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2 Jul Very important new moth paper! [Bruce Walsh ] 2 Jul Very important new moth paper! [Bruce Walsh ] 01 Jul immediate change of email [Astrid Caldas ] 29 Jun P. rutulus HUGE female ["The Arthurs" ] 25 Jun P. rutulus; forgot to say location ["The Arthurs" ] 25 Jun P rutulus ["The Arthurs" ] 20 Jun Re: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis ["Gary Anweiler" ] 20 Jun Re: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis [Ron Hodges ] 20 Jun Correct spelling of novaroensis [JPPelham ] 20 Jun correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis ["Gary Anweiler" ] 18 Jun RE: Shanghai checklist ["Jim Mason" ] 18 Jun Shanghai checklist [Jan Horak ] 11 Jun Re: Moth articles ["Don Lafontaine" ] 11 Jun No Subject [Bruce Walsh ] 11 Jun (unknown) [Bruce Walsh ] 4 Jun Butterflies of Iowa error [Dennis Schlicht ] 4 Jun Re: Parasitic Wasp identification [JOHN B HILLIS ] 4 Jun Parasitic Wasp identification ["Michael Gochfeld" ] 3 Jun RE: extreme dimorphism in Papilio rutulus in Oakland, CA ["Grkovich, Alex" ] 3 Jun extreme dimorphism in Papilio rutulus in Oakland, CA ["The Arthurs" ] 29 May Call for Symposia - 6th Internat. Conference on the Biology of Butterflies [Felix Sperling ] 26 May painted ladies guardian article [Neil Jones ] 26 May No Subject [Neil Jones ] 26 May No Subject [Neil Jones ] 19 May Re: Limenitis [Doug Yanega ] 19 May Limenitis ["The Arthurs" ] 11 May McGuire Center News 2009 [Andrei Sourakov ] 8 May Moths of Western North America [Bruce Walsh ] 8 May Moths of Western North America [Bruce Walsh ] 2 May Several new moth species! [Bruce Walsh ] 2 May Several new moth species! [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Apr Re: Holy Moly! [Mike Quinn ] 17 Apr caterpillar book ["Jim Mason" ] 14 Apr LepSoc meeting in Mexico - deadline for abstract submission extended [Astrid Caldas ] 09 Mar Help Requested for Research Project on Lophocampa maculata [] 6 Mar Thanks for identification help [David Hamilton Cox ] 06 Mar Re: Smithsonian live butterfly exhibit id's [Neil Jones ] 5 Mar Smithsonian live butterfly exhibit id's [David Hamilton Cox ] 23 Feb Scientists confirm mixing between east and west populations of Monarchs [Paul Cherubini ] 15 Feb Re: Apamea ophiogramma ["Don Lafontaine" ] 15 Feb Re: Apamea ophiogramma [Bruce Walsh ] 15 Feb Apamea ophiogramma ["Gary Anweiler" ] 12 Feb Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? [Rodolphe Rougerie ] 12 Feb Happy Birthday Chuck! ["Jim Mason" ] 11 Feb Free scientific name spelling checker [] 11 Feb Re: Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? [James Adams ] 10 Feb Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? [Doug Yanega ] 8 Feb Euxanthe crossleyi? ["Tom Middagh" ] 06 Feb Lepidopterists' Society Meeting and Elen III [Astrid Caldas ] 5 Feb Re: dot distribution maps [Mike Quinn ] 6 Feb Fw: dot distribution maps ["Roger C. KENDRICK" ] 05 Feb Re: dot distribution maps ["Jason J. Dombroskie" ] 5 Feb Re: dot distribution maps [chris kline ] 5 Feb Re: dot distribution maps [Hugh McGuinness ] 5 Feb dot distribution maps [Richard Worth ] 31 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens ["K. W. Philip" ] 31 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens [Tony Thomas ] 30 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens ["Gary Anweiler" ] 30 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens [Stan Gorodenski ] 30 Jan Thanks for helping ID Heliothis oregonica ["Tom Middagh" ] 29 Jan Monarch Numbers in Mexico Up Slightly This Winter [Paul Cherubini ] 29 Jan A late January view of a Mojave Desert Monarh Overwintering site [Paul Cherubini ] 29 Jan Species ID Heliothis? ["Tom Middagh" ] 29 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens [Tony Thomas ] 29 Jan Re: fixing greasy specimens [Hugh McGuinness ] 29 Jan fixing greasy specimens ["The Arthurs" ] 17 Jan Re: do Leps walk? ["K. W. Philip" ] 17 Jan Mid-winter Micros... [Mike Quinn ] 17 Jan Re: do Leps walk? [] 17 Jan Re: do Leps walk? [Hugh McGuinness ] 16 Jan do Leps walk? ["The Arthurs" ] 7 Jan New Moth Book!!!!!!!!!! ["The Arthurs" ] 27 Nov the writings of Richard HollandKeep up th good work. ["Gary Anweiler" ] 26 Nov Metardaris cosinga - Hesperiid or Papilionid? ["The Arthurs" ] 11 Nov Butterlies of Tanzania [] 25 Oct DeWind Award 2009 Applications Now Being Accepted ["Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" ] Subject: Very important new moth paper! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:32:15 -0700 Major congratulations to Chris Schmidt, whose brilliant revision of the genus Grammia (Arctiinae) has just appeared in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (156: 507--597). 90 pages of color plates, range maps, DNA -- all the good stuff! Congrats Chris! Now get to work on the Arctiinae MONAs!! ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Very important new moth paper! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:32:15 -0700 Major congratulations to Chris Schmidt, whose brilliant revision of the genus Grammia (Arctiinae) has just appeared in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (156: 507--597). 90 pages of color plates, range maps, DNA -- all the good stuff! Congrats Chris! Now get to work on the Arctiinae MONAs!! Subject: immediate change of email From: Astrid Caldas <acaldas AT umd.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:53:39 -0400 hi everyone, sorry if you receive this in error, but i do not have time to sort who to send this and who to not send this. i have been fired from my job due to state budget cuts, and this email address will no longer work as of tonight, i am told. it was quite sudden and quite a surprise. so, if you need to reach me, please use the email address astridcaldas AT yahoo.com thanks, astrid -- Dr. Astrid Caldas Dept. of Entomology, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4454 http://myprofile.cos.com/caldas http://www.barbosalab.umd.edu/ Phone (301)405-3945 Fax (301)314-6334 Email: acaldas AT umd.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: P. rutulus HUGE female From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:37:25 -0700 Hi. Thanks for responses on P. rutulus. Now I have one more thing about that species to say. Today, in the front yard in Oakland, CA, I caught a HUGE female rutulus. It has so much orange on the underside that about 1/3 of the hindwing yellow area is obscured by orangish overscaling. On the upperside, it is golden yellow with a striking resemblance to male P. glaucus, having very thick, uneven black bars on the forewing and broad, angular wings. I believe it is a size record for the species, being about 5 1/4" in wingspan. I want the specimen for the collection, but she is full of eggs and needs to oviposit or there may be a shortage of rutulus locally in the next brood. I have her in my backyard butterfly pavilion, with some nectar plants and a small Raywood ash for ovipositing. I believe that the variation in P. rutulus is caused by different host plants. I know at least two host trees in my neighborhood (a willow and a Raywood ash), and suspect some others (such as a sort of cherry tree in the park that the swallowtails flutter around and around). I have found many other host trees in the East Bay Area, including some that are hosts for both P. rutulus and multicaudatus, or only multicaudatus. This raises the question, why are there no P. multicautatus in the coastal Bay Area. This is something I'm trying to find out. I think that it is because the Bay Area is a drier climate than P. multicaudatus pusillus can live in. Thanks. - Noah Arthur Subject: P. rutulus; forgot to say location From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:17:44 -0700 Hi. Sorry, I forgot to say where I am (I said it in my previous email). I am in Oakland, CA. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the distribution of the Pterourus swallowtails is interesting. P. rutulus is common to abundant in urban and suburban settings (including the middle of San Francisco, where they are exceptionally abundant). Outside the cities, rutulus is usually vastly outnumbered by P. eurymedon. It is also outnumbered by P. multicaudata just north of the bay (Cazadero). -- Noah Arthur Subject: P rutulus From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:23:52 -0700 Hi. Sorry to get back to you so late. It's been a busy month. I was able to get to the local city park (where there are very large numbers of P. rutulus) a few times lately and look very closely at the male rutulus. There are, actually, three forms. One is the light form, pure lemon yellow on the upperside with very little orange on the underside hindwing; another is the orange form, which has a very light orangish/gold tint on the upperside and a lot of orange below; and another is the gold form, which has a very strong orangish/gold tint on the upperside and only a little orange below. Here are some photos. In both photos: left: light form. middle: orange form. right: gold form. The orange-suffused form (middle) is rather worn and the pictures did not get the orange well, but it had some orange suffusion in the postmedian area on the hindwing below, and orange in the uppermost submarginal spot both above and below. The gold form has an aberration on its hindwing. Subject: Re: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:11:20 -0600 Re: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensisThanks to all who replied to my query re. the spelling of novaroensis. Looks like the old guys are wrong on this one. Gary Subject: Re: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis From: Ron Hodges <rwhodges AT rhodges.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:44:48 -0700 > The correct‹original spelling is novaroensis. > > I just looked at the original description [Papilio, 1: 199, 1881]. The type > locality was spelled Novaro, Mendocino Co., Cal. in the paper. > > Ron Hodges > > ]I note in the marvellous new Moths of Western North America that Synanthedon > novaroensis is mis-spelled as navaroensis....................but then I got to > thinking that just because MONA and followers spell it novaroensis does not > mean that is correct............... why not Powell and Opler correct MONA > wrong? > > Sooooo.....can anyone tell me which is the correct spelling of the name of > this very pretty if unmoth-like moth, that is common in my backyard as we > speak. My money is on the old guys. > > Gary Anweiler > Subject: Correct spelling of novaroensis From: JPPelham <zapjammer AT verizon.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:32:56 -0500 (CDT) Subject: correct spelling of novaroensis navaroensis From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:54:07 -0600 I note in the marvellous new Moths of Western North America that Synanthedon novaroensis is mis-spelled as navaroensis....................but then I got to thinking that just because MONA and followers spell it novaroensis does not mean that is correct............... why not Powell and Opler correct MONA wrong? Sooooo.....can anyone tell me which is the correct spelling of the name of this very pretty if unmoth-like moth, that is common in my backyard as we speak. My money is on the old guys. Gary Anweiler Subject: RE: Shanghai checklist From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:59:54 -0500 Hi Jan, I don't know of one for Shanghai, but here is a Singapore link. Check out his links page for other SE and E Asia sites. http://www.geocities.com/hexaglider/contents01.htm 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: Jan Horak [mailto:horak AT gransy.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:17 PM To: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu Subject: Shanghai checklist Hello, do you know someone online checklist of butterflies of Shanghai? Best regards, Jan ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Shanghai checklist From: Jan Horak <horak AT gransy.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:17:24 +0200 Hello, do you know someone online checklist of butterflies of Shanghai? Best regards, Jan ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth articles From: "Don Lafontaine" <burnbank AT sympatico.