good news re: Garden Canyon [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Jun Good news re: Garden Canyon [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Jun Garden Canyon update [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Jun SE AZ fires: Garden Canyon currently burning [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Jun Garden Canyon update [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Jun SE AZ fires: Garden Canyon currently burning [Bruce Walsh ] 15 Jun No Subject [] Subject: Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... From: McClung Dale <adverweb AT adver-net.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:23:58 -0500 Mike, A few years ago, beginning in 1995 and going to 1997, in the Tampa, FL, area we had a similar "outbreak" of forest tent caterpillars, Malacosoma disstria, feeding on oak trees. The common name for the adult is simply Forest tent caterpillar moth. They're there every year, but usually in relatively small numbers so that you hardly notice them until they climb down from the trees to look for a sheltered cranny to form a cocoon in. The oak trees, we have several in the yard, were populated with so many caterpillars you could hear them communally munching the leaves and the frass falling sounded like a gentle rain. Like the pine white, this is cyclical every 6 to 16 years. We're due again soon. In 1997 when the caterpillars reached maturity, all at about the same time, they en mass retreated from the trees to the ground in such numbers the news programs were running stories assuring the public this was normal and harmless, but our sidewalks had become a slimy mess. You could not take a step without crushing one in many places. There were millions of caterpillars crawling up the sides of buildings to the point they coated the building face including my house. Dale McClung On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > Nice piece on the current massive butterfly outbreak going on in the Pacific Northwest. > > One thing missing was a mention that all the larvae drop a load of frass, so to speak... > > Mike Quinn, Austin > ________________ > Texas Entomology > http://texasento.net > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: James, David G > Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM > Subject: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... > To: "leps-l AT lists.yale.edu" > > > The recent outbreak of Pine Whites (Neophasia menapia) in central Oregon was featured on 'Oregon Wild' which aired on PBS in the PNW last night. > > > > You can catch it online here : http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg > > > > Some cool footage shown including ponds white with , well, whites also 'blizzard' shots and helicopter windshields smeared with butterflies .. > > > > It was only a few years ago that Dave Nunnallee and I struggled to find wild immature stages of N. menapia for our book "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" > > Ironically (to me anyway), the PBS program found them everywhere and even suggested that substantial damage had been caused to pines by Pine White caterpillars. > > > > > > Dr David G James > > Associate Professor of Entomology, > > Washington State University, > > Prosser, Washington 99350 > > USA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:11 -0600 Nice piece on the current massive butterfly outbreak going on in the Pacific Northwest. One thing missing was a mention that all the larvae drop a load of frass, so to speak... Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James, David G Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM Subject: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... To: "leps-l AT lists.yale.edu" The recent outbreak of Pine Whites (Neophasia menapia) in central Oregon was featured on 'Oregon Wild' which aired on PBS in the PNW last night.**** ** ** You can catch it online here : http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg**** ** ** Some cool footage shown including ponds white with , well, whites also 'blizzard' shots and helicopter windshields smeared with butterflies ..**** ** ** It was only a few years ago that Dave Nunnallee and I struggled to find wild immature stages of N. menapia for our book "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies"**** Ironically (to me anyway), the PBS program found them everywhere and even suggested that substantial damage had been caused to pines by Pine White caterpillars.**** ** ** ** ** Dr David G James**** Associate Professor of Entomology,**** Washington State University,**** Prosser, Washington 99350**** USA**** ** ** Subject: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... From: "James, David G" <david_james AT wsu.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:59:25 +0000 The recent outbreak of Pine Whites (Neophasia menapia) in central Oregon was featured on 'Oregon Wild' which aired on PBS in the PNW last night. You can catch it online here : http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg Some cool footage shown including ponds white with , well, whites... also 'blizzard' shots and helicopter windshields smeared with butterflies..... It was only a few years ago that Dave Nunnallee and I struggled to find wild immature stages of N. menapia for our book "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" Ironically (to me anyway), the PBS program found them everywhere and even suggested that substantial damage had been caused to pines by Pine White caterpillars. Dr David G James Associate Professor of Entomology, Washington State University, Prosser, Washington 99350 USA Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:26:36 -0600 Thanks Paul. I also got this response from another party. "In mild winters monarchs may spend the winter in Tucson and this year is certainly one. We've seen them at Desert Survivor's Plant nursery there and also there are reports of egg-laying in the Tucson area. In Phoenix we have a large number of monarchs around town this year. We learned last year that monarchs will survive a hard freeze at Rio Salado Habitat Restoration area in downtown Phoenix where we've been monitoring for the last five years. There are also monarchs this winter in Yuma on the CA border. In Chandler, just SE of Phoenix, I released my last monarch yesterday that just eclosed from an egg laid in early November. But with our warm first days of January the monarchs began mating and laying eggs and right now I have 13 first instars, 10 second instars, 7 third instars, 9 fourth instars and 1 fifth instar and 9 more eggs on seven plants - there are more outside that I didn't bring in. I've never had monarchs continuously since September when they arrive like I have this year." Jim Mason, Naturalist Jim AT gpnc.org Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67220-2200 316-683-5499 x103 - voice 316-688-9555 - fax www.gpnc.org -----Original Message----- From: Paul Cherubini [mailto:monarch AT saber.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:17 PM To: Leps List Subject: Re: monarchs overwintering in Tucson On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Roger Kuhlman wrote: > Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs in the late Fall > Months or the early Spring Months in Tucson? It's routine to find (if you know where to look) monarchs in Tucson and other low desert cities like Phoenix and Yuma from mid-September through May or June http://swmonarchs.org/ http://tinyurl.com/6qp24vz During the torrid heat of June through early Sept. the monarchs in Arizona tend to be found at 3,500 feet elevation and above, though even then a few have been seen in Tucson (2,300 feet). > Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson in the high country of > Mount Lemon and other surrounding mountain ranges? Yes, and they have even been photographed near the summit of 9,157 foot Mount Lemmon: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/lemmon.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 05:05:12 -0800 (PST) Roger,   In the Phx area they will breed on Asclepias subulata, as well as A. linaria and A. angustifolia that people use in their home landscapes.  You may want to visit the Southwest Monarchs website (www.swmonarchs.org) for more info on specific locations in the Phx area or contact Gail Morris.  In Phx, there are probably monarchs currently at Rio Salado Park (intersection of Central Ave and the Salt River).  I know Gail has monarchs at her home in Chandler as well.   chris   Chris Kline Sugar Grove, Ohio Follow my 2011 Big Butterfly Year on Facebook at Butterfly Rider or at http://butterflyrider.blogspot.com/   --- On Wed, 2/1/12, Roger Kuhlman wrote: From: Roger Kuhlman Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson To: "Leps List" Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 12:46 AM Thanks Paul for the information. Where would you look for Monarchs in Phoenix and Tucson in the Fall Months. What species of milkweed do Monarchs use in the higher elevations around Tucson and Mount Lemmon when breeding?   Roger   > From: monarch AT saber.net > Subject: Re: monarchs overwintering in Tucson > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:17:14 -0800 > To: leps-l AT lists.yale.edu > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Roger Kuhlman wrote: > > > Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs > > in the late Fall Months or the early Spring Months in > > Tucson? > > It's routine to find (if you know where to look) monarchs > in Tucson and other low desert cities like Phoenix and > Yuma from mid-September through May or June > http://swmonarchs.org/ > http://tinyurl.com/6qp24vz > > During the torrid heat of June through early Sept. > the monarchs in Arizona tend to be found at 3,500 feet > elevation and above, though even then a few have > been seen in Tucson (2,300 feet). > > > Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson > > in the high country of Mount Lemon and other > > surrounding mountain ranges? > > Yes, and they have even been photographed near > the summit of 9,157 foot Mount Lemmon: > http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/lemmon.jpg > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 05:01:04 -0800 (PST) There are occasional reports of overwintering monarchs in the Tucson area, but to my understanding it is not an annual thing.  Gail Morris (gail-marie AT cox.net) or Joe Billings (sw.dplex157 AT yahoo.com) would know better.  I have found monarch cats on Asclepias linaria in the Catalinas north of Tucson in late summer.  One year I searched and searched for them on Asclepias asperula in spring and early summer and found none.   chris   Chris Kline Sugar Grove, Ohio Follow my 2011 Big Butterfly Year on Facebook at Butterfly Rider or at http://butterflyrider.blogspot.com/   --- On Tue, 1/31/12, Roger Kuhlman wrote: From: Roger Kuhlman Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson To: "Leps List" Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 10:26 PM Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs in the late Fall Months or the early Spring Months in Tucson? Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson in the high country of Mount Lemon and other surrounding mountain ranges?   Roger Kuhlman   From: jim AT gpnc.org To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu; LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu Subject: monarchs overwintering in Tucson Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:47:34 -0600 #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass p.yiv1635192416ecxMsoNormal, #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass li.yiv1635192416ecxMsoNormal, #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass div.yiv1635192416ecxMsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";} #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass a:link, #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass span.yiv1635192416ecxMsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass a:visited, #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass span.yiv1635192416ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass span.yiv1635192416ecxEmailStyle17 {font-family:"sans-serif";color:black;} #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass .yiv1635192416ecxMsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv1635192416 {} #yiv1635192416 .yiv1635192416ExternalClass div.yiv1635192416ecxWordSection1 {} I have a report of some monarchs overwintering in Tucson.  Is anyone on the list seeing them also?  Can this be expected every year in Tucson or is this an unusually mild winter?   Jim Mason, Naturalist Jim AT gpnc.org Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67220-2200 316-683-5499 x103 - voice 316-688-9555 - fax www.gpnc.org   Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:46:40 -0500 Thanks Paul for the information. Where would you look for Monarchs in Phoenix and Tucson in the Fall Months. What species of milkweed do Monarchs use in the higher elevations around Tucson and Mount Lemmon when breeding? Roger > From: monarch AT saber.net > Subject: Re: monarchs overwintering in Tucson > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:17:14 -0800 > To: leps-l AT lists.yale.edu > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Roger Kuhlman wrote: > > > Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs > > in the late Fall Months or the early Spring Months in > > Tucson? > > It's routine to find (if you know where to look) monarchs > in Tucson and other low desert cities like Phoenix and > Yuma from mid-September through May or June > http://swmonarchs.org/ > http://tinyurl.com/6qp24vz > > During the torrid heat of June through early Sept. > the monarchs in Arizona tend to be found at 3,500 feet > elevation and above, though even then a few have > been seen in Tucson (2,300 feet). > > > Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson > > in the high country of Mount Lemon and other > > surrounding mountain ranges? > > Yes, and they have even been photographed near > the summit of 9,157 foot Mount Lemmon: > http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/lemmon.jpg > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > Subject: Re: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:17:14 -0800 On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Roger Kuhlman wrote: > Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs > in the late Fall Months or the early Spring Months in > Tucson? It's routine to find (if you know where to look) monarchs in Tucson and other low desert cities like Phoenix and Yuma from mid-September through May or June http://swmonarchs.org/ http://tinyurl.com/6qp24vz During the torrid heat of June through early Sept. the monarchs in Arizona tend to be found at 3,500 feet elevation and above, though even then a few have been seen in Tucson (2,300 feet). > Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson > in the high country of Mount Lemon and other > surrounding mountain ranges? Yes, and they have even been photographed near the summit of 9,157 foot Mount Lemmon: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/lemmon.