I took my young children on their very first camping trip, spending last Saturday night (June 27) at altitude in the San Bernardino Mountains. Unlike my trip...
All, I have been asked to forward some very sad news to the butterfly community. I have been informed that George Austin passed away yesterday in Gainesville,...
Last week, Philp Kline posted on his trip to Locket Meadow, the Inner Basin in the San Francisco Mountains just North of Flagstaff. Enticed by the forsight of...
All, We have assembled a small, still incomplete webpage memorial to George Austin; most people don't realize how prolific he was, nor the magnitude of his...
Major congratulations to Chris Schmidt, whose brilliant revision of the genus Grammia (Arctiinae) has just appeared in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean ...
Bruce Walsh
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Jul 2, 2009 11:42 pm
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Everyone: I am very sad to hear of George T. Austin's death. Coincidently, just before I received the news, I had just entered many of George's eastern...
Hi Andy, I am so sorry to hear about George. I never met him; but did correspond a little. Thanks to you, Mike and Kim, and BOA for putting that page together...
[ JLS Lepping reports from SE AZ ] AZ, Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Pinery Canyon Rd., Friday, 3 July 2009, 1100 - 1400, 24 species: Golden Banded-Skipper...
Tom: Ah, the power of keyword search in Acrobat: G. turbans pg. 515. Syn of obliterata...
Bruce Walsh
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Jul 4, 2009 8:51 pm
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Hi all, It was a real treat to get out and stretch my painful limbs today and conduct a personal butterfly count in honor of our nation's birthday. I...
Lepsters, Kurt Radamaker and I ventured to Carr Canyon today in search of Pine Satyr (Paramacera allyni). We were unsuccessful in finding any, but we had a...
Is there a comprehensive eastern moth book? chris Chris Kline Director of Education Grange Insurance Audubon Center 692 North High Street, Suite 303 ...
While no moth book is "comprehensive" (too many species!), I believe that Charles Covell's Field Guide to Eastern Moths was reprinted a few year's back and...
THE 4TH OF JULY BUTTERFLY COUNT is an ongoing program of NABA to census the butterflies of North America (United States, Canada and Mexico) and to publish...
I camped in the White Mountains during the subject dates looking for butterflies and a change of scenery. I found lots of rain and so many lifers that in my...
Hi everyone, I took a vacation from job searching to check out some of the local fauna up Millcreek Canyon. Many butterflies at the lower part of the canyon...
JIm, found this in Chattanooga, TN on a lawn under a pine tree. There was some mixed hardwood trees 50' away. It was all green and around 3" long and 3/8" ...
To all MOTHers, An addition to the tremendous numbers and diversity of leps seen on the 4th of July on Mt. Palomar, was the interesting day flying moths that I...
Pete: If day-flying (i.e., it was near flowers), this could be a species of Schina. Only roughly 250 in North America, so have fun!...
Bruce Walsh
jbwalsh@...
Jul 7, 2009 6:27 pm
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[ JLS Lepping reports from SE AZ ] AZ, Santa Cruz Co., Santa Rita Mts., Montosa Canyon, Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 0825 - 1155, 22 species: Arizona Skipper...
I was out at Cloudcroft, NM on the 30 June - had a few scattered showers but warm enough for lots of leps to be out. Saw about a 12 individuals of the...
All lepheads, Lyside Sulphurs (K. lyside) have invaded Tucson at least as of yesterday. Flight appears to be to the east with a northward tilt. I found eggs...
JimJoanJoy@...
Jul 8, 2009 4:16 pm
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Dear Lepsters, Yesterday (7 July), while driving in the rain on Hwy. 92 from Bisbee towards the Huachucas, I saw three Lyside Sulphurs flying north across the...
A large number, her, just today Location: 5494 East Edwin Road, Tucson, Arizona 85739-1924 CJ Vincent WowArizona.com ... [Non-text portions of this message...
I found a new county record (Otero), in southern New Mexico, on 25 June, 2009. I am sure it was not recorded before because of lack of observers in that area....
Thanks for the warning Todd. I am here now (Park City) and shall take what I can catch. I was thinking that the slim pickings were just my age and declining...
Upon closer examination of photographs, I am pleased to make the following 2 corrections: The Greenish Blue reported at Hannigan Meadow was a Boisduval's Blue,...
[ JLS Lepping reports from SE AZ ] AZ, Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., West Turkey Creek, Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 0820 - 1420, 36 species: Dull Firetip...
Chris, I did some more hiking today up Provo Canyon (South Fork) to a place called Big Springs Hollow. Butterfly population/fluctuation studies are currently...
Kojiro Shiraiwa as written an impressive book, The Butterflies of San Diego County. The format is "illustrated enclyclopedia" as the author states--a very...
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