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:57:19 -0400 FYI, The hard cover publication is nice to have, but for those who are content to have the papers on-line, PDF's can be downloaded for free from ZooKeys at http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/issue/view/9 Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walsh" To: ; "Leps-l" ; Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:09 AM > FYI, moth book > > > > Schmidt, BC /Lafontaine, JD. 2009. Contributions to the Systematics of New > World > Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9, ISBN: 978-954-642-485-3. 165x240, numerous > photographs, > color plates, maps, bibliography, Ppb, 135pp. In English. > > Price: EUR 28.00 > > You can ORDER ONLINE or see COVER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, and SAMPLE PAGES at > http://pensoft.net/newreleases/14488.htm OR send order to > orders AT pensoft.net OR > fax +359-2-8704282 > > This volume contains ten papers on the systematics of New World noctuid > moths, > marking the first issue in a planned series on New World macro-moth > systematics. Twelve new species of Noctuidae are described from North > America > (north of Mexico), while one genus and six species are newly described > from > Mexico/Central America. Diagnoses and colour illustrations of all new taxa > are > provided, including dichotomous keys for most genera and species-groups > treated > herein. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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: No Subject From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:09:05 -0700 FYI, moth book Schmidt, BC /Lafontaine, JD. 2009. Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9, ISBN: 978-954-642-485-3. 165x240, numerous photographs, color plates, maps, bibliography, Ppb, 135pp. In English. Price: EUR 28.00 You can ORDER ONLINE or see COVER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, and SAMPLE PAGES at http://pensoft.net/newreleases/14488.htm OR send order to orders AT pensoft.net OR fax +359-2-8704282 This volume contains ten papers on the systematics of New World noctuid moths, marking the first issue in a planned series on New World macro-moth systematics. Twelve new species of Noctuidae are described from North America (north of Mexico), while one genus and six species are newly described from Mexico/Central America. Diagnoses and colour illustrations of all new taxa are provided, including dichotomous keys for most genera and species-groups treated herein. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: (unknown) From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:09:05 -0700 FYI, moth book Schmidt, BC /Lafontaine, JD. 2009. Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9, ISBN: 978-954-642-485-3. 165x240, numerous photographs, color plates, maps, bibliography, Ppb, 135pp. In English. Price: EUR 28.00 You can ORDER ONLINE or see COVER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, and SAMPLE PAGES at http://pensoft.net/newreleases/14488.htm OR send order to orders AT pensoft.net OR fax +359-2-8704282 This volume contains ten papers on the systematics of New World noctuid moths, marking the first issue in a planned series on New World macro-moth systematics. Twelve new species of Noctuidae are described from North America (north of Mexico), while one genus and six species are newly described from Mexico/Central America. Diagnoses and colour illustrations of all new taxa are provided, including dichotomous keys for most genera and species-groups treated herein. Subject: Butterflies of Iowa error From: Dennis Schlicht <dws1108 AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:23:46 -0500 There is an unfortunate error in our Butterflies of Iowa. On page 132, species 165 the captions are switched. We specifically wanted to show the dramatic variation in H. l. leonardus and H. l. pawnee in Iowa so it is especiallty unfortunate. Our prairie skippers are almost gone now. Last weekend one of our people walked for 4 hours on 3 prairie preserves and saw 2 butterflies! Dennis Schlicht Iowa Lepidoptera Project _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 Subject: Re: Parasitic Wasp identification From: JOHN B HILLIS <viceroy AT bellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:21:07 -0700 (PDT) What has become of Entomo-L? There were always good guys there. Me, I call them all Fred. Wasps, entomologists, the lot. Cheers Anne Kilmer --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Michael Gochfeld wrote: > From: Michael Gochfeld > Subject: Parasitic Wasp identification > To: leps-l AT lists.yale.edu > Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 7:40 AM > > > We would like to > get identifications on some wasp parasites (at least to > genus).  To whom or where could I or should I send > specimens as they emerge. >   > MICHAEL > GOCHFELD ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Parasitic Wasp identification From: "Michael Gochfeld" <gochfeld AT EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 07:40:16 -0400 We would like to get identifications on some wasp parasites (at least to genus). To whom or where could I or should I send specimens as they emerge. MICHAEL GOCHFELD Subject: RE: extreme dimorphism in Papilio rutulus in Oakland, CA From: "Grkovich, Alex" <agrkovich AT tmpeng.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:22:30 -0400 Noah, Please don't hesitate to send pics...We have very strange Tigers here in New England also... Alex ________________________________ From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu on behalf of The Arthurs Sent: Wed 6/3/2009 8:13 PM To: leps-l AT lists.yale.edu Subject: extreme dimorphism in Papilio rutulus in Oakland, CA Hi, everybody. Thank you for your responses concerning the status of the Limenitis species. They sure are confusing. As I said before, there are two distinct forms of P. rutulus in my neighborhood in suburban Oakland, California. One is intense golden-yellow with strong orange suffusion in the hindwing uppermost one and lowermost two submarginal spots, as well as the postmedian hindwing. There is sometimes even orange in the uppermost submarginal spot on the upperside as well. The other form is slightly larger and lighter yellow, with very little orange below, usually only in the anal angle eyespot and the lowermost one of the submarginal spots. Also, the stub-tails below the main tails on the hindwing are abnormally long. Some individuals of this form have very narrow black borders on the hindwing and rounded forewings, looking confusingly like P. canadensis. The eyespots of this form are very long and linear. Today, I captured a specimen that is an extreme of the latter form. It is bright, lemony yellow, the stub-tails are almost long enough to be propber tails, and the eyespot on the hindwing is just a thin, yellow-and-orange line along the hindwing anal margin. The forewing is also rounded, and the hindwing border very narrow. It is a male, 4 1/4" in wingspan with wings spread out flat (probably smaller if properly spread). I chilled it in the fridge, and am looking at it now as I type the email. Another interesting feature is that it has orange in the marginal crescent that leads into the stub-tail. What do you all think? Are these definitely forms of the same species, or are they subspecies, or is the latter form a coastal type of P. multicaudatus or something even more interesting? If you would like to see a photo, I will send one. I'm not sending one now because the computer is really slow and dumb. Thanks. -- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA CAUTION PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this transmission is intended to be sent only to the stated recipient of the transmission. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the intended recipient's agent, you are hereby notified that we do not intend to waive any privilege that might ordinarily be attached to this communication. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the information contained in this transmission is therefore prohibited. You are further asked to notify us of any such error in transmission as soon as possible at the telephone number/email address shown above. Thank you for your cooperation. Subject: extreme dimorphism in Papilio rutulus in Oakland, CA From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:13:20 -0700 Hi, everybody. Thank you for your responses concerning the status of the Limenitis species. They sure are confusing. As I said before, there are two distinct forms of P. rutulus in my neighborhood in suburban Oakland, California. One is intense golden-yellow with strong orange suffusion in the hindwing uppermost one and lowermost two submarginal spots, as well as the postmedian hindwing. There is sometimes even orange in the uppermost submarginal spot on the upperside as well. The other form is slightly larger and lighter yellow, with very little orange below, usually only in the anal angle eyespot and the lowermost one of the submarginal spots. Also, the stub-tails below the main tails on the hindwing are abnormally long. Some individuals of this form have very narrow black borders on the hindwing and rounded forewings, looking confusingly like P. canadensis. The eyespots of this form are very long and linear. Today, I captured a specimen that is an extreme of the latter form. It is bright, lemony yellow, the stub-tails are almost long enough to be propber tails, and the eyespot on the hindwing is just a thin, yellow-and-orange line along the hindwing anal margin. The forewing is also rounded, and the hindwing border very narrow. It is a male, 4 1/4" in wingspan with wings spread out flat (probably smaller if properly spread). I chilled it in the fridge, and am looking at it now as I type the email. Another interesting feature is that it has orange in the marginal crescent that leads into the stub-tail. What do you all think? Are these definitely forms of the same species, or are they subspecies, or is the latter form a coastal type of P. multicaudatus or something even more interesting? If you would like to see a photo, I will send one. I'm not sending one now because the computer is really slow and dumb. Thanks. -- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA Subject: Call for Symposia - 6th Internat. Conference on the Biology of Butterflies From: Felix Sperling <felix.sperling AT ualberta.ca> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:51:13 -0600 Hello Lepidopterists all, Here is the first Call For Symposia for the "6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies" (Edmonton, 29 June- 2 July 2010). In short, any symposia on any aspect of the ecology or evolution of butterflies are welcome! The deadline for submissions is 30th June 2009, and we will select the symposia by the end of July. More information is at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/ biobutterfly2010/index.html Just click on the red "Call for Symposia" on the front webpage to download a pdf with details. Feel free to forward this message. Please respond to icbb2010 AT biology.ualberta.ca Jens Roland - Symposium Coordinator and Conference Co-organizer and Felix Sperling - Conference Co-organizer Subject: painted ladies guardian article From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:39:34 +0100 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/may/26/wildlife-conservation Neil Jones neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk www.butterflyguy.ccom ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: No Subject From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:45:48 +0100 *Butterfly migration is biggest for years* Millions of Painted Lady butterflies are now arriving in Britain, after an amazing 1000 mile migration from North Africa. The charity Butterfly Conservation has been receiving reports since the start of the Bank Holiday weekend of sightings of large numbers of these butterflies. People throughout Britain have seen these fast-flying butterflies moving overhead for hours on end, setting the scene for what could be one of the largest Painted Lady migrations in decades. The first indication of their arrival in Britain came last Thursday (May 21) when Butterfly Conservation members first reported seeing large numbers off Portland Bill in Dorset. Since then, thousands have been seen flying north at locations across southern England, from Cornwall to East Anglia. The fine Bank Holiday weekend weather brought hundreds of new sightings from as far north as Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. There were even sightings of hundreds in central London. An estimated 18,000 were spotted flying past Scolts Head Island on the Norfolk coast yesterday and were passing at 50 a minute over a 400m front today. Scientists have been predicting an unusually large migration since late winter. The butterflies originate from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where heavy winter rains allowed good germination of the caterpillar food-plants. A Spanish researcher, Constanti Stefanescu had reported seeing hundreds of thousands emerging in mid February and beginning their long flight north. They were seen in large numbers in Spain during April and a few weeks later in France. Butterfly Conservation is asking for the public's help to track the migration by recording any sightings at www.butterfly-conservation.org/migrantwatch Richard Fox, Surveys Manager at Butterfly Conservation, said: "There are literally millions of Painted Lady butterflies arriving right across Britain. This is a spectacular phenomenon and we are asking people to send us their sightings via our website". For further information contact Louise Keeling Senior Publicity Officer 01929 406 005 lkeeling AT butterfly-conservation.org 1.