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:26:55 -0500 Does anyone know how unusual it is to find Monarchs in the late Fall Months or the early Spring Months in Tucson? Do Monarchs breed in the summer nearby Tucson in the high country of Mount Lemon and other surrounding mountain ranges? Roger Kuhlman From: jim AT gpnc.org To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu; LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu Subject: monarchs overwintering in Tucson Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:47:34 -0600 I have a report of some monarchs overwintering in Tucson. Is anyone on the list seeing them also? Can this be expected every year in Tucson or is this an unusually mild winter? Jim Mason, NaturalistJim AT gpnc.orgGreat Plains Nature Center6232 E. 29th Street NorthWichita, KS 67220-2200316-683-5499 x103 - voice316-688-9555 - faxwww.gpnc.org Subject: monarchs overwintering in Tucson From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:47:34 -0600 I have a report of some monarchs overwintering in Tucson. Is anyone on the list seeing them also? Can this be expected every year in Tucson or is this an unusually mild winter? Jim Mason, Naturalist Jim AT gpnc.org Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67220-2200 316-683-5499 x103 - voice 316-688-9555 - fax www.gpnc.org Subject: Don't open an e-mail from me today. 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SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: sbsp AT aol.com Subject: Updated version of LepIndex now available From: "George Beccaloni" <G.Beccaloni AT nhm.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:36:57 -0000 We would like to let the Lepidoptera community know that the London Natural History Museum's Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) online database (see http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/lepindex/) has just been updated, thanks to the efforts of Ian Kitching, Thomas Simonsen, Adrian Hine, Chris Lyal, Justin Ollerenshaw and Peter Wing (see http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/lepindex/people .html). All information missing from database fields relating to the current valid scientific name of a taxon were filled in using information from the index card images or the literature. A number of corrections were also made to the taxonomy, including all those that users had kindly informed us of since 2005. About 2 person-years of hard work (largely by Justin & Peter) have been invested in this upgrade. Just to remind you what LepIndex is:- LepIndex is a digitised and updated version of the unique index card archive to the scientific names of the living and fossil butterflies and moths of the world at the Natural History Museum (London). This card index was produced by the museum's lepidopterists over many decades and contains about 95% of all currently valid Lepidoptera names (15,578 genus and 157,474 species names in total), together with synonyms, misspellings and misidentifications. ************************************************************************ **** Dr George Beccaloni Curator of orthopteroid insects (cockroaches [including termites], mantids, earwigs, stick insects, grasshoppers, crickets etc) & Director of the A. R. Wallace Correspondence Project (http://wallaceletters.info/ ), Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK. Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 5361 Fax. +44 (0)20 7942 5229 My Web CV:- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/cv-353 4.html ************************************************************************ **** Subject: Lepidopterists' Meeting 2012 in Denver, registration open From: "Gall, Lawrence" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 02:35:32 +0000 Forwarding this announcement on behalf of the 2012 Lepidopterists’ Society annual meeting committee: - - - Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Informatics Manager, Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX: 1-203-432-9816 ________________________________ From: "Frank T. Krell" > To: ECN-L AT listserv.unl.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:10:11 PM Subject: Lepidopterists' Meeting 2012 in Denver, registration open The combined 2012 Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society and the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica will take place at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science from 23 to 29 July 2012. We offer an exciting setting at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in a museum with great exhibits, access to the research collection, 21 field trips (19 of them free of charge), moderately priced accomodation, great food and interesting events. REGISTRATION IS OPEN at: http://www.dmns.org/lepidopterists-annual-meeting A slide show with the meeting schedule and pictures of the venue can be found at http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab This information will be regularly updated and soon be available on the Lepidopterist's Society webpage also (http://www.lepsoc.org/2012_meeting.php ). Currently the following symposia are planned: Digital imaging Trans-Beringian connections in Noctuidea Lepidoptera - plant interactions New developments in zoological nomenclature Please send your suggested talk and poster titles (and abstracts when available) to the program chair, Todd Gilligan, at tgilliga AT gmail.com AND copy to lepidopterist AT dmns.org See you in Denver in July! Frank Krell, for the Organizing Committee Dr. Frank-T. Krell Curator of Entomology Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee Department of Zoology Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA Frank.Krell AT dmns.org Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244 Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492 http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell lab page: http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab The Denver Museum of Nature & Science aspires to create a community of critical thinkers who understand the lessons of the past and act as responsible stewards of the future. Subject: Re: Which Buckeye is this. From: JRoberts <entoman AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 23:31:03 -0600 I'd say *J. genoveva* based on the orange tint of the pale subapical band of the FW (dorsal). ~ Jason On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Tom Middagh wrote: > Caught this down in the Florida keys. I think this is J. evarete but maybe > it is J. genoveva. > > Just wondering what others would think for a iD > > Thanks > Tom Middagh > > http://frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/DSCN5555small.jpg > > http://frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/DSCN5556small.jpg > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > -- *Jason D. Roberts* *~BAMONA project State Coordinator for Alabama Moth Data* *~Regional Surveyor of Cambaridae of North Alabama* Subject: Which Buckeye is this. From: "Tom Middagh" <trgarden AT frontiernet.net> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:45:54 -0600 Caught this down in the Florida keys. I think this is J. evarete but maybe it is J. genoveva. Just wondering what others would think for a iD Thanks Tom Middagh http://frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/DSCN5555small.jpg http://frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/DSCN5556small.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Pink-spot Sulphur (Aphrissa neleis) in the news From: Kim Davis <kim AT butterfliesofamerica.com> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:58:11 -0800 Thanks to Andy Warren's research at the McGuire Center and photos from butterfly photographers in South Florida, it's confirmed there is a resident butterfly species that has been in South Florida for many years unknown to everyone until now. Here are links to two articles that will appear in tomorrow morning's edition of the Sun Sentinel paper. The second link is to the most detailed story. http://tinyurl.com/79pyqln http://tinyurl.com/6re2jok Congratulations to Andy and all the photographers who sent in their photos! Life is Good... Kim Davis http://kimandmikeontheroad.com/ http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Butterflies from Columbia in the news From: metzlere AT msu.edu Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:57:39 -0500 Hi all, Today's news had information about butterflies in Columbia. Check it out at http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-colombia-butterflies-20111126,0,29958.story?track=lat-pick and keep those ladies employed. Cheers from warm, sunny, and dry NM. Eric https://sites.google.com/a/beyondbb.com/metzler/eric-cv ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III published today From: metzlere AT msu.edu Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:13:55 -0500 Happy Thanksgiving to all. A new compilation of papers, Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III, edited by B. Christian Schmidt and J. Donald Lafontaine, was published today. It is an on-line free access publication that can be accessed at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/149/ Just go to the link and you can read or download PDFs of any of the papers you desire. Here is the table of contents. Table of Contents Published: 24.11.2011 Christian Schmidt, Donald Lafontaine Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III Louis Handfield, Daniel Handfield A new species of Herpetogramma (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from eastern North America Bolling Sullivan Two new species of the Hagnagora anicata complex (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Costa Rica Clifford Ferris, Christian Schmidt Pterospoda nigrescens (Hulst), a synonym of Ixala klotsi Sperry (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) Bolling Sullivan, Isidro Chacón The genus Neotherina Dognin (Geometridae, Ennominae) in Costa Rica Eric Metzler, Edward Knudson A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from Texas and Oklahoma (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) Christian Schmidt, Josef De Freina Generic placement of the Neotropical species of ?Phragmatobia? (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes David Wagner, Timothy McCabe A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) Bolling Sullivan, Albert Legrain Gondysia preceded Neadysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae), a new generic synonymy from southeastern United States Bolling Sullivan, Donald Lafontaine New synonymies and combinations in Argyrostrotis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini) Eric Metzler, Gregory Forbes The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 2. Rediscovery and description of Sparkia immacula (Grote, 1883) (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini) Eric Metzler, Gregory Forbes The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 3. A new species of Aleptina Dyar, 1902 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini) Eric Metzler, Gregory Forbes The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 4. A new species of Schinia Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Heliothinae) Donald Lafontaine, Christian Schmidt Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico The paper by Metzler and Knudson specifically applies to Texas. Good reading. Eric Eric H. Metzler P.O. Box 45 Alamogordo NM 88311 metzlere AT msu.edu https://sites.google.com/a/beyondbb.com/metzler/eric-cv ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX From: JRoberts <entoman AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:38:31 -0600 I wonder if these new accruing records in south TX are simply due to more people with better cameras finding species that have always had some degree of presence there, or if there is an actual northward expansion into Texas due to something like the short term climate change demonstrated on this map? - http://www.arborday.org/media/mapchanges.cfm It appears zone 10 has, in recent years, moved onto southernmost Texas. Either way, very cool to see each new record. Jason On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > Another new US lep record from southmost Texas... > Mike Quinn, Austin > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David T. Dauphin > Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:37 PM > Subject: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., > TX have been posted > To: > > I have posted photos of the White-spotted Satyr - Manataria hercyna > maculata, found today at Estero Llano Grande SP-WBC in Weslaco, > Hidalgo Co., TX have been posted. To view the photos, go to > http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_newest_photos.html . > > Jan Dauphin > Mission, TX > For Valley wildlife watching info, go to > http://www.thedauphins.net > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > -- *Jason D. Roberts BAMONA project State Coordinator for Alabama & Tennessee Moth Data* Subject: Fwd: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:22:49 -0600 Another new US lep record from southmost Texas... Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David T. Dauphin Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:37 PM Subject: Photos of White-spotted Satyr found in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX have been posted To: I have posted photos of the White-spotted Satyr - Manataria hercyna maculata, found today at Estero Llano Grande SP-WBC in Weslaco, Hidalgo Co., TX have been posted.  To view the photos, go to http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_newest_photos.html  . Jan Dauphin Mission, TX For Valley wildlife watching info, go to http://www.thedauphins.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: John Douglass' email address From: bretcal1 AT verizon.net Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:48:16 -0600 (CST) Subject: New book due in two weeks From: "Wagner, David" <david.wagner AT uconn.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:03:04 -0500 The USDA Forest Service is about to print and release "Schweitzer, D. F., M. C. Minno, and D. L. Wagner. 2011. Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States. U.S. Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2011-01." This 517-page, full-color work will soon be available from Richard Reardon, USDA Forest Service, Forest health Enterprise Team, 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505; (304)-285-1563; rreardon AT fs.fed.us. The core of the book assesses the status and threats to 116 imperiled and/or rarely collected species or subspecies of butterflies and moths from the eastern United States. Most accounts are illustrated with an upper and lower side image of an adult. Larval images are provided for most species. Species accounts address identification, taxonomic notes, a detailed accounting of historic and current range, habitat, rarity, life history, threats and management issues. An extensive introductory section includes sections on causes of decline; critical habitats; roles of collecting, collections, and specimens, etc. This government publication will be distributed for free until copies are exhausted. Because only 1000 copies of this full-color book were printed (and there may not be resources for a second printing), you may want to get on the distribution list for this volume soon. David L. Wagner Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut 860-486-2139 david.wagner AT uconn.edu Subject: Project blends art, entomology and education... From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:06:31 -0600 Love Motel For Insects A Public Art project in New York, NY by Urban Art Projects http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1941001894/love-motel-for-insects?ref=email ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies From: "David James" <david_james AT wsu.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:31:28 -0700 If you are interested in butterfly life histories I think you'll want to see "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies"............... "For the first time in the world, the life histories of the entire butterfly fauna of a geographic region are presented in riveting photographic detail. The book's 448 pages contain more than 1500 superb high definition color photographs of all stages (including all instars) of 158 species/subspecies. In addition it features extensive narratives on the biology and ecology of butterfly eggs, larvae and pupae in the North American Pacific Northwest with considerable new information. Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies by David G James and David Nunnallee will appeal to naturalists, hikers, amateur entomologists, butterfly gardeners, conservationists, students, and general readers of natural history. For scientists and dedicated lepidopterists, the book provides an unparalleled resource on the natural history of immature stages of butterflies in the Pacific Northwest--and beyond, as many of Cascadia's butterflies occur in other parts of North America as well as Europe and Asia. Here is what noted author and butterfly expert Robert M Pyle has to say about the book: "The publication of James and Nunnallee, or 'the Daves' as we know them, is a matter for unreserved celebration, not only for lepidopterists and nature lovers of all stripes, but for anyone who cares about our butterflies' lives, futures, conservation management, and the plants with which they have co-evolved." The book is available for ordering from OSU Press http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/life-histories-of-cascadia-butterflies who currently show a shipping date of November 21 Dr David G James Associate Professor of Entomology Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Bunn Road, Prosser, WA 99350, USA http://www.wavineyardbeautywithbenefits.com/ Subject: "1000 miles of hell" From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:38:05 -0700 Monarch Population Status http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2011/09/monarch-population-status-12/ Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm by Chip Taylor Excerpt: "The migration is just beginning to navigate a 1000 miles of hell - a nearly flowerless/nectarless and waterless expanse of central KS, OK, TX and NE MX (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/)." On Sept. 18-19 I drove around northwestern Oklahoma and south-central Kansas (in the "hell" zone) and what I saw did not match Dr. Taylor's frightening description. I found a green or greenish-tan landscape with the usual abundance of sunflowers and other nectar plants one typically sees in Sept. The milkweed also looked normal and not severely water stressed. Starting from Oklahoma City, I drove a roughly circular route through the "hell" zone (exceptional drought zone) of northwestern Oklahoma and south-central Kansas as shown on this map: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/hellzone.jpg Here are some pictures and videos I took, all of which were taken in the "hell" zone: On Sept. 18 I drove north on I-35 from Oklahoma City and often saw Asclepias viridis milkweed along the roadside. I stopped at a few patches and found one plant with a 3rd instar monarch caterpillar: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/viridisa.jpg http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/viridisb.jpg I also saw occassional stands of sunflower nectar plants like this: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/sunflowersOKC.jpg Along the eastern outskirts of Enid, Oklahoma the landscape was still mostly green with sunflowers and lots of monarchs: Still photo: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/enida.jpg Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0chg-fzeKbU 10-15 miles north of Enid, Oklahoma along Hwy 81 there were fields galore of sunflowers: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJV3ZMOJ5I At one spot I found a monarch caterpillar in a patch of latifolia milkweed that looked healthy and not water stressed: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzBh6m_CyjE Now going west on hwy 64 about 5 miles before the town of Nash, Oklahoma, I took this video of monarchs nectaring on sunflowers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwcTaI2Iak Continuing west on hwy 64 one mile past Nash, OK I saw large fields of sunflowers like this: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/nash.jpg Continuing west on hwy 64 two miles west of Jet, OK I saw many monarchs nectaring on an unidentified flower: Still photo: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/jetb.jpg Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhrcyRD1ULA Five miles west of Nash, still on hwy 64, I encountered this huge field of alfalfa (cow feed) with numerous monarchs nectaring in it: Still photo: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/jetc.jpg Six miles south of Cherokee, Oklahoma, at the intersection of Hwy 64 and Hwy 8 I saw many monarchs nectaring on sunflowers: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jHvnZ3WwzI At the town of Burlington, Oklahoma I encountered yet another huge field of alfalfa with numerous monarchs nectaring in it. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTnVIlbbNI4 Another nectar plant I saw from time to time in this region was goldenrod: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/kansasa.jpg The next morning (Sept. 19) in the town of Alva, Oklahoma, I observed monarchs migrating east and southeastward at the rate of 1-5 per minute which indicates they were abundant in this northwest region of the State: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1J1_GEtFx4 Driving south from Alva along hwy 281 I observed nectar flowers from time to time and stopped to take this video of many bees on the flowers which shows the flowers were producing nectar despite the drought: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9bI4mIZIWg Sunflowers became increasingly abundant like this: Still photos: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/sunalva.jpg http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/signwaynoka.jpg http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/waysun.jpg Some people think these sunflowers look "stunted" from the drought and may not be producing much nectar. So I took held the video camera up close to the flowers and observed several insects were indeed gathering nectar or pollen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMaaEWye_k Along the eastern outskirts of Waynoka, Oklahoma I encountered still more sunflowers plus a huge field of alfalfa: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfN4gkCieWU Although flowering alfalfa is a powerful attractor for migrant monarchs, relatively few monarchs were seen nectaring in this field which I think suggests the migrants were not hungry enough to be distracted from their high altitude (soaring) migratory flight (a northwest wind that day caused most of the monarchs to go into high altitude soaring mode). I checked into a motel in Watonga, Oklahoma and then drove around town and from time to time saw fields of nectar plants with monarchs on them like this: Still photo: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/new/watonga.jpg Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_apsQSKfzU My conclusions from this trip: 1) Despite the drought, the supply of available nectar plants in the "hell" zone is vastly greater than the number of monarchs hence the monarchs are not having a hard time locating nectar plants nor are they drinking the plants dry of nectar. 2) In the "hell" zone the monarchs are in migratory mode for most of the day rather than in feeding mode which further suggests they are not seriously nutritionally stressed. A nutritionally stressed monarch will be preocupied with feeding as all experience monarch breeders and handlers know. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Guardian:Richard Benyon's 'war on ragwort' sparks fierce spat with ecologists From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:38:32 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/19/richard-benyon-ragwort Richard Benyon's 'war on ragwort' sparks fierce spat with ecologists Minister for the natural environment forced to delete 'aggressive' Facebook conversation thread * o * Comments (1) * John Vidal , environment editor * guardian.co.uk , Monday 19 September 2011 12.46 BST * Article history When the minister for the natural environment and fisheries, Richard Benyon , last week posted a picture on Facebook of himself bravely pulling up a ragwort plant while being watched by a quizzical cow, he probably thought the image of a true countryman being tough on weeds would go down well with the voters. After all, the pretty yellow plant that seems to spring up overnight in fields and hedgerows, is classed as one of Britain's most injurious, with a reputation for killing horses and grazing animals who eat it. It has its own act of parliament and code , and costs local councils and government agencies millions of pounds a year to spray it with herbicides. "I hate ragwort. It may not be the issue of the moment but I am on the warpath for those who let this vile weed spread. Chief target at the moment is the Highways Agency," wrote a confident Benyon on the wall of his Facebook page . But the cheers did not ring out. Instead, the minister with responsibility for biodiversity found himself in a fierce spat with some of Britain's leading ecologists. Within hours of the post about the "vile weed", more than 30 people had complained that he was ecologically illiterate, plain wrong or perpetuating myths put out about the plant by herbicide companies. "Minister of the natural environment!!!! You don't even seem to know Defra's [the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] guidance - get your facts straight - livestock are generally only harmed if they eat the dried plants in hay!", wrote Dusty Gedge , a leading urban ecologist and designer of green roofs. They attacked his science: "There is very very clear science on meta-population dynamics that shows that habitat loss with in a patchwork of habitats has a very severe effect. There is a chapter on ragwort in one of the standard textbooks," wrote another. And they attacked his ecological knowledge: "At least 30 insect and 14 fungi species are entirely reliant on ragwort, and about a third of the insects are scarce or rare. Ragwort is also a critically important nectar source for hundreds of species of butterflies, bees, moths, flies and other invertebrates, helping to maintain what remains of their much declined populations in the UK countryside," said Matt Shardlow, director of invertebrate society group Buglife . But Newbury MP Benyon, whose family's estates earn around Ł200,000 a year in EU farm subsidies , was not backing down. Like his colleague Tory MP Nicholas Soames, who in 2009 called the "scourge" of ragwort a national "shame", Benyon struck back, saying his critics were being "unnecessarily aggressive", and that he wasn't advocating ethnic cleansing of ragwort but that he wanted to deal with "a severe infestation of a poisonous plant". That only infuriated people more. "There is a campaign against ragwort. We are told that it kills hundreds or thousands of animals a year. We are told it is dangerous to touch it or it can give you cancer if you do. We are told it is a danger to dogs. None of this is true", said one. "Actually there is not a severe infestation of ragwort at the moment. There is a great deal of increase in the hysteria but the last government countryside survey actually shows a decrease. Ask your civil servants to check it for you." It was all too much for Benyon, who retired from the debate and, shortly afterwards, deleted the thread on his Facebook wall. The Highways Agency said it was baffled as to why Benyon had picked on them. "We take ragwort seriously. Where we judge it a risk we control it. This comes out of the blue," said a spokesman. Subject: Re: Wall mounts From: <drivingiron AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:19:30 -0400 You shouldn't display moths; they fade like crazy. Keep 'em in the dark - as the government does us. Jim Taylor -------------------------------------------------- From: "OscartheGrouch" Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:42 PM To: Subject: Re: Wall mounts > On 9/12/2011 6:19 AM, Dave wrote: >> Can anyone give me advice on mounting& displaying butterflies& >> moths >> in wall mounted display boxes? >> Thanks. >> Dave Green > > Well Riker Mounts were what I used as a kid > https://www.bioquip.com/html/view_prodpics.asp?CatalogNum=1043H&P=4 But > they are difficult to keep Dermestids out > of.https://www.bioquip.com/html/view_prodpics.asp?CatalogNum=1043H&P=4 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Wall mounts From: OscartheGrouch <tondaleo AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:42:46 -0700 On 9/12/2011 6:19 AM, Dave wrote: > Can anyone give me advice on mounting& displaying butterflies& > moths > in wall mounted display boxes? > Thanks. > Dave Green Well Riker Mounts were what I used as a kid https://www.bioquip.com/html/view_prodpics.asp?CatalogNum=1043H&P=4 But they are difficult to keep Dermestids out of.https://www.bioquip.com/html/view_prodpics.asp?CatalogNum=1043H&P=4 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:57:47 -0400 (EDT) Visit our web site to get a free copy of LepiLexi, a utility that will add the scientific names of all North American butterflies to almost all word processor spelling checkers. And while there see a demonstration of LepiList, software used to record lepidoptera sightings and/or collections. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: sbsp AT aol.com Subject: RE: Peterson Field Guide to Moths of *Northeastern* N. Amer. From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 10:52:53 -0500 Excellent! I look forward to seeing this new title. Thanks Mike. Jim Mason, Naturalist Jim AT gpnc.org Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67220-2200 316-683-5499 x103 - voice 316-688-9555 - fax www.gpnc.org -----Original Message----- From: Mike Quinn [mailto:entomike AT gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 4:40 PM To: TXENTO Subject: Re: Peterson Field Guide to Moths of *Northeastern* N. Amer. Here's a bit more info: Guide should include about 1300 species, illustrated by about 1500 photographs. Both macromoths and many of the smaller micromoths will be treated in the guide. The guide will present photographic images of moths as they are normally found in their resting postures. "All of the images you see here are the actual images that will appear for those species on the identification pages of the guide." http://themarvelousinnature.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/pfg_moths_cvr2_rev.j pg Potential layout design: http://bit.ly/pAemIn The plates will utilize the Peterson identification system of arrows to highlight key features for confirming the ID of a species. Range of coverage: Missouri - Virginia - New Brunswick - Minnesota. Guide will include range maps rather than range descriptions. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 1:29 PM Subject: Peterson Field Guide to Moths of *Northeastern* N. Amer. To: TXENTO New moth field guide coming early next yr. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America by: David Beadle; Seabrooke Leckie Beadle Bio: http://bit.ly/qjpJGJ Leckie Bio: http://bit.ly/p12RqW Trade Paperback; 640 pages; $32.00 Publication Date: 04/03/2012 "...provides everything an amateur or experienced moth-watcher needs." http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=1084 219 or: http://bit.ly/n04B81 Interesting that they used the term "moth-watcher"... Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: 3 Tailed Cecropians in 2 counties in 2 days in southmost Texas... From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 03:05:17 -0500 Notes on two of the three Historis acheronta (Fabricius) records posted below. Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan Jones Date: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM Subject: Tailed Cecropian at NABA Butterfly Park, 9/2/11 To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Got lucky after a not very interesting morning at the NABA Butterfly Park south of Mission when I found this butterfly feeding on bait that looked just like the pictures Barry Nall took in his yard yesterday. Holy moly, it's a Tailed Cecropian!  I caught David and Jan just as they were leaving and we were able to get some photos.  Mine are below.  Can't wait to see Jan's. http://i56.tinypic.com/x5w761.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/nbc00o.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/21l5s2g.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/okd5f.jpg Dan Jones, Weslaco ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Berry Nall Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:45 PM Subject: Tailed Cecropian: Falcon Heights, TX To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Hi, Today a Tailed Cecropian (Historis acheronta) came to bait in Falcon Heights, TX. It appeared to be very fresh. A picture is on my recent sightings page, http://leps.thenalls.net/content.php?ref=recent.htm Also present today was a Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima). A Florida Purplewing (E. tatila) was seen August 28. We've had a couple of light rains; snouts and common sulphurs are incredibly abundant, and numerous other species are starting to appear as well. Best, Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX leps.thenalls.net ===================================================== TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Fw: Specialists search From: "Dennis Schlicht" <dws1108 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:10:24 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Winkler To: IOWA-INSECTS AT LIST.UIOWA.EDU Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 8:14 PM Subject: [IOWA-INSECTS] Specialists search Hello all, I am posting because 1: I promised I would, and 2: because I know you all will help me find the answers I am searching for. I am a first year MS student at South Dakota State University, and am asking the following question on behalf of my lab mate. She is from Bolivia and is studying the following taxa. She is interested in finding experts to talk to regarding these taxa regarding either rearing them or any knowledge you all have to share about them. Vero (my lab mate) is working on finishing up her second year on her MS degree. Thank you all for your time and support! Taxa of interest: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae (Chilophaga virgati). Lepidortera: Blastobasidae or Coleophoridae (Blastobasis repartella). Sincerely, Laura B. Winkler Graduate Research Assistant Plant Science Department South Dakota State University Brookings,SD laura.winkler AT sdstate.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa Insects Mailing List IOWA-INSECTS AT LIST.UIOWA.EDU http://atmos.cgrer.uiowa.edu/herbarium/InsectMaList.htm The Iowa Insects Mailing List provides a forum for those interested in Iowa's insects and, more generally, invertebrates, their identification and ecology. Its purpose is to encourage novices who are trying to expand their knowledge about the incredible world of insects. Another objective is to support the Iowa Native Plant Society. This list is owned by Diana Horton and MJ Hatfield, managed by MJ Hatfield, and sponsored by the University of Iowa Department of Biology. For assistance, please contact the List Manager, MJ Hatfield, mjhatfield AT oneota.org Subject: road trip From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Please forgive the cross-post.  I will be leaving for AZ on Sept 2 from Ohio.  Wanting to do a lot of lepping along the way.  I have planned 2 hours per day while traveling for lepping and friend visiting.  I have been given some ideas for butterfly hunting in Iowa, the Memphis area and Kentucky, but would like to get some more input on good places to stop.  Preferrably places that would maximize number of species rather than looking for an individual species (unless its a sure bet).  Below is schedule with location of specific areas I am looking for site ideas:   Sat Sept 3 - nw Mississippi Sun Sept 4 - southern Arkansas Mon Sept 5 - Texas (Texarkana to Lubbock,  thought I'd stop AT LBJ Grassland, other ideas?) Weds Sept 14 - Colorado (I-25 then east on US34) Thurs Sept 15 - southern Nebraska Sat Sept 17 - Illinois along I-74   All suggestions would be appreciated.  THX   chris   Chris Kline Sugar Grove, Ohio Follow my 2011 Big Butterfly Year on Facebook at Butterfly Rider or at http://butterflyrider.blogspot.com/   Subject: road trip From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Please forgive the cross-post.  I will be leaving for AZ on Sept 2 from Ohio.  Wanting to do a lot of lepping along the way.  I have planned 2 hours per day while traveling for lepping and friend visiting.  I have been given some ideas for butterfly hunting in Iowa, the Memphis area and Kentucky, but would like to get some more input on good places to stop.  Preferrably places that would maximize number of species rather than looking for an individual species (unless its a sure bet).  Below is schedule with location of specific areas I am looking for site ideas:   Sat Sept 3 - nw Mississippi Sun Sept 4 - southern Arkansas Mon Sept 5 - Texas (Texarkana to Lubbock,  thought I'd stop AT LBJ Grassland, other ideas?) Weds Sept 14 - Colorado (I-25 then east on US34) Thurs Sept 15 - southern Nebraska Sat Sept 17 - Illinois along I-74   All suggestions would be appreciated.  THX   chris   Chris Kline Sugar Grove, Ohio Follow my 2011 Big Butterfly Year on Facebook at Butterfly Rider or at http://butterflyrider.blogspot.com/   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Subject: Miami blue, congeners, emergency listed as endangered spp. From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:54:38 -0500 Another south Florida species declared endangered in emergency action Christine Stapleton Palm Beach Post August 9th, 2011 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this morning that it is taking emergency action to protect the Miami blue butterfly. The emergency listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act protects the butterfly for 240 days as the service works on a permanent rule. The Miami blue is a small, coastal, non-migratory butterfly endemic to south Florida. Its range once extended from the Dry Tortugas north along the Florida coasts to about St. Petersburg on the Gulf coast and Daytona beach on the Atlantic coast but is now restricted to a few small, remote islands within the Florida Keys. Also on Tuesday the Service issued emergency status for the cassius blue butterfly, ceraunus blue butterfly and nickerbean blue butterfly as threatened throughout their natural range due to their similarity of appearance to the Miami blue. These three butterfiles overlap in range with the Miami blue in south Florida, but their entire natural ranges include the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Cuba and the Greater Antilles. In addition the Service issued a special rule to prohibit the collection and commercial trade within the United States. Also prohibited is the import or export of the three similar butterflies. The Service will not publish details of location of critical habitat to prevent poachers, vandals and collectors from finding the Miami blue. Many conditions have led to the demise of the Miami blue, including habitat destruction, exotic green iguanas, loss of genetic diversity, hurricanes and accidental harm from humans. http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/seeinggreen/2011/08/09/another-south-florida-species-declared-endangered-in-emergency-action/ or: http://bit.ly/nUY6qg Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net Subject: No Subject From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 01:03:48 -0700 (PDT) http://booksvilla.com/test.php?html101 Subject: Elephant Hawk Moth - Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus @ British Columbia - July 21 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:15:41 -0500 I believe this is a rare N. Amer. bug... *Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus * Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada July 27, 2011 http://bugguide.net/node/view/553248 Mike Quin, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net Subject: key to Canadian Lepidoptera From: Felix Sperling <felix.sperling AT ualberta.ca> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:33:36 -0600 Hello Lepidopterists, Jason Dombroskie's magnificent key to the Lepidoptera of Canada is finally published! It covers all leps to the level of family, and most of them to tribes, using a highly effective interactive key. For those of you who use only Macs, you'll have to wait until the XID format works on Macs, but in the near term future there should be an Android version (no kidding), and right now all PC users will want to download the interactive key as well as the pdf at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/ejournal/d_17/d_17.html Enjoy! Felix A Matrix Key to Families, Subfamilies and Tribes of Lepidoptera of Canada CJAI 17 July 19, 2011 doi:10.3752/cjai.2011.17 Jason J. Dombroskie Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. T6G 2E9, Canada. dombrosk AT ualberta.ca. Abstract Despite being ecologically, economically, and scientifically important as well as a relatively well known group of insects, the order Lepidoptera can be difficult for non-experts to identify reliably. The matrix-based key presented here provides an easy and reliable way to identify the more difficult groups of adult Lepidoptera using a standard dissecting microscope. The key allows identification to the level of subfamily or tribe for most Canadian Lepidoptera, includes 222 taxa, and uses 73 characters with 266 character states. Taxon pages covering the diversity, diagnosis, and taxonomic references of each taxon accompany the identification key. Subject: Re: A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:17:31 -0700 Quoting "Charles V Covell Jr." : > Bruce, isn't what you call a segmental gynandromorph also known as a > mosaic gynandromorph, or is that different? Cheers, Charlie > Yup, same thing ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:07:51 -0700 This is a bilateral gynandromorph. Segmental gynadomrophs, where part of the wing is a different sex that the rest, also occur, and are more common. Leps use a ZZ/WZ sex determination system, where ZZ are males and ZW are females (opposite of the XY and XX mammalian system for males and females), so that an initial ZW (female) cell can undergo a faulty mitosis to give rise to ZW (female) and ZZ (male) daughter cells, and hence be different sexes. cheers bruce ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:33:15 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14108204 A rare he-she butterfly is born in London's NHM By Jennifer Carpenter Science reporter, BBC News Rare beauty: Only 200 of the 4.5 million butterflies in London's Natural History Museum are a mix of two sexes. Related Stories A half-male, half-female butterfly has hatched at London's Natural History Museum. A line down the insect's middle marks the division between its male side and its more colourful female side. Failure of the butterfly's sex chromosomes to separate during fertilisation is behind this rare sexual chimera. Once it has lived out its month-long life, the butterfly will join the museum's collection. Only 0.01% of hatching butterflies are gynandromorphs; the technical term for these strange asymmetrical creatures. "So you can understand why I was bouncing off of the walls when I learned that... [it] had emerged in the puparium," said butterfly enthusiast Luke Brown from London's Natural History Museum. Mr Brown built his first butterfly house when he was seven, and has hatched out over 300 thousand butterflies; this is only his third gynandromorph. Half and half It is not only the wings that are affected, he explained. The butterfly's body is split in two, its sexual organs are half and half, and even its antennae are different lengths. "It is a complete split; part-male, part-female... welded together inside," he told the BBC. The dual-sex butterfly is an example of a Great Mormon, /Papilio memnon - /a species that is native to Asia. With a shortage of butterfly-specific gender neutral pronouns, the butterfly is being referred to as "it", and is