* Butterfly Conservation* is the largest insect conservation charity in Europe with nearly 14,000 members in the UK. Its aim is the conservation of butterflies, moths and their habitats. It runs conservation programmes for over 60 threatened species of butterfly and moth, organises national butterfly recording and monitoring schemes, and manages over 30 nature reserves. Further information can be found at www.butterfly-conservation.org 2.* * *Butterflies* are important indicators of the health of an environment. In profusion, they show us that nature is in healthy balance. *Lou Keeling* *Senior Publicity Officer* lkeeling AT butterfly-conservation.org Butterfly Conservation Manor Yard East Lulworth Wareham Dorset BH20 5QP Tel Direct: 01929 406005. Tel Reception: 01929 400209: Fax 01929 400210 Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468). Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268) ********************************************************************** *Over 40 years of saving butterflies, moths and their habitats* Butterfly Conservation Manor Yard East Lulworth Wareham Dorset BH20 5QP Tel. 01929 406010 Registered in England No. 2206468 Registered Charity No. 254937 ************************************************************************* Butterfly Conservation is dedicated to saving Butterflies, Moths and their Habitats. If you would like further information please view our website at_ __<>_ ************************************************************************* The views and comments expressed in this email do not necessarily express the views of Butterfly Conservation. If you do not wish to receive any further information about the conservation, campaigning and fundraising work of the Society please send an email with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject line to_ __info AT butterfly-conservation.org_ ************************************************************************ Subject: No Subject From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:35:39 +0100 *Butterfly migration is biggest for years* Millions of Painted Lady butterflies are now arriving in Britain, after an amazing 1000 mile migration from North Africa. The charity Butterfly Conservation has been receiving reports since the start of the Bank Holiday weekend of sightings of large numbers of these butterflies. People throughout Britain have seen these fast-flying butterflies moving overhead for hours on end, setting the scene for what could be one of the largest Painted Lady migrations in decades. The first indication of their arrival in Britain came last Thursday (May 21) when Butterfly Conservation members first reported seeing large numbers off Portland Bill in Dorset. Since then, thousands have been seen flying north at locations across southern England, from Cornwall to East Anglia. The fine Bank Holiday weekend weather brought hundreds of new sightings from as far north as Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. There were even sightings of hundreds in central London. An estimated 18,000 were spotted flying past Scolts Head Island on the Norfolk coast yesterday and were passing at 50 a minute over a 400m front today. Scientists have been predicting an unusually large migration since late winter. The butterflies originate from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where heavy winter rains allowed good germination of the caterpillar food-plants. A Spanish researcher, Constanti Stefanescu had reported seeing hundreds of thousands emerging in mid February and beginning their long flight north. They were seen in large numbers in Spain during April and a few weeks later in France. Butterfly Conservation is asking for the public's help to track the migration by recording any sightings at www.butterfly-conservation.org/migrantwatch Richard Fox, Surveys Manager at Butterfly Conservation, said: "There are literally millions of Painted Lady butterflies arriving right across Britain. This is a spectacular phenomenon and we are asking people to send us their sightings via our website". For further information contact Louise Keeling Senior Publicity Officer 01929 406 005 07515 889 225 lkeeling AT butterfly-conservation.org Richard Fox Surveys Manager 07711 657 322 1.* Butterfly Conservation* is the largest insect conservation charity in Europe with nearly 14,000 members in the UK. Its aim is the conservation of butterflies, moths and their habitats. It runs conservation programmes for over 60 threatened species of butterfly and moth, organises national butterfly recording and monitoring schemes, and manages over 30 nature reserves. Further information can be found at www.butterfly-conservation.org 2.* * *Butterflies* are important indicators of the health of an environment. In profusion, they show us that nature is in healthy balance. *Lou Keeling* *Senior Publicity Officer* lkeeling AT butterfly-conservation.org Butterfly Conservation Manor Yard East Lulworth Wareham Dorset BH20 5QP Tel Direct: 01929 406005. Tel Reception: 01929 400209: Fax 01929 400210 Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468). 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If you do not wish to receive any further information about the conservation, campaigning and fundraising work of the Society please send an email with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject line to_ __info AT butterfly-conservation.org_ ************************************************************************ Subject: Re: Limenitis From: Doug Yanega <dyanega AT ucr.edu> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:12:15 -0700 >Hi. I have been looking on-line lately about the relationships >between the various species of Limenitis that live in North America. >They seem to all be surprisingly closely related. I have found >records of hybrids between all of the species that overlap; even >between lorquini and archippus, and L. archippus X L. arthemis >astyanax hybrids have been found forty-five times. There's a >photograph on BugGuide of what appears to be a hybrid between L. >weidemeyerii and L. archippus, which was taken in southeastern >Arizona. It is like a weidemeyerii without the white median bands, >and has relatively large dull orange postmedian spots on the >hindwing. Apparently, by what I've read, lorquini and arthemis form >a blend zone where they come together. With all this hybridization, >it would seem that all the Limenitis, or at least archippus and >arthemis, may be forms of one variable species. What has convinced >scientists that this is not the case? If you haven't yet read it, the paper you need to see is: Sean P. Mullen (2006). Wing pattern evolution and the origins of mimicry among North American admiral butterflies (Nymphalidae: Limenitis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 747-758 This pretty much explains it all. -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 Subject: Limenitis From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:55:00 -0700 Hi. I have been looking on-line lately about the relationships between the various species of Limenitis that live in North America. They seem to all be surprisingly closely related. I have found records of hybrids between all of the species that overlap; even between lorquini and archippus, and L. archippus X L. arthemis astyanax hybrids have been found forty-five times. There's a photograph on BugGuide of what appears to be a hybrid between L. weidemeyerii and L. archippus, which was taken in southeastern Arizona. It is like a weidemeyerii without the white median bands, and has relatively large dull orange postmedian spots on the hindwing. Apparently, by what I've read, lorquini and arthemis form a blend zone where they come together. With all this hybridization, it would seem that all the Limenitis, or at least archippus and arthemis, may be forms of one variable species. What has convinced scientists that this is not the case? Tiger swallowtails (Papilio? Pterourus?) also look very closely related and possibly like a single, variable species. For example, in J. Scott's Butterflies of North America, it says that most of the artificially induced hybrids between P. rutulus and P. glaucus produced adults. I have also read that glaucus, rutulus, and canadensis hybridize in the wild. Also, I recently caught a male rutulus here in Oakland, California that shows many traits of canadensis, such as relatively small size, narrow and restricted black borders on the hindwings and rounded, rather than long and pointed, forewings. What convinces scientists that all the tigers should be different species from one another? Besides that odd specimen, there are two forms or rutulus in Oakland. One is rather pale yellow, with narrow black stripes, the stub-tail just below the tail on the hindwing is rather long (not quite long enough to be multicaudatus), and there is very little orange on the underside. The other is brighter yellow with a very short stub-tail and has relatively extensive orange suffusion in the postmedian hindwing, as well as in the submarginal spots. In one extreme of this form that I caught, there was orange in the uppermost submarginal yellow spot on the upperside of the hindwing. Are these forms two different subspecies that meet in the Bay Area? Thanks. -- Noah Arthur, Oakland, CA Subject: McGuire Center News 2009 From: Andrei Sourakov <asourakov AT flmnh.ufl.edu> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 10:43:08 -0400 The latest annual issue of the McGuire Center News (Issue 3, 2009) is available for downloading at http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ Printed paper copies are also available upon request. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Moths of Western North America From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:00:54 -0700 FYI: Amazon lists the due-date for Powell and Opler's Moths of Western North America as 27 May ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Moths of Western North America From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:00:54 -0700 FYI: Amazon lists the due-date for Powell and Opler's Moths of Western North America as 27 May Subject: Several new moth species! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 09:35:16 -0700 Under the able guidance of Chris Schmidt and Don Lafontaine from the CNC (Canada, a place where insect systematics still lives!) a special volume of Zookeys is due out around mid-May which is entirely devoted to new species descriptions of North American macromoths (contents below). Further, according to Schmidt and Lafontaine, they are already looking ahead to their next special (macro-moths) volume, which they anticipate will be several hundred pages long and will include a new Annotated Check list of the Noctuoidea of North America. They are planning the volume for early in 2010 and they already know of a number of manuscripts well underway for it! The nice thing about Zookeys is that it is an open access journal. All papers published in ZooKeys can be freely copied, downloaded, printed and distributed at no charge for the reader. Their website is http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal After publication, one can by a paper bound copy of the volume for 28 Euros (€) + 12 € for shipping and handling (or about $55.00 US). ordering: http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/about/printedVersion contents of current volume 1 Editorial: Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths B. Christian Schmidt, J. Donald Lafontaine 3 A new species of Rivula (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from southeastern United States J. Bolling Sullivan 11 A new species of Lithophane Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae) from southeastern United States Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., J. Donald Lafontaine 21 Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona Bruce Walsh 27 Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae) Clifford D. Ferris, J. Donald Lafontaine 47 The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini) Eric H. Metzler, David Bustos, Gregory S. Forbes 63 Revision of the “Aemilia” ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) B. Christian Schmidt 79 A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada B. Christian Schmidt, Douglas Macaulay 89 A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica B. Christian Schmidt 97 Revision of the New World Panthea Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with descriptions of 5 new species and 2 new subspecies Gary G. Anweiler ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Several new moth species! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 09:35:16 -0700 Under the able guidance of Chris Schmidt and Don Lafontaine from the CNC (Canada, a place where insect systematics still lives!) a special volume of Zookeys is due out around mid-May which is entirely devoted to new species descriptions of North American macromoths (contents below). Further, according to Schmidt and Lafontaine, they are already looking ahead to their next special (macro-moths) volume, which they anticipate will be several hundred pages long and will include a new Annotated Check list of the Noctuoidea of North America. They are planning the volume for early in 2010 and they already know of a number of manuscripts well underway for it! The nice thing about Zookeys is that it is an open access journal. All papers published in ZooKeys can be freely copied, downloaded, printed and distributed at no charge for the reader. Their website is http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal After publication, one can by a paper bound copy of the volume for 28 Euros (€) + 12 € for shipping and handling (or about $55.00 US). ordering: http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/about/printedVersion contents of current volume 1 Editorial: Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths B. Christian Schmidt, J. Donald Lafontaine 3 A new species of Rivula (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from southeastern United States J. Bolling Sullivan 11 A new species of Lithophane Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae) from southeastern United States Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., J. Donald Lafontaine 21 Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona Bruce Walsh 27 Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae) Clifford D. Ferris, J. Donald Lafontaine 47 The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini) Eric H. Metzler, David Bustos, Gregory S. Forbes 63 Revision of the “Aemilia” ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) B. Christian Schmidt 79 A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada B. Christian Schmidt, Douglas Macaulay 89 A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica B. Christian Schmidt 97 Revision of the New World Panthea Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with descriptions of 5 new species and 2 new subspecies Gary G. Anweiler Subject: Re: Holy Moly! From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:55:06 -0500 Hola Hugh, In this instance, # two is far easier than # one... I don't believe there are any geographic races of the BWM. They are pretty variable at any location... Brush Freeman reported on Apr 4 the first potentially migrtory (emmigratory) BWM along the Texas Gulf Coast just north of Corpus Christi: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brush Freeman Date: Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:39 PM Subject: FOS Black Witch Moth AT Aransas NWR on 4/4 To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Subject says it all except the bird looked pretty fresh ....a male with little wear.. ---end--- There's also an Apr 5, 1968 record from the coast of South Carolina. However, your record is *very* early. This species begins it's annual push northwards with the onset of the rainy season in Mexico in late May. See timeline of BWM records posted here: http://www.texasento.net/witchna.htm#Feb Another reason to be skeptical is that the BWM is mostly a western species. Unlike the monarch which pours out of Mexico and primarily takes a right turn to fill out eastern North America, the BWM mostly keeps heading straight north out of Mexico for western Canada... I have found/received relatively few records from the northeast (I've found more than I've posted at my site), although there are quite a few from southern Ontario, at least 23: http://www.texasento.net/witchstates.htm#CAN As for your specific question about lepidoptera wear being correlated to distance travelled, I don't believe one can deduce *too much* from the condition of the critter. Monarchs reach central Mexico from southern Canada in fairly fresh condition. HTH, Mike Quinn, Austin On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Hugh McGuinness wrote: > One of my students brought me a living specimen of a female Ascalapha > odorata (The Black Witch) found in Mastic, Long Island (Suffolk Co.), NY on > 12 April. According to Mike Quinn's website, this would be the earliest > northern record for the species, which heretofore was 19 May 1937 in Ohio. > However, the specimen is quite fresh and I wonder if it might not have been > a hitchiker in the luggage of some Long Islander vacationing in a tropical > land. The specimen has one longitudinal tear in the HW and a small bit of > rubbing on the veins of one FW, but is otherwise in perfect condition. > > I am seeking commentary on two aspects of whether this could possibly > represent a true migrant or whether it is more likely that its migration has > been assisted by humans. > > 1. Is it possible that a truly "migrant" moth could be transported a > thousand miles by weather and still be this fresh? (I wouldn't be suspicious > of a fresh moth in August/September, but it seems highly doubtful that a > pupa or a larvae could survive the hardh LI winter.) > > 2. Are there geographic races of A. odorata so that I might be able to > determine the origin of this moth? > > Hugh > > Hugh McGuinness > The Ross School > 18 Goodfriend Drive > East Hampton, NY 11937 > hmcguinness AT ross.org > Subject: caterpillar book From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:01:20 -0500 Labyrinth Books has the recent Wagner caterpillar book for only $20. What a deal! CATERPILLARS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION AND NATURAL HISTORY Wagner, David L. This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images.... Price: $19.98 (save $9.97) http://www.labyrinthbooks.com/sale_detail.aspx?isbn=9780691121444 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: LepSoc meeting in Mexico - deadline for abstract submission extended From: Astrid Caldas <acaldas AT umd.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:20:27 -0400 the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to april 30. registration is $120 until then (4/30), after that it goes up to $140. cheers, astrid -- Dr. Astrid Caldas Dept. of Entomology, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4454 http://myprofile.cos.com/caldas http://www.barbosalab.umd.edu/ Phone (301)405-3945 Fax (301)314-6334 Email: acaldas AT umd.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Help Requested for Research Project on Lophocampa maculata From: kgs AT lclark.edu Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:36:41 -0700 Hi, I am new to this list and to the study of moths but was advised by David Wagner that this would be a good way to reach people who might be able to help me with my research project. I have become interested in the moth Lophocampa maculata and have begun a modest program to try to understand this species. It is apparently found across North America on both sides of the US/Canadian border and south within the US in mountainous areas (Appalachians, Rockies, Cascades/Sierra, and Coast Ranges). I first found this species in the Coast Range of Oregon. There are two parts to the project and I would welcome help with either or both: 1) biology of the organism: any information on: specific locations where it has been found larval host plants flight period descriptions of the instars (photos would be most useful) photos of the adults 2) population genetics: I am currently developing the RAPD-PCR method for studying the genetics of this species. I have a method to archive DNA and have carried out some preliminary analysis on material from a couple of locations. I am also planning on using other PCR-based methods for studying populations of this species. I would like to obtain material (eggs, caterpillars in any instar, or adults) from as many locations as possible across the continent this coming season. I am hoping to enlist the help of a network of collectors who are willing to send me material. I would, of course, be happy to reimburse individuals for shipping costs. Possibilities for providing useful material include trapping of females and egg collection using the "brown paper bag" method; collection of caterpillars later in the season. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might be able to help with either part of the project ("natural history" information from their locality and/or material for genetic analysis), or from anyone who knows of a collector that might be willing to help. I would be happy to provide interested participants with further information. Thank you in advance for any advice/help you might be able to provide. I look forward from hearing from you. Ken Strothkamp Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry Lewis & Clark College ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Thanks for identification help From: David Hamilton Cox <dhcox AT nyx.net> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:28:12 -0700 (MST) Many thanks to Neil Jones, Wayne F. Wehling, and Alex Grkovich for identifications of the butterfly photos I asked about. I have updated the web page (www.nyx.net/~dhcox/smnh) with their suggestions. This has added immensely to my enjoyment of the photos I took. -David Cox ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Smithsonian live butterfly exhibit id's From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:08:45 +0000 David Hamilton Cox wrote: > I visited the Butterfly Pavilion at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural > History on February 17, 2009 and took photos of several species, most > of which I could not find on the provided species finder (which you > can access at http://www.butterflies.si.edu/visitorguide/index.htm). > I emailed the relevant contact at the museum and received no response. > I realize that since I don't have location, habitat, time of season, etc., > that making identifications may be impossible, but I thought I would at > least ask. Id's to the genus level would be helpful. The photos are at: > > www.nyx.net/~dhcox/smnh > > I have labeled the few that I could identify from the species finder. > Feedback if I got those wrong would be appreciated. I will update the > labels if I get any id's from this list. > > Also, I'm curious if the term "pavilion" is typically used for an > exhibit of live butterflies, with a nod to the etymology. I noticed it was > similar to "papillion" and indeed the words are related, according to Eric > Partridge in "Origins," who, about the word "pavilion", says that "in > [Late Latin], papilio means also . . . a large tent, from the resemblance of > the curtains that closed it to a butterfly's wings." Interesting coincidence, > if that's what it was, that the Smithsonian exhibit used this word. > > Thanks! > > -David Cox > No 7 is either Papilio demoleus or P. demodocus They are very similar and I don't know the distinguishing feature. Your Graphium agamemnon certainly isn't . It looks more like Idea leucanoe 15 Looks like Dione juno to me. and the last one number 21 is probably a Phoebis species. Neil Jones neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk www.butterflyguy.com ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Smithsonian live butterfly exhibit id's From: David Hamilton Cox <dhcox AT nyx.net> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:00:30 -0700 (MST) I visited the Butterfly Pavilion at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on February 17, 2009 and took photos of several species, most of which I could not find on the provided species finder (which you can access at http://www.butterflies.si.edu/visitorguide/index.htm). I emailed the relevant contact at the museum and received no response. I realize that since I don't have location, habitat, time of season, etc., that making identifications may be impossible, but I thought I would at least ask. Id's to the genus level would be helpful. The photos are at: www.nyx.net/~dhcox/smnh I have labeled the few that I could identify from the species finder. Feedback if I got those wrong would be appreciated. I will update the labels if I get any id's from this list. Also, I'm curious if the term "pavilion" is typically used for an exhibit of live butterflies, with a nod to the etymology. I noticed it was similar to "papillion" and indeed the words are related, according to Eric Partridge in "Origins," who, about the word "pavilion", says that "in [Late Latin], papilio means also . . . a large tent, from the resemblance of the curtains that closed it to a butterfly's wings." Interesting coincidence, if that's what it was, that the Smithsonian exhibit used this word. Thanks! -David Cox ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Scientists confirm mixing between east and west populations of Monarchs From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:15:02 -0800 For years the Monarch Scientific Community has claimed: http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/westpop.htm "There are two geographically distinct Monarch populations in North America. The eastern population overwinters in Mexico and breeds east of the Rocky Mountains. The western population overwinters along the California coast and breeds in areas west of the Rockies." And they published maps like these: http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/karen.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/altizer.jpg http://tinyurl.com/adrlwd leading us to believe monarchs breed only "east of" and "west of" the Rocky Mountains:and don't mix during migration. We now know those claims are innaccurate. See this article: http://tinyurl.com/cfp69p SCIENTISTS CONFIRM MIXING BETWEEN EAST AND WEST POPULATIONS OF MONARCHS Excerpts: Six rebel monarch butterflies who haven't done their homework seem to have disproven a long-held theory that monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the U.S. migrate to Mexico for the winter, while their western cousins hang out in California during the cold months. "This totally blows out of the water (the theory) that there is some sort of hard dividing line between the east and west populations," said Chris Kline, a scientist and former teacher who heads the Southwest Monarch Study. Three monarchs tagged in southern Arizona (west of the Rocky Mountains and just north of the Mexican border) were recovered in California, but another three tagged in Arizona were found in the overwintering colonies in Mexico. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/237Vd.jpg "Monarchs in Arizona obviously haven't read the textbook - they're going both directions," said Kline, who was education director at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Arizona before moving recently to Columbus, Ohio, where he is education director at Grange Insurance Audubon Center. "Obviously they're not playing by the same ground rules as all the other ones are." Kline has team members in Mexico searching for his distinctive light blue tags - tiny stickers placed on a particular spot on a butterfly's hindwing that are considered not to harm the insect. Other tagging programs, such as Monarch Watch's, use white tags. "The old theory was that the Continental Divide was the magical dividing line, which means I have had three that have flown the wrong way," he said. A more recent theory is that the dividing line runs from Boise, Idaho, to Yuma, Ariz., which means the other three have flown the wrong way. Kline has had monarchs recovered in Mexico and California in recent years, but he said the results weren't taken seriously because the butterflies were farm-raised and their navigational systems may have been mixed up. "Now we've got two wild butterflies that have done the exact same thing as what those farm-raised ones released in Phoenix did, which I think adds more credence to the issue," he said. One wild monarch was tagged in Canelo, Ariz., and recovered in the El Rosario monarch reserve in Mexico. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/157xb.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/157Xa.jpg The other was tagged just 12 miles southwest of Canelo in Bog Hole, Ariz.,but recovered in Ellwood Main, one of several overwintering sites near Santa Barbara, Calif. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/237aa.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/237ac.jpg Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Apamea ophiogramma From: "Don Lafontaine" <burnbank AT sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:17:06 -0500 Yes it's ophiogramma. That little round shock of hair near the dorsal apex and the long curved process from the ventral apex are diagnostic. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Anweiler To: Leps-L AT lists.yale.edu Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:41 PM Subject: Apamea ophiogramma Greetings all I am trying to id a rag of a noctuid - APPEARS to be A. ophiogramma. The attached is a quick image of the male valves (confirming it is NOT O.fractilinia which was my first guess) in hopes that one of you might recognize him. If not I will have to wait until tomorrow to get into the library, and I have trouble sleeping when I have a moth id. in the cooker. I may be becoming an old fart, but the part of me that loves mucking about with the noctuids is still in his early teens, and has no patience at all!!! Thanks one and all. Gary Subject: Re: Apamea ophiogramma From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:44:11 -0700 Gary: Just bar-code that bad-boy! ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Apamea ophiogramma From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:41:14 -0700 Greetings all I am trying to id a rag of a noctuid - APPEARS to be A. ophiogramma. The attached is a quick image of the male valves (confirming it is NOT O.fractilinia which was my first guess) in hopes that one of you might recognize him. If not I will have to wait until tomorrow to get into the library, and I have trouble sleeping when I have a moth id. in the cooker. I may be becoming an old fart, but the part of me that loves mucking about with the noctuids is still in his early teens, and has no patience at all!!! Thanks one and all. Gary Subject: Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? From: Rodolphe Rougerie <rrougeri AT uoguelph.ca> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:57:29 -0500 Dear Doug and All, Please see below. Cheers, Rodolphe >Hi Martin and Rodolphe, Yes, it appears that it was the Black Witch. Have a look at http://www.scribd.com/doc/6986523/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-by-Thomas-Harris pages 59-60. I'm not on Leps-L so you may want to post it on my behalf, if no-one else yet as. Cheers, Ian ******************************************** Dr Ian J. Kitching Research Entomologist Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. Tel: (+44) (0)20 7942 5608 Fax: (+44) (0)20 7942 5229 email: I.Kitching AT nhm.ac.uk Web sites: *Creating a taxonomic e-science:* CATE Sphingidae home page: Wiki site: *Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic:* URL:_ ___ *Sphingidae of South-East Asia version 1.4:* _http://www.sphin-sea.unibas.ch/_ *Sphingidae evolutionary biology home page:* _http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/evol-hawkmoths/_ ******************************************** Hi, folks. While everyone in the world seems to know that the movie version of this novel referred to the Death's-Head Sphinx Moth, I have now heard two different versions regarding what was in the original novel; one person has told me it was the Death's-Head moth, as in the movie, but another has said that in the original novel it was the Black Witch moth. Does anyone here actually have a copy of this 1988 novel - preferrably an edition which definitively pre-dates the 1991 movie - and can check which of these is *actually* the case? Thanks, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 -- Rodolphe Rougerie, PhD Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding Biodiversity Institute of Ontario 579 Gordon street Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada Tel. 1-519-824-4120 ext 53800 Email: rrougeri AT uoguelph.ca The Barcode of Life Database (BoLD): http://www.boldsystems.org All-Leps Barcode of life: http://www.lepbarcoding.org/ Subject: Happy Birthday Chuck! From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:04:36 -0600 Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, whose work on evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology. Happy Birthday Chuck, and thanks! 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: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:02:16 EST Would you like to add the scientific names of all North American butterflies to your spelling checker? Visit our web site for instructions on obtaining a free copy of the lexicon file LEPILEXI that can be installed in almost any Windows or Macintosh word processor. And while at the site be sure to read about our program LEPILIST which is used to record sightings and collections of butterflies and other lepidoptera. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: _sbsp AT aol.com_ (mailto:sbsp AT aol.com) **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000002) Subject: Re: Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? From: James Adams <jadams AT daltonstate.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:23:31 -0500 Folks, Not that this has anything to do with clarifying the Death's Head Moth versus Black Witch question, but IN the actual movie, when the moths were flying around, they were neither Death's Head Moths or Black Witches. The moths in the movie were Tomato/Tobacco Hornworm moths (genus Manduca). A lot easier and cheaper access for the moviemakers than either the Death's Head (native to tropic and warm temperate regions of the eastern hemisphere) or Black Witches (native to the tropical regions of the western hemisphere). James James K. Adams School of Natural Science and Math Dalton State College (706) 272-4427; Fax: (706) 272-2533 http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/jadams Visit the Georgia Lepidoptera Website at: http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Moth in the NOVEL version of "Silence of the Lambs"? From: Doug Yanega <dyanega AT ucr.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:21:26 -0800 Hi, folks. While everyone in the world seems to know that the movie version of this novel referred to the Death's-Head Sphinx Moth, I have now heard two different versions regarding what was in the original novel; one person has told me it was the Death's-Head moth, as in the movie, but another has said that in the original novel it was the Black Witch moth. Does anyone here actually have a copy of this 1988 novel - preferrably an edition which definitively pre-dates the 1991 movie - and can check which of these is *actually* the case? Thanks, -- Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Euxanthe crossleyi? From: "Tom Middagh" <trgarden AT frontiernet.net> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:36:53 -0600 Hi all I have two specimens of Euxanthe crossleyi (I am pretty sure that's what these are.) Both are quite different looking. I first thought they were males different subspecies. But after looking at D'abrera Butterflies of afrotropical region page405 was thinking a pair. But the darker bordered one is more green than the pictured female and my specimen has what I think is a male appendage. Would like the input from some others on this. I am also wondering what sub species? Anyway take a look at the links below and let me know what you think. Many thanks to all that respond. Have a great day Tom Middagh Data: 85mm at widest point on wing span Uganda http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Euxanthe%20crossleyi%20magnifica%20male%20upper.jpg http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Euxanthe%20crossleyi%20magnifica%20male%20under.jpg Data: 76mm wing span at widest point No Location, January http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Euxanthe%20crossleyi%20upper.jpg http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Euxanthe%20crossleyi%20under.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Lepidopterists' Society Meeting and Elen III From: Astrid Caldas <acaldas AT umd.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:38:19 -0500 Dear Friends: It is a pleasure to tell you that the ELEN III and the 2009 meeting of Lepidopterists´ Society joint with the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, will held in June 2009 at Chetumal City, in Mexico. We will be very glad to see you in this important event, please visit our web page to see all the information, don´t be late, there are not to many rooms in the main hotel! http://w2.ecosur-qroo.mx/ElenIII/index.htm If you have questions, contact us: Carmen Pozo (cpozo AT ecosur.mx) and Armando Luis (alm AT ciencias.unam.mx)Dirección corregida: http://w2.ecosur-qroo.mx/ElenIII/index.htm Estimados Amigos: Tengo el gusto de informarles que el ELEN III junto con la reunión 2009 de la Lepidopterists´ Society y de la Association for Tropical Lepidóptero se llevara a cabo en el mes de junio de 2009 en la ciudad de Chetumal, en México. Sera un placer recibirte y compartir contigo este magnifico evento, visita nuestra página web para todo la información necesaria, no tardes el cupo en el Hotel sede es limitado! http://w2.ecosur-qroo.mx/ElenIII/index.htm Dear Friends: It is a pleasure to tell you that the ELEN III and the 2009 meeting of Lepidopterists´ Society join with the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera will held on june 2009 at Chetumal City, in Mexico. We will be very glad to see you in this important event, please visit our web page to see all the information, don´t be late, there are not to many rooms in the main hotel! http://w2.ecosur-qroo.mx/ElenIII/index.htm Atentamente, Carmen Pozo y Armando Luis -- M. en C. Moisés Armando Luis Martínez Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera" Departamento de Biología Evolutiva Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Apartado Postal 70-399, México D. F. 04510, México Tel. (52-55) 56 16 77 48 Fax. (52-55) 56 22 48 28 E-mail: alm AT ciencias.unam.mx http://mariposasmexicanas.com/ Subject: Re: dot distribution maps From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:52:24 -0600 Here's a somewhat labor intensive map: http://www.texasento.net/Zen_map.htm Dr. John Abbott at UT figured out how to do pretty much the same thing but automatically... *Aeshna persephone* (Persephone's Darner) http://tinyurl.com/atbgf3 But perhaps your are looking for something of the ink-on-paper variety... Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Richard Worth wrote: > Hi all, > I was wondering what software people use to make all those really clean > dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA series)? It > looks like you can select exactly the geographic region of interest anywhere > in the world on the base map and then apply the data. Looks like you can > also choose political boundaries, rivers, etc. How is the data applied? Does > the software exist for Mac OS We have GIS capability here but it takes a > long time to become proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. > TIA for any help and best regards, Richard > > Richard Worth > > Entomologist / Lepidopterist > > Plant Division > > Oregon Dept. of Agriculture > > 635 Capitol St. NE > > Salem, OR 97301 > > 503-986-6461 > > 503-871-7108: cell > > rworth AT oda.state.or.us > > http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml > > > Subject: Fw: dot distribution maps From: "Roger C. KENDRICK" <hkmoths AT yahoo.co.uk> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:05:55 +0000 (GMT) Check out http://www.dmap.co.uk/ I have no financial affiliation with this organisation, but I do know that it widely used for biological data mapping. hope this helps, Roger. Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D. Senior Conservation Officer, Fauna Conservation, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Hong Kong http://www.kfbg.org/ C & R Wildlife (sole proprietor), Tai Po, Hong Kong hkmoths AT yahoo.co.uk Hong Kong Moths - http://asia.geocities.com/hkmoths/ - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hkmoths/sets/72157601206661913/ (personal Flickr site) - http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/ (Flickr Group) discussion groups - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Hkmoths/ - http://www.hkwildlife.net - http://www.hkls-forum.org/ ________________________________ From: Richard Worth To: LEPS-L Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 1:46:50 AM Subject: dot distribution maps Hi all, I was wondering what software people use to make all those really clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA series)? It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers, etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS We have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. TIA for any help and best regards, Richard Richard Worth Entomologist / Lepidopterist Plant Division Oregon Dept. of Agriculture 635 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-6461 503-871-7108: cell rworth AT oda.state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Subject: Re: dot distribution maps From: "Jason J. Dombroskie" <dombrosk AT ualberta.ca> Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:07:20 -0700 Richard, I like DIVA-GIS. It is a free download with many free shapefiles. It is a little picky though with the initial input data format. Jason! -- Jason J. Dombroskie PhD Candidate Dept. of Biological Sciences CW405, Bio. Sci. Bldg. University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9 CANADA Quoting "chris kline" : > ArcGIS is one program that I have used to make the dot maps before.  > Sadly, when I changed jobs I had to leave my copy behind.  :( >   > chris > > > >   > > Chris Kline > Director of Education > Grange Insurance Audubon Center > 692 North High Street, Suite 303 > Columbus, Ohio  43215 > 614-224-3303 > http://grange.audubon.org > > --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Richard Worth wrote: > > From: Richard Worth > Subject: dot distribution maps > To: "LEPS-L" > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:46 AM > > > Hi all, > > I was wondering what software people use to make all those really > clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA > series)?  It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region > of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the > data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers, > etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS  We > have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become > proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. > TIA for any help and best regards,  Richard > > > Richard Worth > Entomologist / Lepidopterist > Plant Division > Oregon Dept. of Agriculture > 635 Capitol St. NE > Salem, OR  97301 > 503-986-6461 > 503-871-7108: cell > rworth AT oda.state.or.us > http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: dot distribution maps From: chris kline <kline_at_pine AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:51:09 -0800 (PST) ArcGIS is one program that I have used to make the dot maps before.  Sadly, when I changed jobs I had to leave my copy behind.  :(   chris   Chris Kline Director of Education Grange Insurance Audubon Center 692 North High Street, Suite 303 Columbus, Ohio  43215 614-224-3303 http://grange.audubon.org --- On Thu, 2/5/09, Richard Worth wrote: From: Richard Worth Subject: dot distribution maps To: "LEPS-L" Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:46 AM Hi all, I was wondering what software people use to make all those really clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA series)?  It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers, etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS  We have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. TIA for any help and best regards,  Richard Richard Worth Entomologist / Lepidopterist Plant Division Oregon Dept. of Agriculture 635 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR  97301 503-986-6461 503-871-7108: cell rworth AT oda.state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml Subject: Re: dot distribution maps From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:04:56 -0500 Please reply to the list with this request, as I am also interested in this question. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:46 PM, Richard Worth wrote: > Hi all, > I was wondering what software people use to make all those really > clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA > series)? It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region > of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the > data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers, > etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS We > have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become > proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. > TIA for any help and best regards, Richard > > Richard Worth > Entomologist / Lepidopterist > Plant Division > Oregon Dept. of Agriculture > 635 Capitol St. NE > Salem, OR 97301 > 503-986-6461 > 503-871-7108: cell > rworth AT oda.state.or.us > http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml > > Subject: dot distribution maps From: Richard Worth <rworth AT oda.state.or.us> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:46:50 -0800 Hi all, I was wondering what software people use to make all those really clean dot-distribution maps I see in publications (e.g. the MONA series)? It looks like you can select exactly the geographic region of interest anywhere in the world on the base map and then apply the data. Looks like you can also choose political boundaries, rivers, etc. How is the data applied? Does the software exist for Mac OS We have GIS capability here but it takes a long time to become proficient and many of the map layers are not needed. TIA for any help and best regards, Richard Richard Worth Entomologist / Lepidopterist Plant Division Oregon Dept. of Agriculture 635 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-6461 503-871-7108: cell rworth AT oda.state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens From: "K. W. Philip" <fnkwp AT uaf.edu> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:29:11 -0900 (AKST) I have successfully used ethyl acetate for degreasing leps--it's a powerful fat solvent. Ken Philip ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens From: Tony Thomas <mothman AT nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:24:48 -0400 Hi All: Bruce Walsh's Arizona site has an article on degreasing http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zEEB/butterflies/relax.html At 01:43 AM 1/31/2009, Gary Anweiler wrote: >I think any good degreaser that does not leave a residue would >work. I use white gas sold for Coleman camp stoves. > >One thing that really helps is to blow-dry the bug (gently!!) once >it is degreased as the scales may 'mat' from being degreased or >wetted, especially moths which tend to be much thicker or heavier >scaled. Practice on something you don't mind losing! > >And lest I forget, the standard caveat - use in well ventilated >areas and not near an open flame - or it could get overly exciting! > >Gary. > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Gorodenski" >To: >Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:21 PM >Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens > > >>What about Xylene? I have heard about this for many decades and >>always thought that was the "standard answer." This is the first >>time I have heard of acetone and knowing about acetone I would be >>very reluctant to use it. Can you enlighten me more about it? >>Stan >> >>Hugh McGuinness wrote: >> >>>The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) >>>completely immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that >>>doesn't remove all the oil immerse for longer. >>>Hugh >>> >>> Hugh McGuinness >>>The Ross School >>>18 Goodfriend Drive >>>East Hampton, NY 11937 >>>hmcguinness AT ross.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos >>>>clorinde in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty >>>>grease oozed out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right >>>>hindwing. Does anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? >>>>Thanks. -- Noah Arthur >>> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:43:00 -0700 I think any good degreaser that does not leave a residue would work. I use white gas sold for Coleman camp stoves. One thing that really helps is to blow-dry the bug (gently!!) once it is degreased as the scales may 'mat' from being degreased or wetted, especially moths which tend to be much thicker or heavier scaled. Practice on something you don't mind losing! And lest I forget, the standard caveat - use in well ventilated areas and not near an open flame - or it could get overly exciting! Gary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Gorodenski" To: Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:21 PM Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens > What about Xylene? I have heard about this for many decades and always > thought that was the "standard answer." This is the first time I have > heard of acetone and knowing about acetone I would be very reluctant to > use it. Can you enlighten me more about it? > Stan > > Hugh McGuinness wrote: > >> The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) completely >> immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that doesn't remove all the >> oil immerse for longer. >> Hugh >> >> Hugh McGuinness >> The Ross School >> 18 Goodfriend Drive >> East Hampton, NY 11937 >> hmcguinness AT ross.org >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote: >> >>> Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos clorinde in >>> Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty grease oozed out of >>> his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right hindwing. Does anybody >>> know how I could fix my clorinde? Thanks. -- Noah Arthur >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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: fixing greasy specimens From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep AT commspeed.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:21:57 -0700 What about Xylene? I have heard about this for many decades and always thought that was the "standard answer." This is the first time I have heard of acetone and knowing about acetone I would be very reluctant to use it. Can you enlighten me more about it? Stan Hugh McGuinness wrote: > The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) > completely immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that doesn't > remove all the oil immerse for longer. > > Hugh > > > Hugh McGuinness > The Ross School > 18 Goodfriend Drive > East Hampton, NY 11937 > hmcguinness AT ross.org > > > > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote: > >> Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos clorinde >> in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty grease oozed >> out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right hindwing. Does >> anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? Thanks. -- Noah Arthur > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Thanks for helping ID Heliothis oregonica From: "Tom Middagh" <trgarden AT frontiernet.net> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:33:16 -0600 Thanks to everyone that chipped in with the ID of the Heliothis oregonica. Just one of the great things the members of this newsgroup has to offer. Later Tom Middagh ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Monarch Numbers in Mexico Up Slightly This Winter From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:59:03 -0800 Last September there were reports on the Journey North website of hundreds or thousands of monarchs clustering in the Bt corn and Roundup Ready soybean growing regions of southern Minnesota, Iowa and neighboring upper Midwestern States. Examples: Winthrop, Minnesota 09/06/08 "Our farm was lucky enough to be a stopping point for hundreds of Monarchs. They roosted in the trees each evening for two nights" Cannon Falls, Minnesota "Aug. 26, 2008 a strong 1,000 monarchs nectaring in the Monarch Waystation.² Redfield, Iowa 09/07/08 "Literally thousands and thousands hanging in our trees on our 6 acres with 4 acres of timber." Griswold, Iowa 09/04/08 "Thousands of monarchs roosting in our trees at the golf course." But late summer monarch numbers were down in the rest of the eastern half of the USA as compared to 2007. However, the following report written by Biologist Meza Felipe Martinez, assigned to the area of Biodiversity Research and the Management of the Reserve of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere in Mexico shows the number of monarchs overwintering in Mexico this year is slightly higher than in 2007. To my mind this confirms the theory that the natal origins of most of the monarchs overwintering in Mexico are the Bt corn and Roundup Ready soybean growing region of the upper Midwest: "During this season of hibernation there were 11 colonies of Monarch butterfly that occupied 5.06 hectares of forest in the states of Mexico and Michoacan which represents an increase of 8.89% compared to 4.61 hectares in December 2007. Again this year there were colonies at San Francisco Oxtotilpan and Contepec. The colony with the largest occupied area was the Ejido El Rosario with 2.37 hectares followed by the colony Cerro Prieto in the Sierra Chincua (1.0 hectare). Notable is the absence of colonies was the region of Cerro Pelon, compared with the previous season, because in this season only the colony in Ejido Nicolas Romero was occupied. During this season there has been significant frost, but with no rain or winter storms, which has contributed to the good of the populations of the butterfly." Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: A late January view of a Mojave Desert Monarh Overwintering site From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:40:53 -0800 Hard to believe, but monarchs regularly overwinter in small numbers (dozens to hundreds) in arid desert locations such as in the Saline Valley in California - a moon crater shaped valley about midway inbetween Mount Whitney and Death Valley: Distant aerial view (orange dot is the cluster site location): http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/salinec.jpg Closer aerial view (orange circle is the cluster site location): http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/salined.jpg Here's a January 27, 1990 midday view of the monarchs nectaring and sunning themselves on the mulefat bushes: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/salinea.jpg Here's a early December 1996 midday view of some the monarchs at this same location clustering in Tamarisk bushes: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/salineb.jpg The Saline Valley overwintering monarchs are just like the permanent coastal monarch overwintering sites in that most mating and cluster break up occurs in February. The butterflies are in good condition despite the very low daytime humidity (in the 5-25% range), scant winter rainfall and the fact the only evergreen vegetation in mid and late winter are bushes such as tamarisk, mulefat and creosote. One problem with the Saline Valley habitats, however, is that roughly once every five years, overnight temps dip into the teens and freeze most or all of the monarchs. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Species ID Heliothis? From: "Tom Middagh" <trgarden AT frontiernet.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:52:14 -0600 Hello Anybody has an idea what species this little moth is. I thought it was a Heliothis origonica but the hindwing is wrong from the pics I have seen. Anyway any help would be great. Field Data: Crook County, Wyoming USA 23mm wingspan Pic address: Upper side http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/heliothis%20upper.JPG Under side http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Heliothis%20under.JPG Thanks Tom Middagh ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens From: Tony Thomas <mothman AT nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:03:30 -0400 Just one caveat, use fresh acetone for each soaking; sometimes may need up to 4 soakings. At 04:04 PM 1/29/2009, Hugh wrote: >The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) >completely immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that doesn't >remove all the oil immerse for longer. > >Hugh > > >Hugh McGuinness >The Ross School >18 Goodfriend Drive >East Hampton, NY 11937 >hmcguinness AT ross.org > > > > >On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote: > >>Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos >>clorinde in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty >>grease oozed out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right >>hindwing. Does anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? >>Thanks. -- Noah Arthur Subject: Re: fixing greasy specimens From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:04:23 -0500 The standard answer is to let your specimen sit (pin and all) completely immersed in an acetone bath for 24 hours. If that doesn't remove all the oil immerse for longer. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:30 PM, The Arthurs wrote: > Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos clorinde > in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty grease oozed > out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right hindwing. Does > anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? Thanks. -- Noah Arthur Subject: fixing greasy specimens From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:30:55 -0800 Hi, everybody. Back in October, I caught a nice male Anteos clorinde in Texas. He was apparently overweight, because fatty grease oozed out of his abdomen and soaked a portion of his right hindwing. Does anybody know how I could fix my clorinde? Thanks. -- Noah Arthur Subject: Re: do Leps walk? From: "K. W. Philip" <fnkwp AT uaf.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:31:48 -0900 (AKST) This thread reminds me of what I observed in Barrow, Alaska in 1971. A scientist there had put out sticky-board traps lying flat in the tundra, and I noticed that the _edges_ of these traps were lined with Barrovia fasciata individuals (a noctuid moth). I did not see a single B fasciata in the interior of any of these boards--only along the edges. The only conclusion is that this species was _walking_ around in the tundra, rather than flying--and was trapped as soon as it encountered the edge of a sticky-board trap. The weather at that time was cool and cloudy. I have remembered ever since that Barrow is such an extreme habitat that moths (at least, some of them) walk rather than fly... By the way, I was able to use ethyl acetate to free a number of these moths from the traps, and ended up with a nice series of relatively fresh specimens. Ken Philip ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Mid-winter Micros... From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:36:10 -0600 Some of the micros showing up between cool fronts this January in Central Texas: Cosmopterigidae Cosmopterix sp. cf. pulchrimella http://bugguide.net/node/view/249284 Obithome punctiferella http://bugguide.net/node/view/249227 Gelechiidae Aristotelia sp(p). http://bugguide.net/node/view/249276 http://bugguide.net/node/view/249278 Deltophora glandiferella http://bugguide.net/node/view/249272 Crambidae Fissicrambus sp. cf. profanellus http://bugguide.net/node/view/249275 Ypsolophidae Ypsolopha unicipunctella http://bugguide.net/node/view/249263 Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter sp. cf. fitchella http://bugguide.net/node/view/249222 Coleophoridae Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths) http://bugguide.net/node/view/249282 http://bugguide.net/node/view/249281 Most photo dets by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey. Mike Quinn, Austin Link to my backyard lep images: http://www.texasento.net/backyard.htm#Lepidoptera ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: do Leps walk? From: stanlep AT commspeed.net Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:17:31 -0700 (MST) It may be the Noctua pronuba moths have an escape adaptation that works in the field but not on a cement floor. It probably dropped expecting to land in grass it could wiggle into. Since it is not an intelligent creature to know it is on concrete and there is no grass, it continues following its instincts to find grass rather than fly off. Stan > On Jan 17, 2009, at 12:20 AM, The Arthurs wrote: > >> Hi. Thanks for your responses on Metardaris cosinga. It is a very >> interesting Lepidopter. I am interested on walking vs. flying in >> creatures that can fly, and why birds almost always walk if they >> can. What about Leps? Do you know of any Lepidopters that can fly >> that regularly walk? I have seen Noctua pronuba moths, after being >> swiped at with a net, drop to the ground (the cold cement of a gas- >> station) and run around in circles like a cockroach, apparently >> thinking that it could run better than it could fly, and, therefore, >> running was a better way to get away than flying. The moth was >> definitely not injured by the net. That is the only time I have ever >> observed a Lepidopter naturally walking rather than flying. Have any >> of you seen or heard of any other such occurences? Are there species >> that regularly walk rather than flying? Thanks. -- Noah. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: do Leps walk? From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:22:13 -0500 I have noted similar walking behavior for apparent escape purposes in several Xylenines when they drop from tree bait in response to my light. When they have dropped into the litter and I re-find them they will often try to escape by walking. In addition, almost every Lep that I have seen at bait walks around a little to approach the bait. At my sheets and black lights there are many species that seem to walk for a while before they settle down, although I have never stopped to think about which species do this. And when I am photographing moths, I shine a light on them to focus my camera. It is fairly common for moths to walk away from the light, although once again I have never noted the species that walk versus fly away. Perhaps this is a project for next season. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org On Jan 17, 2009, at 12:20 AM, The Arthurs wrote: > Hi. Thanks for your responses on Metardaris cosinga. It is a very > interesting Lepidopter. I am interested on walking vs. flying in > creatures that can fly, and why birds almost always walk if they > can. What about Leps? Do you know of any Lepidopters that can fly > that regularly walk? I have seen Noctua pronuba moths, after being > swiped at with a net, drop to the ground (the cold cement of a gas- > station) and run around in circles like a cockroach, apparently > thinking that it could run better than it could fly, and, therefore, > running was a better way to get away than flying. The moth was > definitely not injured by the net. That is the only time I have ever > observed a Lepidopter naturally walking rather than flying. Have any > of you seen or heard of any other such occurences? Are there species > that regularly walk rather than flying? Thanks. -- Noah. Subject: do Leps walk? From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:20:35 -0800 Hi. Thanks for your responses on Metardaris cosinga. It is a very interesting Lepidopter. I am interested on walking vs. flying in creatures that can fly, and why birds almost always walk if they can. What about Leps? Do you know of any Lepidopters that can fly that regularly walk? I have seen Noctua pronuba moths, after being swiped at with a net, drop to the ground (the cold cement of a gas-station) and run around in circles like a cockroach, apparently thinking that it could run better than it could fly, and, therefore, running was a better way to get away than flying. The moth was definitely not injured by the net. That is the only time I have ever observed a Lepidopter naturally walking rather than flying. Have any of you seen or heard of any other such occurences? Are there species that regularly walk rather than flying? Thanks. -- Noah. Subject: New Moth Book!!!!!!!!!! From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:40:29 -0800 Hi, everybody. I am emailing to tell you, if anybody doesn't know, that a new book called Moths of Western North America is coming out in the beginning of May, 2009, and is available for pre-order on Amazon.com now. It looks really good. Thanks. -- Noah Arthur. Subject: the writings of Richard HollandKeep up th good work. From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:10:47 -0700 The latest issue of J Lep Soc. arrived today - and to my great pleasure there was another article by Richard Holland, documenting his search for the source of old Speyeria nokomis records in NM. Now I confess right up front here to being a moth guy with little interest in those gaudy beasts, the butterflies.-but I do love a good story - and when it actually is also full of facts and new information - well - does it get any better than that? I sent Richard (who I have never met or corresponded with previously) a thank you note for providing us with an article that had not been emasculated, depersonalized and with any signs of LIFE squeeezed out of it. Great shades of the 1800's - signs of life in the scientific literature !!! What fun! I would like to thank the editor of J Lep Soc. for being brave enough or tired enough or whatever it takes to allow an article like this to make it into our esteemed Journal. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. And for those who tirelessly persist in ensuring that our scientific publications are stripped of personalities, any signs of life and juice, I suspect ( and hope) there is a small dry lifeless bit of desert reserved for you in wherever you wind up once dis-embodied. The Pope recently closed Limbo for good - so I guess it will have to be in hell, although I would agree that would be a tad harsh. Cheers Gary Anweiler Subject: Metardaris cosinga - Hesperiid or Papilionid? From: "The Arthurs" <thearthurs AT mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:05:25 -0800 Hi, everybody. Thanks for your information on my unusual Papilio zelicaon specimen. Since then, I have come up with a few other unusual specimens (if you want to see photos, contact me), including a very brown Pontia protodice, a Phyciodes orseis in the middle of Oakland, CA, and two Pieris rapae specimens with almost no marking on the FW. But that is not the subject of this email. While browsing the Neotropical Butterflies website (great site), I found photos of a strange-looking butterfly in the Hesperiidae section. It is called Metardaris cosinga (Cosinga Firetip) and has features that appear intermediate between a Hesperiid and a Papilionid. In particular, look at the eye and the fur around it, the wing shape, resting position, and antennae. They all look suspiciously Papilionidish. What do you all think? What features (?DNA, genitalia?) make people classify it as a Hesperiid. The look of this species makes me wonder whether the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea superfamilies should be separate, or, even, if Pailionidae and Hesperiidae really should be separate families. Thanks for your attention. -- Noah Arthur. notice: resting position, wing shape notice: eye/fur around it, head hunched downward, antennae Subject: Butterlies of Tanzania From: Speydiana AT aol.com Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:46:07 EST Everyone: I am hoping to find an expert on African butterflies, and more specifically butterflies of Tanzania, who would be willing to help me and my friend, Marcyn Del Clements, identify four butterflies that she photographed while on her recent trip to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. I have digital photos of 4 species: 2 Papilio, 1 Nymphalid, and 1 Lycaenid that I will share by email outside of the group. Meanwhile, I'll attempt to up-load the images to Yahoo Groups for everyone to see. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Best wishes, Bill Gendron Pomona, CA **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir=http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001) Subject: DeWind Award 2009 Applications Now Being Accepted From: "Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" <mdshepherd AT xerces.org> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:10:21 -0700 The Joan Mosenthal DeWind Awards 2009 The Xerces Society is now accepting applications for two $3,750 awards for research into Lepidoptera conservation. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The DeWind awards are given to students who are engaged in research leading to a university degree related to Lepidoptera conservation and who intend to continue to work in this field. All proposals must be written by the student researcher. Proposed research should have a clear connection to Lepidoptera conservation and must be completed within one year from receiving funds. Applicants may be graduate or undergraduate students; however, please note that all but one awardee, to date, have been pursuing graduate research. Applications from countries outside the United States will be considered. Submission Deadline for 2009 Awards The submission deadline is Friday, December 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM PST. Award winners will be announced by March 31, 2009, with the awards given by May 2009. Instructions for Submitting the Proposal All proposals must be submitted by email to dewind AT xerces.org. The proposal should be attached as a single attachment in one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word, RTF text, or PDF. The subject line of the email should read "DeWind Award Proposal." Proposal Format (all text should use 12 pt font and standard margins) 1. Cover page (1 page). a. Title. List the title in CAPITAL LETTERS. b. Contact information. Provide the name of the contact information for the applicant and his or her major advisor. Include institutional affiliations, complete mailing address, and country. Also provide an email address and telephone number (include country code if outside the United States). c. Abstract. Include a project summary immediately following the title and contact information. The summary should be limited to 100 words and should not exceed one paragraph. 2. Proposal body (2 pages). Begin with a clear statement of the problem or objectives, follow with a clear methods section, and end with a substantial conclusion. The proposal should include a discussion of potential conservation applications and results, and what products, if any, will result from this work. 3. Additional information. On separate pages, please include all of the following information: cited literature, detailed project budget, timeline, and a CV (CV must be 2 pages or less). It is the goal of the DeWind award that the funds by used for direct research related expenses and thus overhead and/or administrative fees are considered ineligible. 4. Please include all of the materials as a single attachment.