already middle-aged at three and a half week's old. So the public has only a narrow window of opportunity to see it alive. Though rare, gynandromorphy isn't unique to butterflies; individual crabs, lobsters, spiders and chickens have all been found with a mix of two sexes. There are likely many more cases in the natural world, but sexual chimeras are more difficult to spot in animals where females and males look alike. Subject: Re: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland---is a Wood White cryptic? From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:32:32 +0100 On 13/07/2011 18:44, Michael Gochfeld wrote: > > This is a good example of why species names should be capitalized. > Is "cryptic" a descriptive adjective or part of a species name? > Species (to the extent that they exist in reality) are unique entities > and should be treated as proper nouns----newspaper style manuals > notwithstanding. Michael GOCHFELD > > There is more information here http://www.butterflyconservation.ie/wordpress/?page_id=218 and here http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n5/full/ncomms1329.html#/abstract Neil Jones neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk Subject: RE: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland---is a Wood White cryptic? From: "Michael Gochfeld" <gochfeld AT EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:44:21 -0400 This is a good example of why species names should be capitalized. Is "cryptic" a descriptive adjective or part of a species name? Species (to the extent that they exist in reality) are unique entities and should be treated as proper nouns----newspaper style manuals notwithstanding. Michael GOCHFELD ________________________________ From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Neil Jones Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:33 AM To: uk-leps AT yahoogroups.com; Entomology Discussion List; Leps List Subject: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland Cryptic wood white revealed as annual Big Butterfly Count is launched * Patrick Barkham * guardian.co.uk , Wednesday 13 July 2011 16.18 BST * Article history The cryptic wood white has been seen in Northern Ireland, but not in Great Britain. Photograph: Butterfly Conservation A new species of butterfly previously unknown to science has been discovered flying in Northern Ireland . The cryptic wood white looks exactly the same as both the Réals wood white and the wood white, a delicate and increasingly rare insect found in English woodlands in summer. But scientists have discovered it is in fact a unique species that has far more chromosomes, different DNA and genetically is 70,000 years old - far older than the two other species. "It's a very exciting discovery. We are going to have to rewrite the butterfly books," said Martin Warren, chief executive of Butterfly Conservation . The discovery comes as the charity launches the world's largest count of butterflies , the Big Butterfly Count, encouraging everyone to spend 15 minutes on a sunny day between 16 July and 31 July recording all the butterflies they spot in their garden, park or nearby countryside. Last year 10,000 people in the UK downloaded free identification guides and submitted sightings of 189,000 butterflies online at www.bigbutterflycount.org . Sir David Attenborough , the president of Butterfly Conservation, said butterflies rarely visited his suburban garden any more and the count was crucial to understand how and why butterflies were in decline. "I saw one peacock in my garden last year and that was a big day for me. I've even got to the stage where I welcome cabbage whites. They lift the heart but they are also crucial to the survival of British wildlife - for the birds that feed on their caterpillars and for pollinating flowers. If my heart is not going to be lifted by a butterfly because they've gone, my life is going to be much the poorer." The count is being funded by Marks & Spencer with the retailer filling the breach left by an 85% cut in Butterfly Conservation's funding from Natural England , the government's conservation body, which is shedding 800 staff in the public sector cuts. As well as providing crucial information on common butterflies suffering steep declines, including the small tortoiseshell and the meadow brown, the information submitted by butterfly lovers could help solve other mysteries in the butterfly world - and find more cryptic species, which are so called because they are identical to existing species and therefore hidden within them. The cryptic wood white, which has the scientific name of Leptidea juvernica, was discovered by Spanish and Russian scientists who identified the new species across a swath of central Europe, including Germany, Romania and Northern Ireland. Mysteriously, it does not occur in Great Britain, where the wood white is one of our most endangered species. For the last 10 years in Northern Ireland the cryptic wood white was believed to be the Réal's wood white, another so-called cryptic species which was only discovered in Europe in 1988. The cryptic wood white and Real's wood white differ from the wood white found in Britain in one important aspect: the males have much larger genitalia, leading to the nickname "long-willied wood white" in Northern Ireland. Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation said the discovery was important because it helped conservationists understand the distribution of rare insects and which species should be a conservation priority. "The fact that there have been two species hiding within the wood white is exciting," said Fox. "It also begs the question of what else is out there?" Subject: New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:32:51 +0100 New species of butterfly flying in Northern Ireland Cryptic wood white revealed as annual Big Butterfly Count is launched * Patrick Barkham * guardian.co.uk , Wednesday 13 July 2011 16.18 BST * Article history The cryptic wood white has been seen in Northern Ireland, but not in Great Britain. Photograph: Butterfly Conservation A new species of butterfly previously unknown to science has been discovered flying in Northern Ireland . The cryptic wood white looks exactly the same as both the Réals wood white and the wood white, a delicate and increasingly rare insect found in English woodlands in summer. But scientists have discovered it is in fact a unique species that has far more chromosomes, different DNA and genetically is 70,000 years old -- far older than the two other species. "It's a very exciting discovery. We are going to have to rewrite the butterfly books," said Martin Warren, chief executive of Butterfly Conservation . The discovery comes as the charity launches the world's largest count of butterflies , the Big Butterfly Count, encouraging everyone to spend 15 minutes on a sunny day between 16 July and 31 July recording all the butterflies they spot in their garden, park or nearby countryside. Last year 10,000 people in the UK downloaded free identification guides and submitted sightings of 189,000 butterflies online at www.bigbutterflycount.org . Sir David Attenborough , the president of Butterfly Conservation, said butterflies rarely visited his suburban garden any more and the count was crucial to understand how and why butterflies were in decline. "I saw one peacock in my garden last year and that was a big day for me. I've even got to the stage where I welcome cabbage whites. They lift the heart but they are also crucial to the survival of British wildlife -- for the birds that feed on their caterpillars and for pollinating flowers. If my heart is not going to be lifted by a butterfly because they've gone, my life is going to be much the poorer." The count is being funded by Marks & Spencer with the retailer filling the breach left by an 85% cut in Butterfly Conservation's funding from Natural England , the government's conservation body, which is shedding 800 staff in the public sector cuts. As well as providing crucial information on common butterflies suffering steep declines, including the small tortoiseshell and the meadow brown, the information submitted by butterfly lovers could help solve other mysteries in the butterfly world -- and find more cryptic species, which are so called because they are identical to existing species and therefore hidden within them. The cryptic wood white, which has the scientific name of /Leptidea juvernica,/ was discovered by Spanish and Russian scientists who identified the new species across a swath of central Europe, including Germany, Romania and Northern Ireland. Mysteriously, it does not occur in Great Britain, where the wood white is one of our most endangered species. For the last 10 years in Northern Ireland the cryptic wood white was believed to be the Réal's wood white, another so-called cryptic species which was only discovered in Europe in 1988. The cryptic wood white and Real's wood white differ from the wood white found in Britain in one important aspect: the males have much larger genitalia, leading to the nickname "long-willied wood white" in Northern Ireland. Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation said the discovery was important because it helped conservationists understand the distribution of rare insects and which species should be a conservation priority. "The fact that there have been two species hiding within the wood white is exciting," said Fox. "It also begs the question of what else is out there?" Subject: Parts of the Coronado Natl Forest (SE AZ) reopen tomorrow From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:14:21 -0700 See http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/ for latest updates Pena Blanca still closed, as is the Patagonia-Harshaw area and the Huachucas THREE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST RANGER DISTRICTS REOPENING Areas Affected by Wildfire and the Sierra Vista Ranger District Remain Closed, Fire Restrictions in Effect for all Open Areas TUCSON, AZ (July 12, 2011) – Three ranger districts on the Coronado National Forest will reopen July 12. The Santa Catalina Ranger District previously reopened. The Sierra Vista Ranger District remains closed. All open areas remain under Stage II Fire Restrictions. Portions of the Douglas Ranger District are open. The Chiricahua Mountains remain closed to provide for public safety related to flooding and road reconstruction or stabilization following the Horseshoe 2 Fire. All roads, trails, and developed campgrounds within the Chiricahua Mountain Range north of Forest Road 74 (Tex Canyon/Rucker roads) remain closed. Within this area, the following roads will be open for public use as long as safety conditions permit: FR 42 East of Onion Saddle (Cave Creek Canyon) FR 42A – Herb Martyr Road FR 42B – between Portal and Paradise . FR 42D between Onion Saddle and Barfoot Junction FR 357 from Barfoot Junction to Barfoot Park FR 622 – South Fork of Cave Creek is open to pedestrians only. FR 74 – Tex Canyon to Rucker Canyon Rd Trail 280 – Silver Peak Trail Vista Point Trail Cave Creek Nature Trail Crystal Cave Trail This closure will remain in effect until October 15, 2011, or until rescinded, whichever is earlier. Portions of the Nogales Ranger District are open. To allow for public safety, Pena Blanca Lake remains closed, as does Forest Road 39 from Highway 289 (at Pena Blanca Lake) to Forest Road 4186 (approximately one to one and one-half miles east of Ruby, Arizona). This closure will remain in effect until July 31, 2011, or until rescinded, whichever is earlier. The Safford Ranger District is open. All open areas of the Coronado National Forest remain under Stage II Fire Restrictions. Current prohibitions on all ranger districts of the Coronado National Forest are: Operating an internal combustion engine (i.e., using generators) ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Parts of the Coronado Natl Forest (SE AZ) reopen tomorrow From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:14:21 -0700 See http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/ for latest updates Pena Blanca still closed, as is the Patagonia-Harshaw area and the Huachucas THREE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST RANGER DISTRICTS REOPENING Areas Affected by Wildfire and the Sierra Vista Ranger District Remain Closed, Fire Restrictions in Effect for all Open Areas TUCSON, AZ (July 12, 2011) – Three ranger districts on the Coronado National Forest will reopen July 12. The Santa Catalina Ranger District previously reopened. The Sierra Vista Ranger District remains closed. All open areas remain under Stage II Fire Restrictions. Portions of the Douglas Ranger District are open. The Chiricahua Mountains remain closed to provide for public safety related to flooding and road reconstruction or stabilization following the Horseshoe 2 Fire. All roads, trails, and developed campgrounds within the Chiricahua Mountain Range north of Forest Road 74 (Tex Canyon/Rucker roads) remain closed. Within this area, the following roads will be open for public use as long as safety conditions permit: FR 42 East of Onion Saddle (Cave Creek Canyon) FR 42A – Herb Martyr Road FR 42B – between Portal and Paradise . FR 42D between Onion Saddle and Barfoot Junction FR 357 from Barfoot Junction to Barfoot Park FR 622 – South Fork of Cave Creek is open to pedestrians only. FR 74 – Tex Canyon to Rucker Canyon Rd Trail 280 – Silver Peak Trail Vista Point Trail Cave Creek Nature Trail Crystal Cave Trail This closure will remain in effect until October 15, 2011, or until rescinded, whichever is earlier. Portions of the Nogales Ranger District are open. To allow for public safety, Pena Blanca Lake remains closed, as does Forest Road 39 from Highway 289 (at Pena Blanca Lake) to Forest Road 4186 (approximately one to one and one-half miles east of Ruby, Arizona). This closure will remain in effect until July 31, 2011, or until rescinded, whichever is earlier. The Safford Ranger District is open. All open areas of the Coronado National Forest remain under Stage II Fire Restrictions. Current prohibitions on all ranger districts of the Coronado National Forest are: Operating an internal combustion engine (i.e., using generators) ------------------------------------ Subject: Coronando still closed From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:52:16 -0700 Despite a very act early monsoon season, the Coronado forest (Santa Catalinas, Santa Ritas, Harshaw, etc), i.e., essentially all of the classic SE Arizona collecting sites remains closed due to fire risk. This will (hopefully) be lifted soon. The lstest updates at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/ Also linked to this page are updates on the aftermath of the various fires. In particular, for the Horsehoe 2 fire (the Chiricahua fire, 223,000 acres), see tp://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/documents/20110701EASTBAERNewsRelease.pdf SOme (partial) good news: Soil damage: 20% unburned 38% low damage 30 % moderate damage 12% high damage ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Coronando still closed From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:52:16 -0700 Despite a very act early monsoon season, the Coronado forest (Santa Catalinas, Santa Ritas, Harshaw, etc), i.e., essentially all of the classic SE Arizona collecting sites remains closed due to fire risk. This will (hopefully) be lifted soon. The lstest updates at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/ Also linked to this page are updates on the aftermath of the various fires. In particular, for the Horsehoe 2 fire (the Chiricahua fire, 223,000 acres), see tp://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/documents/20110701EASTBAERNewsRelease.pdf SOme (partial) good news: Soil damage: 20% unburned 38% low damage 30 % moderate damage 12% high damage ------------------------------------ Subject: Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! From: "Hank Brodkin" <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:15:48 -0700 Mike: There was a fire at the bottom end – mostly grass. The main fire did not reach the fort. But they were going to/will make a fire break, thinning brush, etc. up Garden Canyon RD to (including?) Sawmill. I know they did some control burning up there last year. I don’t have any idea how much habitat will be destroyed by the fire break, if any. Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ 31°26’59.8”N 110°16’02.8”W hbrodkin AT cox.net "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" "Finding Butterflies in Arizona - a Guide to the Best Sites" http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin/ From: Mike Quinn Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 9:34 AM To: Leps-l Subject: Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! What's the status of Garden Cyn, i.e. did it burn as predicted? Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Bruce Walsh wrote: At long last, the Monsoons have started here in SE Arizona. Had 0.2 inches last night in Tucson --- does not sound like much, but first rain since Sept!!! Forecast is for scattered thunderstorms starting on the weekend. As always, the key will be if these last, but at least a start! ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:26:29 -0700 Quoting Mike Quinn : > What's the status of Garden Cyn, i.e. did it burn as predicted? > > Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin Nope. Garden Canyon was saved. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 11:34:43 -0500 What's the status of Garden Cyn, i.e. did it burn as predicted? Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Bruce Walsh wrote: > At long last, the Monsoons have started here in SE Arizona. Had 0.2 inches > last > night in Tucson --- does not sound like much, but first rain since Sept!!! > > Forecast is for scattered thunderstorms starting on the weekend. As > always, the > key will be if these last, but at least a start! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > Subject: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:21:00 -0700 At long last, the Monsoons have started here in SE Arizona. Had 0.2 inches last night in Tucson --- does not sound like much, but first rain since Sept!!! Forecast is for scattered thunderstorms starting on the weekend. As always, the key will be if these last, but at least a start! ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: SE Arizona: The Monsoons are here! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:21:00 -0700 At long last, the Monsoons have started here in SE Arizona. Had 0.2 inches last night in Tucson --- does not sound like much, but first rain since Sept!!! Forecast is for scattered thunderstorms starting on the weekend. As always, the key will be if these last, but at least a start! ------------------------------------ Subject: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:16:27 -0400 (EDT) Visit our web site to get a free copy of LepiLexi, a utility that will add the scientific names of all North American butterflies to almost all word processor spelling checkers. And while there see a demonstration of LepiList, software used to record lepidoptera sightings and/or collections. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: _sbsp AT aol.com_ (mailto:sbsp AT aol.com) Subject: Re: Garden Canyon update From: Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:10:06 -0700 Mike et al: I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but the final fire break to stop the fire will be Garden Canyon and Sawmill Canyon, unless by some miracle they can stop the fire at Ramsey Canyon (which they doubt they can do due the complex structure of that canyon). Who knows how much damage a fire break 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide can do? So keep your fingers crossed that any damage will not be that great and be only temporary. Hank Brodkin ---- Mike Quinn wrote: > Clips from "The [Sierra Vista] Herald" > > Monument Fire on > Sunday > Gallery of pix: http://bit.ly/mUmdAj > > A couple of individual dramatic pix: http://bit.ly/krcfUU, > http://bit.ly/ivIFf3 > > FIRES ON 2 FRONTS > ANTELOPE FIRE: SPARK FROM BULLDOZER BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE ON FORT > Sat, 06/18/2011 - 00:42 > ‎"The Antelope Fire, which started on Fort Huachuca at about 2 p.m. Friday, > burned 2,400 acres in a short time, causing the evacuations of some city > neighborhoods close to the post’s perimeter. > > Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said the cause was a spark from a > bulldozer operation while making a fire break on the South Range, which is > tinder-dry, causing the fire to rapidly grow." > > http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/06/18/207437 > > -------- > > I believe the Antelope Fire was fairly quickly 100% contained. This is the > fire that burned some of Lower Garden Canyon. Hopefully, Middle and Upper GC > will be spared... > > Mike Quinn, Austin > ________________ > Texas Entomology > http://texasento.net > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote: > > > To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before. > > However what caused the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer > > being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully, > > stop the fire's northward spread. Small fires were started by bulldozer > > activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer > > operation with firefighters. > > > > Hank Brodkin > > Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ > > hbrodkin AT cox.net > > http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin -- Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Garden Canyon update From: Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:10:06 -0700 Mike et al: I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but the final fire break to stop the fire will be Garden Canyon and Sawmill Canyon, unless by some miracle they can stop the fire at Ramsey Canyon (which they doubt they can do due the complex structure of that canyon). Who knows how much damage a fire break 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide can do? So keep your fingers crossed that any damage will not be that great and be only temporary. Hank Brodkin ---- Mike Quinn wrote: > Clips from "The [Sierra Vista] Herald" > > Monument Fire on > Sunday > Gallery of pix: http://bit.ly/mUmdAj > > A couple of individual dramatic pix: http://bit.ly/krcfUU, > http://bit.ly/ivIFf3 > > FIRES ON 2 FRONTS > ANTELOPE FIRE: SPARK FROM BULLDOZER BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE ON FORT > Sat, 06/18/2011 - 00:42 > ‎"The Antelope Fire, which started on Fort Huachuca at about 2 p.m. Friday, > burned 2,400 acres in a short time, causing the evacuations of some city > neighborhoods close to the post’s perimeter. > > Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said the cause was a spark from a > bulldozer operation while making a fire break on the South Range, which is > tinder-dry, causing the fire to rapidly grow." > > http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/06/18/207437 > > -------- > > I believe the Antelope Fire was fairly quickly 100% contained. This is the > fire that burned some of Lower Garden Canyon. Hopefully, Middle and Upper GC > will be spared... > > Mike Quinn, Austin > ________________ > Texas Entomology > http://texasento.net > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote: > > > To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before. > > However what caused the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer > > being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully, > > stop the fire's northward spread. Small fires were started by bulldozer > > activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer > > operation with firefighters. > > > > Hank Brodkin > > Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ > > hbrodkin AT cox.net > > http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin -- Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin ------------------------------------ Subject: Re: Garden Canyon update From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:52:26 -0500 Clips from "The [Sierra Vista] Herald" Monument Fire on Sunday Gallery of pix: http://bit.ly/mUmdAj A couple of individual dramatic pix: http://bit.ly/krcfUU, http://bit.ly/ivIFf3 FIRES ON 2 FRONTS ANTELOPE FIRE: SPARK FROM BULLDOZER BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE OF FIRE ON FORT Sat, 06/18/2011 - 00:42 ‎"The Antelope Fire, which started on Fort Huachuca at about 2 p.m. Friday, burned 2,400 acres in a short time, causing the evacuations of some city neighborhoods close to the post’s perimeter. Garrison Commander Col. Timothy Faulkner said the cause was a spark from a bulldozer operation while making a fire break on the South Range, which is tinder-dry, causing the fire to rapidly grow." http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2011/06/18/207437 -------- I believe the Antelope Fire was fairly quickly 100% contained. This is the fire that burned some of Lower Garden Canyon. Hopefully, Middle and Upper GC will be spared... Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Hank Brodkin wrote: > To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before. > However what caused the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer > being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully, > stop the fire's northward spread. Small fires were started by bulldozer > activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer > operation with firefighters. > > Hank Brodkin > Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ > hbrodkin AT cox.net > http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin Subject: Re: McGuire Center From: Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 8:03:21 -0700 Noel's collection was lost in the Monument Fire (in SE Arizona) in the Ash Canyon fire storm last week. His home was also lost. It is my understanding that he was able to save his notes - which are almost as valuable scientifically as thespecimens themselves. -- Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin ---- Vincent P Lucas wrote: > Jonathan: > > Nice post. I was not aware of something happening to the McFarland > collection. That's tragic. Is there anywhere to read about what > happened to it and when? I am one of the folks you listed as having > donated my collection to the McGuire Center back in 2007. Do you know > if there is currently, or if there ever will be, a way to view a list > of all of the donated specimens (some of mine were UFO's and un- > curated) online? I'd surely love that as I'm sure other donors would > as well. . . . > > Vincent P. Lucas > Naples, FL > vplucas AT comcast.net > > > On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:12 PM, JPPelham wrote: > > > All, > > > > The recent and devastating loss of the Noel McFarland collection > > brings the subject of what to do with our collections to > > centerstage. There is an urgency to the matter and I want to make > > plain a wonderful resolution. > > > > I recently spent two weeks at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and > > Biodiversity, part of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the > > University of Florida, Gainesville. For those who are unacquainted > > with this institution or are interested further, I advise exploring > > their site: > > > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ > > > > and previous issues of their Newsletter: > > > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/mcguireNews.htm > > > > I produced a .pdf file of some images I took while I was there but > > am not sure that attachments will fly here and do not know how to > > put it in a files section. There is no way that the McGuire Center > > website or my small contribution could give an accurate impression > > of the size and organization of the collections housed at the > > McGuire. I tried to show the canyons of drawers required to house > > the vast collection, the working space for the personnel dedicated > > to its maintenance and curation, and to give an idea of the task > > undertaken by the staff at the McGuire. > > > > I was hosted by Andrew Warren, Senior Collections Manager and warmly > > received by Tom Emmel, McGuire Center Director. > > > > It is not a misstatement to say that this collection, dedicated to > > Lepidoptera, is the most active and growing such aggregation in the > > world. It is a monument to the vision of its director, Tom Emmel, > > whose efforts towards creating the world’s largest and most > > extensive institution dedicated to Lepidoptera research are coming > > to fruition. Further, the projected expansion of the collection and > > the fact that it is largely privately funded (not critically subject > > to budget cuts!) insures that it will remain viable well into the > > future. > > > > Andy is exactly the right person to manage the collections. While > > undertaking my tasks I was able observe the pace of his daily > > activities. Any growing collection requires that new material be > > integrated into it. It is not a matter of ‘adding-on’ to a > > collection. The task is to extract, sort, and label each specimen, > > first by family, subfamily, genus and species until, at last, pinned > > specimens are ready to go into the main collection. This is > > tedious, time consuming, and requires complete dedication and focus, > > in other words, exactly the kind of thing Andrew Warren can do best, > > but that is not all he does by far. He oversees technicians that > > are spreading and labeling specimens at a prodigious rate and > > attends to their needs so that there is a constant stream of papered > > material being prepared for the collection. His standards are > > high. Before he let me do my work in the collection I was given a > > very strict protocol as to how I would proceed and how I should deal > > with any stray abdomen or leg. I observed that he set the standard > > high for everyone working in the collection but never higher than > > for himself. It was gratifying to see such a professional approach > > and absolutely incredible to see the results! It is not done to be > > sure, nor will it ever be if Dr. Emmel has his way. The collection > > is perennially in a state of being integrated but the progress since > > I was last here (2006) was impressive! > > > > The question of how much is enough is often raised when it comes to > > collections. The answer is ‘never enough.’ The biodiversity of the > > planet is dwindling; this is fact. Gathering and protecting extant > > samples of Lepidoptera, one of the most labor intensive groups of > > insects, has never been more important than at present. Making > > them available to researchers worldwide is as important. A case in > > point was an examination of Oeneis uhleri from Colorado. There were > > twenty drawers, mostly full, of this taxon from Colorado. It is > > true that almost any collection of this Arctic would have Colorado > > specimens; it is a common insect there. The point was, this volume > > was required to see patterns of geographic variation that would have > > been lost in half as much material. Andy was born and raised in > > Colorado yet he saw material from counties he had never examined > > material from before and that is saying quite a lot. > > > > The importance of the McGuire has not been lost on many owners of > > collections; I offer a small list of collections obtained by the > > McGuire Center in the recent past: > > > > Ulf Eitschberger (including the F. J. Gross collection) > > Luy Udo > > de Moliere > > M. Deitz > > P. Hoffmann > > Andrew Atkins > > Mt. Union University (Clement Baker collection) > > William McGuire > > Malcolm Douglas > > David Bauer > > June & Floyd Preston > > Kent Wilson > > Robert Eisele > > George T. Austin > > Austin Platt > > Vincent. P. Lucas > > Lowell Harris > > Jack Odor > > Pat Savage > > Robert Denno > > William Swisher > > Dan Lindsley > > Paul Milner > > Richard Bailowitz > > Bruce Walsh (butterflies only) > > Ray Nagle (butterflies only) > > D. Eiler > > Richard Peigler (2/3 of his moth collection) > > Ron Leuschner (Geometridae and Euxoa) > > > > The answer to the question ‘where should my collection go?’ has one > > obvious answer and it will become a monument to your life’s work at > > the McGuire Center. > > > > Jonathan P. Pelham > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Fwd: Fire in Ash Canyon, SE AZ, loss of Noel McFarland Coll. From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:55 -0500 Below, Bob describes the start of the fire that engulfed Ash Canyon. It's known as the Monument Fire. It's burning up the the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains and is currently encroaching on Sierra Vista. There was also apparently a fire in Lower Garden Canyon. GC has the mother load of biodiversity in the Huachucs. ABC15.com - Posted: 06/19/2011 http://bit.ly/mLeVqY Monument Fire growth animation 6/20 http://bit.ly/iWtJHs Then there's the fire in the Chiricahua Mtns. Both Rustler Campground and Barfoot Lookout were destroyed... Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Fire To: Mike Quinn Dear Mike, I heard that Noel's place was wiped out. I know he didn't move his specimens. We were quite certain that the firestorm erased our home--as it did to more than 25 others yesterday afternoon and up to 60 structures. Many neighborhoods are at risk and many more in harm's way. Looking at the mountains there is just a wall of smoke. Yesterday afternoon, there was a very sudden almost explosion throughout upper Ash Canyon the small dead oaks and dry manzanita plus the 100 degree heat and wind combined to create a fearful blaze. Fire roared down roads taking out homes in minutes.The fire jumped Hwy 92 and burned many acres of grassland but that was put out. That could easily happen again. Astonishingly, our structure (and the two straddling it) is still standing. There is still a fire of huge proportions heading up Ash Canyon and over toward Miller Peak and any bit of burning material could land and erase our house so we aren't getting our hopes up. We're still evacuated. They can't use the huge water tanker planes because they can't fly them through the canyons. There is a huge number of staff here, more planes and helicopters from out of state, etc. We went to a public meeting last night and were impressed by all of the agencies involved. Sadly, they have been (in the White Mts and Chiricahuas) saving structures but losing the forest. We'll see. Best, RAB -- Robert A. Behrstock Naturewide Images 10359 S. Thicket Pl. Hereford, AZ 85615 Phone/FAX:  (520) 378-3262 Tour Leading, Writing, Photography Visit my website: http://www.naturewideimages.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Garden Canyon update From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:46:10 -0700 I should have stressed in my early posts that the firefighters on the Monument fire have been doing an amazing job under very difficult conditions. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Garden Canyon update From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:46:10 -0700 I should have stressed in my early posts that the firefighters on the Monument fire have been doing an amazing job under very difficult conditions. ------------------------------------ Subject: RE: McGuire Center From: "John Shuey" <jshuey AT tnc.org> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:26:17 -0400 Go to http://insectnet.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=announce&action=display&thread=1247 to see a few details...   Please consider the environment before printing this email John A Shuey Director of Conservation Science jshuey AT tnc.org 317.829.3898 - direct 317.951.8818 - front desk 317.917.2478 - Fax nature.org      The Nature Conservancy Indiana Field Office 620 E. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202       -----Original Message----- From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Vincent P Lucas Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:41 AM To: zapjammer AT frontier.com Cc: Leps-l Subject: Re: McGuire Center Jonathan: Nice post. I was not aware of something happening to the McFarland collection. That's tragic. Is there anywhere to read about what happened to it and when? I am one of the folks you listed as having donated my collection to the McGuire Center back in 2007. Do you know if there is currently, or if there ever will be, a way to view a list of all of the donated specimens (some of mine were UFO's and un- curated) online? I'd surely love that as I'm sure other donors would as well. . . . Vincent P. Lucas Naples, FL vplucas AT comcast.net On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:12 PM, JPPelham wrote: > All, > > The recent and devastating loss of the Noel McFarland collection > brings the subject of what to do with our collections to > centerstage. There is an urgency to the matter and I want to make > plain a wonderful resolution. > > I recently spent two weeks at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and > Biodiversity, part of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the > University of Florida, Gainesville. For those who are unacquainted > with this institution or are interested further, I advise exploring > their site: > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ > > and previous issues of their Newsletter: > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/mcguireNews.htm > > I produced a .pdf file of some images I took while I was there but > am not sure that attachments will fly here and do not know how to > put it in a files section. There is no way that the McGuire Center > website or my small contribution could give an accurate impression > of the size and organization of the collections housed at the > McGuire. I tried to show the canyons of drawers required to house > the vast collection, the working space for the personnel dedicated > to its maintenance and curation, and to give an idea of the task > undertaken by the staff at the McGuire. > > I was hosted by Andrew Warren, Senior Collections Manager and warmly > received by Tom Emmel, McGuire Center Director. > > It is not a misstatement to say that this collection, dedicated to > Lepidoptera, is the most active and growing such aggregation in the > world. It is a monument to the vision of its director, Tom Emmel, > whose efforts towards creating the world's largest and most > extensive institution dedicated to Lepidoptera research are coming > to fruition. Further, the projected expansion of the collection and > the fact that it is largely privately funded (not critically subject > to budget cuts!) insures that it will remain viable well into the > future. > > Andy is exactly the right person to manage the collections. While > undertaking my tasks I was able observe the pace of his daily > activities. Any growing collection requires that new material be > integrated into it. It is not a matter of 'adding-on' to a > collection. The task is to extract, sort, and label each specimen, > first by family, subfamily, genus and species until, at last, pinned > specimens are ready to go into the main collection. This is > tedious, time consuming, and requires complete dedication and focus, > in other words, exactly the kind of thing Andrew Warren can do best, > but that is not all he does by far. He oversees technicians that > are spreading and labeling specimens at a prodigious rate and > attends to their needs so that there is a constant stream of papered > material being prepared for the collection. His standards are > high. Before he let me do my work in the collection I was given a > very strict protocol as to how I would proceed and how I should deal > with any stray abdomen or leg. I observed that he set the standard > high for everyone working in the collection but never higher than > for himself. It was gratifying to see such a professional approach > and absolutely incredible to see the results! It is not done to be > sure, nor will it ever be if Dr. Emmel has his way. The collection > is perennially in a state of being integrated but the progress since > I was last here (2006) was impressive! > > The question of how much is enough is often raised when it comes to > collections. The answer is 'never enough.' The biodiversity of the > planet is dwindling; this is fact. Gathering and protecting extant > samples of Lepidoptera, one of the most labor intensive groups of > insects, has never been more important than at present. Making > them available to researchers worldwide is as important. A case in > point was an examination of Oeneis uhleri from Colorado. There were > twenty drawers, mostly full, of this taxon from Colorado. It is > true that almost any collection of this Arctic would have Colorado > specimens; it is a common insect there. The point was, this volume > was required to see patterns of geographic variation that would have > been lost in half as much material. Andy was born and raised in > Colorado yet he saw material from counties he had never examined > material from before and that is saying quite a lot. > > The importance of the McGuire has not been lost on many owners of > collections; I offer a small list of collections obtained by the > McGuire Center in the recent past: > > Ulf Eitschberger (including the F. J. Gross collection) > Luy Udo > de Moliere > M. Deitz > P. Hoffmann > Andrew Atkins > Mt. Union University (Clement Baker collection) > William McGuire > Malcolm Douglas > David Bauer > June & Floyd Preston > Kent Wilson > Robert Eisele > George T. Austin > Austin Platt > Vincent. P. Lucas > Lowell Harris > Jack Odor > Pat Savage > Robert Denno > William Swisher > Dan Lindsley > Paul Milner > Richard Bailowitz > Bruce Walsh (butterflies only) > Ray Nagle (butterflies only) > D. Eiler > Richard Peigler (2/3 of his moth collection) > Ron Leuschner (Geometridae and Euxoa) > > The answer to the question 'where should my collection go?' has one > obvious answer and it will become a monument to your life's work at > the McGuire Center. > > Jonathan P. Pelham ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: McGuire Center From: Vincent P Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:40:30 -0400 Jonathan: Nice post. I was not aware of something happening to the McFarland collection. That's tragic. Is there anywhere to read about what happened to it and when? I am one of the folks you listed as having donated my collection to the McGuire Center back in 2007. Do you know if there is currently, or if there ever will be, a way to view a list of all of the donated specimens (some of mine were UFO's and un- curated) online? I'd surely love that as I'm sure other donors would as well. . . . Vincent P. Lucas Naples, FL vplucas AT comcast.net On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:12 PM, JPPelham wrote: > All, > > The recent and devastating loss of the Noel McFarland collection > brings the subject of what to do with our collections to > centerstage. There is an urgency to the matter and I want to make > plain a wonderful resolution. > > I recently spent two weeks at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and > Biodiversity, part of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the > University of Florida, Gainesville. For those who are unacquainted > with this institution or are interested further, I advise exploring > their site: > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ > > and previous issues of their Newsletter: > > http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/mcguireNews.htm > > I produced a .pdf file of some images I took while I was there but > am not sure that attachments will fly here and do not know how to > put it in a files section. There is no way that the McGuire Center > website or my small contribution could give an accurate impression > of the size and organization of the collections housed at the > McGuire. I tried to show the canyons of drawers required to house > the vast collection, the working space for the personnel dedicated > to its maintenance and curation, and to give an idea of the task > undertaken by the staff at the McGuire. > > I was hosted by Andrew Warren, Senior Collections Manager and warmly > received by Tom Emmel, McGuire Center Director. > > It is not a misstatement to say that this collection, dedicated to > Lepidoptera, is the most active and growing such aggregation in the > world. It is a monument to the vision of its director, Tom Emmel, > whose efforts towards creating the world’s largest and most > extensive institution dedicated to Lepidoptera research are coming > to fruition. Further, the projected expansion of the collection and > the fact that it is largely privately funded (not critically subject > to budget cuts!) insures that it will remain viable well into the > future. > > Andy is exactly the right person to manage the collections. While > undertaking my tasks I was able observe the pace of his daily > activities. Any growing collection requires that new material be > integrated into it. It is not a matter of ‘adding-on’ to a > collection. The task is to extract, sort, and label each specimen, > first by family, subfamily, genus and species until, at last, pinned > specimens are ready to go into the main collection. This is > tedious, time consuming, and requires complete dedication and focus, > in other words, exactly the kind of thing Andrew Warren can do best, > but that is not all he does by far. He oversees technicians that > are spreading and labeling specimens at a prodigious rate and > attends to their needs so that there is a constant stream of papered > material being prepared for the collection. His standards are > high. Before he let me do my work in the collection I was given a > very strict protocol as to how I would proceed and how I should deal > with any stray abdomen or leg. I observed that he set the standard > high for everyone working in the collection but never higher than > for himself. It was gratifying to see such a professional approach > and absolutely incredible to see the results! It is not done to be > sure, nor will it ever be if Dr. Emmel has his way. The collection > is perennially in a state of being integrated but the progress since > I was last here (2006) was impressive! > > The question of how much is enough is often raised when it comes to > collections. The answer is ‘never enough.’ The biodiversity of the > planet is dwindling; this is fact. Gathering and protecting extant > samples of Lepidoptera, one of the most labor intensive groups of > insects, has never been more important than at present. Making > them available to researchers worldwide is as important. A case in > point was an examination of Oeneis uhleri from Colorado. There were > twenty drawers, mostly full, of this taxon from Colorado. It is > true that almost any collection of this Arctic would have Colorado > specimens; it is a common insect there. The point was, this volume > was required to see patterns of geographic variation that would have > been lost in half as much material. Andy was born and raised in > Colorado yet he saw material from counties he had never examined > material from before and that is saying quite a lot. > > The importance of the McGuire has not been lost on many owners of > collections; I offer a small list of collections obtained by the > McGuire Center in the recent past: > > Ulf Eitschberger (including the F. J. Gross collection) > Luy Udo > de Moliere > M. Deitz > P. Hoffmann > Andrew Atkins > Mt. Union University (Clement Baker collection) > William McGuire > Malcolm Douglas > David Bauer > June & Floyd Preston > Kent Wilson > Robert Eisele > George T. Austin > Austin Platt > Vincent. P. Lucas > Lowell Harris > Jack Odor > Pat Savage > Robert Denno > William Swisher > Dan Lindsley > Paul Milner > Richard Bailowitz > Bruce Walsh (butterflies only) > Ray Nagle (butterflies only) > D. Eiler > Richard Peigler (2/3 of his moth collection) > Ron Leuschner (Geometridae and Euxoa) > > The answer to the question ‘where should my collection go?’ has one > obvious answer and it will become a monument to your life’s work at > the McGuire Center. > > Jonathan P. Pelham ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Garden Canyon update From: Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 4:24:37 -0700 To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before. However what caused the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully, stop the fire's northward spread. Small fires were started by bulldozer activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer operation with firefighters. Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin ---- David Ferguson wrote: > > Mmm - seems to happen a bit too often - in fact, once is way too often. > Dave FergusonNew Mexico > > From: jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:08 -0700 > Subject: [SoWestLep] Garden Canyon update > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The fire in Garden Canyon is seperate from the Monument fire, its a controlled > > burn that got out of control. > > > > For the latest on the Monument fire, see the facebook page > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-fire-az/152424388163732?sk=wall > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Garden Canyon update From: Hank Brodkin <hbrodkin AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 4:24:37 -0700 To set the record straight - yes, backfires have gotten away before. However what caused the Garden Canyon flareup was sparks from a bulldozer being used to make a firebreak, part of the system that will, hopefully, stop the fire's northward spread. Small fires were started by bulldozer activity that day in several places, so they started accompanying each dozer operation with firefighters. Hank Brodkin Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ hbrodkin AT cox.net http://members.cox.net/hbrodkin ---- David Ferguson wrote: > > Mmm - seems to happen a bit too often - in fact, once is way too often. > Dave FergusonNew Mexico > > From: jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:08 -0700 > Subject: [SoWestLep] Garden Canyon update > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The fire in Garden Canyon is seperate from the Monument fire, its a controlled > > burn that got out of control. > > > > For the latest on the Monument fire, see the facebook page > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-fire-az/152424388163732?sk=wall > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Subject: RE: Garden Canyon update From: David Ferguson <manzano57 AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:40:40 -0600 Mmm - seems to happen a bit too often - in fact, once is way too often. Dave FergusonNew Mexico From: jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:08 -0700 Subject: [SoWestLep] Garden Canyon update The fire in Garden Canyon is seperate from the Monument fire, its a controlled burn that got out of control. For the latest on the Monument fire, see the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-fire-az/152424388163732?sk=wall [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Subject: McGuire Center From: JPPelham <zapjammer AT frontier.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:12:46 +0000 (UTC) All, The recent and devastating loss of the Noel McFarland collection brings the subject of what to do with our collections to centerstage. There is an urgency to the matter and I want to make plain a wonderful resolution. I recently spent two weeks at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, part of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, Gainesville. For those who are unacquainted with this institution or are interested further, I advise exploring their site: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ and previous issues of their Newsletter: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/mcguireNews.htm I produced a .pdf file of some images I took while I was there but am not sure that attachments will fly here and do not know how to put it in a files section. There is no way that the McGuire Center website or my small contribution could give an accurate impression of the size and organization of the collections housed at the McGuire. I tried to show the canyons of drawers required to house the vast collection, the working space for the personnel dedicated to its maintenance and curation, and to give an idea of the task undertaken by the staff at the McGuire. I was hosted by Andrew Warren, Senior Collections Manager and warmly received by Tom Emmel, McGuire Center Director. It is not a misstatement to say that this collection, dedicated to Lepidoptera, is the most active and growing such aggregation in the world. It is a monument to the vision of its director, Tom Emmel, whose efforts towards creating the world’s largest and most extensive institution dedicated to Lepidoptera research are coming to fruition. Further, the projected expansion of the collection and the fact that it is largely privately funded (not critically subject to budget cuts!) insures that it will remain viable well into the future. Andy is exactly the right person to manage the collections. While undertaking my tasks I was able observe the pace of his daily activities. Any growing collection requires that new material be integrated into it. It is not a matter of ‘adding-on’ to a collection. The task is to extract, sort, and label each specimen, first by family, subfamily, genus and species until, at last, pinned specimens are ready to go into the main collection. This is tedious, time consuming, and requires complete dedication and focus, in other words, exactly the kind of thing Andrew Warren can do best, but that is not all he does by far. He oversees technicians that are spreading and labeling specimens at a prodigious rate and attends to their needs so that there is a constant stream of papered material being prepared for the collection. His standards are high. Before he let me do my work in the collection I was given a very strict protocol as to how I would proceed and how I should deal with any stray abdomen or leg. I observed that he set the standard high for everyone working in the collection but never higher than for himself. It was gratifying to see such a professional approach and absolutely incredible to see the results! It is not done to be sure, nor will it ever be if Dr. Emmel has his way. The collection is perennially in a state of being integrated but the progress since I was last here (2006) was impressive! The question of how much is enough is often raised when it comes to collections. The answer is ‘never enough.’ The biodiversity of the planet is dwindling; this is fact. Gathering and protecting extant samples of Lepidoptera, one of the most labor intensive groups of insects, has never been more important than at present. Making them available to researchers worldwide is as important. A case in point was an examination of Oeneis uhleri from Colorado. There were twenty drawers, mostly full, of this taxon from Colorado. It is true that almost any collection of this Arctic would have Colorado specimens; it is a common insect there. The point was, this volume was required to see patterns of geographic variation that would have been lost in half as much material. Andy was born and raised in Colorado yet he saw material from counties he had never examined material from before and that is saying quite a lot. The importance of the McGuire has not been lost on many owners of collections; I offer a small list of collections obtained by the McGuire Center in the recent past: Ulf Eitschberger (including the F. J. Gross collection) Luy Udo de Moliere M. Deitz P. Hoffmann Andrew Atkins Mt. Union University (Clement Baker collection) William McGuire Malcolm Douglas David Bauer June & Floyd Preston Kent Wilson Robert Eisele George T. Austin Austin Platt Vincent. P. Lucas Lowell Harris Jack Odor Pat Savage Robert Denno William Swisher Dan Lindsley Paul Milner Richard Bailowitz Bruce Walsh (butterflies only) Ray Nagle (butterflies only) D. Eiler Richard Peigler (2/3 of his moth collection) Ron Leuschner (Geometridae and Euxoa) The answer to the question ‘where should my collection go?’ has one obvious answer and it will become a monument to your life’s work at the McGuire Center. Jonathan P. Pelham Subject: Good news re: Garden Canyon From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:04:41 -0700 The fire in Garden Canyon is now 90% contained. However, the separate (and much more massive) Monument Fire is still burning towards Garden Canyon from the south ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Good news re: Garden Canyon From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:04:41 -0700 The fire in Garden Canyon is now 90% contained. However, the separate (and much more massive) Monument Fire is still burning towards Garden Canyon from the south ------------------------------------ Subject: Garden Canyon update From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:08 -0700 The fire in Garden Canyon is seperate from the Monument fire, its a controlled burn that got out of control. For the latest on the Monument fire, see the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-fire-az/152424388163732?sk=wall ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: SE AZ fires: Garden Canyon currently burning From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:33:28 -0700 Here's the latest on fires in classic locations here in SE Arizona. The links have detailed fire maps (very depressing) and are being constantly updated The Momument fire is currently burning through lower Garden Canyon in the Huachucas 19,000 acres and growing http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2324/ Murphy Complex (inactive): Pena Blanca, Sycamore Canyon 68,000 acres http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2268/ Wallow fire (the one getting all the national press) White Mountains, Hannagan Meadow, etc. 495,000 acres and growing http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2262/ Horsehoe Two fire Chiricahua Mts (essentially, the whole range) 185,000 acres -- not much left to burn http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2225/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Garden Canyon update From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:42:08 -0700 The fire in Garden Canyon is seperate from the Monument fire, its a controlled burn that got out of control. For the latest on the Monument fire, see the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monument-fire-az/152424388163732?sk=wall ------------------------------------ Subject: SE AZ fires: Garden Canyon currently burning From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:33:28 -0700 Here's the latest on fires in classic locations here in SE Arizona. The links have detailed fire maps (very depressing) and are being constantly updated The Momument fire is currently burning through lower Garden Canyon in the Huachucas 19,000 acres and growing http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2324/ Murphy Complex (inactive): Pena Blanca, Sycamore Canyon 68,000 acres http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2268/ Wallow fire (the one getting all the national press) White Mountains, Hannagan Meadow, etc. 495,000 acres and growing http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2262/ Horsehoe Two fire Chiricahua Mts (essentially, the whole range) 185,000 acres -- not much left to burn http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2225/ ------------------------------------ Subject: No Subject From: magritash AT aol.com Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:54:57 -0400 (EDT) http://www.as-centar.hr/come.php ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl