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10 May Re Metarranthis mis-spelled [Hugh McGuinness ] 09 May Metarranthis metusata [Hugh McGuinness ] 6 May FW: Lophocampa maculata eggs/larvae needed ["Jeff Crolla" ] 6 May other extremely early records for Indiana ["John Shuey" ] 02 May unsubscribe leps-l [] 02 May McGuire News - 2nd issue [Andrei Sourakov ] 28 Apr Lep Soc Meeting papers and posters [John Acorn ] 28 Apr Re: Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings [Richard Worth ] 28 Apr Re: early Monarchs [Ahmet Baytas ] 27 Apr unsubscribe [] 28 Apr Re: early Monarchs ["wormington AT juno.com" ] 27 Apr early Monarchs ["Michael Gochfeld" ] 26 Apr Black Witch - life cycle photos & rearing note ["Mike Quinn" ] 25 Apr 4 recent Limenitis papers + collecting [Sean Mullen ] 24 Apr Re: Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings [Chuck Vaughn ] 24 Apr Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings [Royce J Bitzer ] 23 Apr Danuas plexxipuss - very early this year ["John Shuey" ] 22 Apr Nola ovilla [Hugh McGuinness ] 06 Apr Re: The Hawk Moth Book [Gary Anweiler ] 7 Apr Re: The Hawk Moth Book ["PHIL" ] 6 Apr Re: Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías , Tamps - 4-X-1986 ["Mike Quinn" ] 6 Apr Re: Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías , Tamps - 4-X-1986 [Doug Yanega ] 6 Apr Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías, Tamps - 4-X-1986 ["Mike Quinn" ] 04 Apr Preparation of Specimens Problems [Hugh McGuinness ] 2 Apr Interactive range map of North American Owl Moth locations ["Mike Quinn" ] 17 Mar New Moth species for NY [Hugh McGuinness ] 17 Mar New Moth species for NY [Hugh McGuinness ] 12 Mar Fw: David Attenborough launches £25m scheme to protect butterfies in huge dome ["Neil Jones" ] 12 Mar Polka-dot Wasp Moth @ Rio Grande Valley, So. TX - Mar 2-3, 2008 ["Mike Quinn" ] 7 Mar Costa Rica lep book ["Jim Mason" ] 7 Mar Fw: Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on NASA Website & NYT ["Neil Jones" ] 27 Feb 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies [Felix Sperling ] 26 Feb Re: Fw: Butterfly new to Sri Lanka [] 26 Feb Fw: Butterfly new to Sri Lanka [Carolyn King ] 25 Feb Free scientific name spelling checker [] 24 Feb Butterflies of the Middle East - First International Congress, 29-30 May 2008 ["Lawrence F. Gall" ] 18 Feb Entomological Field Trips to Nicaragua - October - November 2008 ["Jean Michel Maes" ] 5 Feb Metzler new email ["Wagner, David" ] 04 Feb Re: Metzler e-mail [Eric or Pat Metzler ] 04 Feb Metzler e-mail [Hugh McGuinness ] 28 Jan Hypocala andremona [Hugh McGuinness ] 22 Jan The Hawk Moth Book [Stan Gorodenski ] 21 Jan Fwd: Death of Roy Kendall - Texas Lepidopterist ["Mike Quinn" ] 13 Jan Grow lights for rearing indoors ["LEPS-L" ] 11 Jan USFWS and traveling with specimens... ["LEPS-L" ] 10 Jan Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! [Eric or Pat Metzler ] 10 Jan Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! [Eric or Pat Metzler ] 10 Jan Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! [Eric or Pat Metzler ] 10 Jan Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! [Robert Kriegel ] 10 Jan Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! [Richard Worth ] 10 Jan Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! ["LEPS-L" ] 9 Jan Field trips in Nicaragua 2008 ["Jean Michel Maes" ] Subject: Re Metarranthis mis-spelled From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:22:29 -0400 Dear Lep-lovers, Martin Honey kindly pointed out that I misspelled the species epithet of the Metarranthis about which I sent the query pasted below. The correct name is Metarranthis mestusata. Thanks, Hugh ------ Forwarded Message From: Hugh McGuinness Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 23:24:58 -0400 To: Moth-rah , Leps List Conversation: Metarranthis metusata Subject: [moth-rah] Metarranthis metusata Hello Fellow Leppers, Does anyone know how tell Metarranthis metusata from M refractaria? I looked at a long series of both species last week at the USNM and could not see any consistent differences. Alternatively, can anyone tell me where the description of M metusata was published? Thanks, Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ TILS Motto: "We can not protect that which we do not know" © 1999 Subscribe: TILS-moth-rah-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com Post message: TILS-moth-rah AT yahoogroups.com Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TILS-moth-rah/messages Unsubscribe: TILS-moth-rah-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com For more information: http://www.tils-ttr.org/about.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TILS-moth-rah/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TILS-moth-rah/join (Yahoo! 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Thanks, Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: FW: Lophocampa maculata eggs/larvae needed From: "Jeff Crolla" <crollaj AT rogers.com> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:29:12 -0400 If anyone can help Ken with Lophocampa maculata livestock from locations in the Northeast this summer, please email him directly at kgs AT lclark.edu Jeff Crolla -----Original Message----- From: kgs AT lclark.edu [mailto:kgs AT lclark.edu] Sent: April 16, 2008 2:27 PM To: crollaj AT rogers.com Subject: Lophocampa maculata Hi, I am a biochemist at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. I am conducting a research project on Lophocampa maculata, the spotted tussock moth. I have been working with the species captured in Western Oregon. I would like to do a series of comparative studies between the individuals I have from Oregon and individuals from Eastern Canada or the Northeastern U.S. I am trying to find someone who could provide me with either eggs or first instar larvae this summer from a locaton in Northeastern North America. I realize this will not be easy but I am hoping you might have some ideas as how to proceed. Perhaps through the Lepidopterist Society I might be able to contact someone who could help me. Any suggestions you might have would be appreciated. I would, of course, cover the expense of shipping them to me. Thank you for consideration of my request. Sincerely, Ken Strothkamp Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: other extremely early records for Indiana From: "John Shuey" <jshuey AT tnc.org> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:26:41 -0400 I was out yesterday in the Indiana hills and glades just across the river from Louisville, and saw a beat Junonia coenia and three very fresh Phoebis sennae. Again, I. henrici and M gryneus are still flying at the site I was looking at - so it seems a bit early. The P. sennea were flying due north above the tree canopy but dropped down to ground level in the glade I was looking at - then back up to the canopy as they left the clearing. I couldn't sex them definitively - but they were very bright yellow -and I would guess they were males. And D plexxipus is now frequent in the area - perhaps 10 individuals seen. John Please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________ John A Shuey Director of Conservation Science jshuey AT tnc.org (317) 951-8818 (Phone) (800) 937-5263 (Phone) (317) 917-2478 (Fax) nature.org The Nature Conservancy Indiana Field Office 1505 N Delaware Street Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Subject: unsubscribe leps-l From: magritash AT aol.com Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 23:31:30 -0400 unsubscribe leps-l Subject: McGuire News - 2nd issue From: Andrei Sourakov <asourakov AT flmnh.ufl.edu> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:08 -0400 The April 2008 issue of the McGuire Center News can now be downloaded at: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Lep Soc Meeting papers and posters From: John Acorn <janature AT compusmart.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:30:12 -0600 Hi All, Just a reminder that the deadline for submission of papers and posters for the Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society (at Mississippi State University) is coming up fast, on May 1. Details are available at the Lep Soc website, www.lepsoc.org Hope to see you there. John Acorn President The Lepidopterists' Society ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings From: Richard Worth <rworth AT oda.state.or.us> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:39:01 -0700 Hi Royce, I saw three PLs on April 26 in my backyard in (West) Salem, Polk Co., Oregon, and they were all moving due north during mid day at about 70deg F. BTW, thank you for not calling the RAs "Red Admirables". That drives me crazy! My common name rule of thumb: the well established American common names can be found in the old Zinn Golden Guide to Butterflies and Moths. If it's not in there, it really doesn't need one. Best, 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 On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Royce J Bitzer wrote: > Leps-L members, > > This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the Vanessa > Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch > tracking, we are mapping seasonal distribution and migration of > four Vanessa butterflies in North America: > > Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) > Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) > American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) > West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) > > 1. Please report the first date when you see (or have seen) any of > these butterflies in your area, and the numbers seen that day. > > 2. Please report any directional migrations of these species that > you see this year. > > 3. Please report the presence or abundance of these butterflies > later in the season. We encourage multiple observations from the > same location. > > When sending reports, please include your full name, e-mail > address, the location from which you observed, and the date or > dates when you see these butterflies. For evident directional > migrations, also include the direction toward which they seem to be > moving. A rough estimate of how frequently they are passing > through (for example, 10 butterflies over 20 minutes) would also be > helpful, as would notes on > temperature, wind speed and direction, and type and extent of cloud > cover. > > For more information about this project and how to report your > observations, see the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site > > http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html > > Once there, select the links, "Help Track the 2008 North American > Migration" and "How to Report Your Observations." We are now > taking observations either directly via e-mail or through our > reporting form and database. > > We also have an interactive map that opens from the map images on > our home page, as well as complete instructions for viewing and > working with the map ("How to Use Our Interactive Map"). > > If you have observations from previous years that you would like to > share, please feel free to send these to us also. We will add them > to our database and interactive map. > > We would appreciate it very much if you could monitor Red Admirals > and Ladies this year! Or pass this message on to others whom you > think would be interested in our program. > > Thank you, > > Royce J. Bitzer > mariposa AT iastate.edu > > The Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site > http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html > Territorial behavior, migration, and distribution of Vanessa > butterflies Subject: Re: early Monarchs From: Ahmet Baytas <baytasa AT mail.montclair.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:35:38 -0400 I had two relatively worn Monarchs at Bombay Hook, DE last Friday as well. Ahmet Michael Gochfeld wrote: > Following up on John Shuey's Indiana report: Monarchs have been > reported in southern NJ (Apr 22) and central NJ (Apr 24th), both > unusually early records. > > Michael Gochfeld gochfeld AT eohsi.rutgers.edu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu on behalf of John Shuey > *Sent:* Wed 4/23/2008 8:56 AM > *To:* leps-l AT lists.yale.edu > *Subject:* Danuas plexxipuss - very early this year > > I was out look at spring species (I henrici, A midea and Erynnis) last > Friday in Southern Indiana. Saw 2 female Danaus plexippus - both > searching for hostplants along swamp forest roads! > > April 18 seems a bit early - trees aren't leafed out yet, and red bud > hasn't even hit full bloom yet. > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *John A Shuey* > /Director of Conservation Science/ > > jshuey AT tnc.org > (317) 951-8818 (Phone) > (800) 937-5263 (Phone) > (317) 917-2478 (Fax) > > *nature.org * *The Nature Conservancy* > *Indiana Field Office* > 1505 N Delaware Street > Suite 200 > Indianapolis, IN 46202 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: unsubscribe From: MagritAsh AT aol.com Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:21:39 EDT unsubscribe **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) Subject: Re: early Monarchs From: "wormington AT juno.com" <wormington@juno.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:58:56 GMT Everyone, Today, April 27, a Monarch was seen in southern Ontario at Port Glasgow, which is on the north shore of Lake Erie. I'm not at home at the moment to look up the exact date, but Point Pelee has a Monarch record from the past on or around April 9. Cheers, Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario _____________________________________________________________ Click here to save on car rentals. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3nMUoUyD6RVjZepBlT7Cii8arl7M46ssVaCBTns0yEzY0hO4/ Subject: early Monarchs From: "Michael Gochfeld" <gochfeld AT EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:01:46 -0400 Following up on John Shuey's Indiana report: Monarchs have been reported in southern NJ (Apr 22) and central NJ (Apr 24th), both unusually early records. Michael Gochfeld gochfeld AT eohsi.rutgers.edu ________________________________ From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu on behalf of John Shuey Sent: Wed 4/23/2008 8:56 AM To: leps-l AT lists.yale.edu Subject: Danuas plexxipuss - very early this year I was out look at spring species (I henrici, A midea and Erynnis) last Friday in Southern Indiana. Saw 2 female Danaus plexippus - both searching for hostplants along swamp forest roads! April 18 seems a bit early - trees aren't leafed out yet, and red bud hasn't even hit full bloom yet. Please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________ John A Shuey Director of Conservation Science jshuey AT tnc.org (317) 951-8818 (Phone) (800) 937-5263 (Phone) (317) 917-2478 (Fax) nature.org The Nature Conservancy Indiana Field Office 1505 N Delaware Street Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46202 ________________________________ Subject: Black Witch - life cycle photos & rearing note From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:33:47 -0500 FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin, Texas Black Witch Moth - Ascalapha odorata Life Cycle Photographs & Rearing Note http://texasento.net/witch_pix.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: 4 recent Limenitis papers + collecting From: Sean Mullen <sem307 AT lehigh.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:50 -0400 Folks, Several things. First, I wanted to draw everyone's attention to several recent manuscripts that have been published on North American Limenitis. The first is by Katy Prudic and Jeff Oliver in the Proceedings of the Royal Society that examines the question of whether mimicry was lost in the L. a. arthemis-astyanax complex. The timing of that paper is fortuitous because I just published a paper addressing patterns of population structure and gene flow in this same complex in the journal Evolution. This latter manuscript is available on my website: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inbios/faculty/mullen.html ...thanks to all those who helped with specimens! I also recently had an additional manuscript accepted for publication at Evolution, in collaboration with Dr. Leslie Ries at the University of Maryland, examining the influence of model frequency on the fitness of the mimetic vs. non-mimetic phenotype in the White Admiral/ RSP complex. That article has been published online as "accepted" at Evolution but the corrected proofs are not yet available. However, I have a pdf of the uncorrected proof for anyone who'd like to take a sneak peek...just drop me an email. Finally, early this year Adriana Brisco's lab published a paper on Limenitis Opsin evolution in PNAS. Clearly, the group is generating a lot of interest, and I'm hoping to publish a well-resolved AFLP phylogeny of the the North American forms later this year. I also have a request. I've been very interested in extending my work to include a detailed genetic investigation of species boundaries and gene flow between L. weidemeyerii and L. lorquini. Both of these forms also hybridize with L. a. rubrofasciata in regions of Canada, and I'm interested in sampling these two "species" from as many locations as possible. If anyone is interested in helping out, the requirements are quite simply. First, catch the butterflies:). Second, drop them in a glassine envelope with the following info: Date, Location, Species I.D., and Collector's Name. Third, mail them to me at the address below. If anyone needs reimbursement for postage, I'd be glad to take care of the cost of shipping them...which should be negligible. Finally, I would also be interested in hearing from those of you on the west coast about when these butterflies are on the wing. I may try to slip in a collecting trip sometime this summer and I would welcome the company of anyone familiar with good localities. Best wishes and enjoy the upcoming field season! Sean Dr. Sean P. Mullen Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology Department of Biological Sciences D216 Iaccoca Hall Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 18015 Email: sem307 AT lehigh.edu Phone: 1.610.758.5569 Subject: Re: Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings From: Chuck Vaughn <aa6g AT aa6g.org> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:07:03 -0700 Too late! The Painted Lady migration was in full swing here in the Sierra Nevada foothills about 2 weeks ago. It seems to be over now and I didn't take any notes. Chuck > Leps-L members, > > This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the Vanessa > Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch > tracking, we are mapping seasonal distribution and migration of > four Vanessa butterflies in North America: > > Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) > Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) > American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) > West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) > > 1. Please report the first date when you see (or have seen) any of > these butterflies in your area, and the numbers seen that day. > > 2. Please report any directional migrations of these species that > you see this year. > > 3. Please report the presence or abundance of these butterflies > later in the season. We encourage multiple observations from the > same location. > > When sending reports, please include your full name, e-mail > address, the location from which you observed, and the date or > dates when you see these butterflies. For evident directional > migrations, also include the direction toward which they seem to be > moving. A rough estimate of how frequently they are passing > through (for example, 10 butterflies over 20 minutes) would also be > helpful, as would notes on > temperature, wind speed and direction, and type and extent of cloud > cover. > > For more information about this project and how to report your > observations, see the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site > > http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html > > Once there, select the links, "Help Track the 2008 North American > Migration" and "How to Report Your Observations." We are now > taking observations either directly via e-mail or through our > reporting form and database. > > We also have an interactive map that opens from the map images on > our home page, as well as complete instructions for viewing and > working with the map ("How to Use Our Interactive Map"). > > If you have observations from previous years that you would like to > share, please feel free to send these to us also. We will add them > to our database and interactive map. > > We would appreciate it very much if you could monitor Red Admirals > and Ladies this year! Or pass this message on to others whom you > think would be interested in our program. > > Thank you, > > Royce J. Bitzer > mariposa AT iastate.edu > > The Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site > http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html > Territorial behavior, migration, and distribution of Vanessa > butterflies > Subject: Please report your Red Admiral, Painted Lady, American Lady, and West Coast Lady sightings From: Royce J Bitzer <mariposa AT iastate.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:50:03 -0500 Leps-L members, This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the Vanessa Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch tracking, we are mapping seasonal distribution and migration of four Vanessa butterflies in North America: Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) 1. Please report the first date when you see (or have seen) any of these butterflies in your area, and the numbers seen that day. 2. Please report any directional migrations of these species that you see this year. 3. Please report the presence or abundance of these butterflies later in the season. We encourage multiple observations from the same location. When sending reports, please include your full name, e-mail address, the location from which you observed, and the date or dates when you see these butterflies. For evident directional migrations, also include the direction toward which they seem to be moving. A rough estimate of how frequently they are passing through (for example, 10 butterflies over 20 minutes) would also be helpful, as would notes on temperature, wind speed and direction, and type and extent of cloud cover. For more information about this project and how to report your observations, see the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html Once there, select the links, "Help Track the 2008 North American Migration" and "How to Report Your Observations." We are now taking observations either directly via e-mail or through our reporting form and database. We also have an interactive map that opens from the map images on our home page, as well as complete instructions for viewing and working with the map ("How to Use Our Interactive Map"). If you have observations from previous years that you would like to share, please feel free to send these to us also. We will add them to our database and interactive map. We would appreciate it very much if you could monitor Red Admirals and Ladies this year! Or pass this message on to others whom you think would be interested in our program. Thank you, Royce J. Bitzer mariposa AT iastate.edu The Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html Territorial behavior, migration, and distribution of Vanessa butterflies Subject: Danuas plexxipuss - very early this year From: "John Shuey" <jshuey AT tnc.org> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:56:25 -0400 I was out look at spring species (I henrici, A midea and Erynnis) last Friday in Southern Indiana. Saw 2 female Danaus plexippus - both searching for hostplants along swamp forest roads! April 18 seems a bit early - trees aren't leafed out yet, and red bud hasn't even hit full bloom yet. Please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________ John A Shuey Director of Conservation Science jshuey AT tnc.org (317) 951-8818 (Phone) (800) 937-5263 (Phone) (317) 917-2478 (Fax) nature.org The Nature Conservancy Indiana Field Office 1505 N Delaware Street Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46202 ________________________________ Subject: Nola ovilla From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:26:34 -0400 Hello Fellow Leppers, I am interested in how to separate Nola ovilla from N. clethrae. Forbes states that the antennae of ovilla are fasiculate (characterized by bundles of setae) while those of clethrae are bipectinate. My question is this: is ovilla both fasciculate and bipectinate? The reason I ask is because an early season specimen from last summer¹s work appears to show both characters. I was wondering if anyone knows the answer to this, or has access to a collection and a scope and can look at a few for me? Thanks, Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: Re: The Hawk Moth Book From: Gary Anweiler <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:52:55 -0600 http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/l_zen.htm This site gives rearing data and much more for this species. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "PHIL" To: ; "Leps-L" Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:02 PM Subject: Re: The Hawk Moth Book > Dear Friend, > > anybody reared Langia zegzeroides, > and I have just collected a female zegzeroides with eggs and want to rear, > anybody can tell detail foodplant and any experinces? Thank you. > Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stan Gorodenski" > To: "Leps-L" > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:40 AM > Subject: The Hawk Moth Book > > >> Someone on this list was wondering when the new book The Hawk Moths of >> North America by Tuttle would come out. I just got mine today from the >> Entomological Reprint Specialists. >> Stan >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> 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: The Hawk Moth Book From: "PHIL" <SATURNIDAE123 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:02:30 +0800 Dear Friend, anybody reared Langia zegzeroides, and I have just collected a female zegzeroides with eggs and want to rear, anybody can tell detail foodplant and any experinces? Thank you. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Gorodenski" To: "Leps-L" Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:40 AM Subject: The Hawk Moth Book > Someone on this list was wondering when the new book The Hawk Moths of > North America by Tuttle would come out. I just got mine today from the > Entomological Reprint Specialists. > Stan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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: Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías , Tamps - 4-X-1986 From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 18:21:02 -0500 Doug, Many folks got their first introduction to the tropics around Gomez Farias. A quarter million acre biosphere reserve was established there in 1985. UT Brownsville maintains a field station that they've operated there for over 40 years. Recently a festival has been held there twice annually. See also, book, checklist, and mas lep pix links. Mike ------------------------- Festival: El Cielo Nature Festival - 2008 February 28 - March 2, 2008 Cd. Mante, Tamaulipas, MEXICO sortiz AT teledinamica.com.mx Phone 011-52(81)8378-5926 www.elcielofestival.com/ Annually Since 2004 map: http://tinyurl.com/63zhkx ------------------------- Field Station: Rancho Del Cielo is one of two field stations that the Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc. maintains in the Gomez Farias area of southern Tamaulipas. This is the northern-most cloud forest in the Western Hemisphere. Within a twenty mile radius of the field station are eight distinct forest ecosystems. The "El Cielo" area is considered so important to the floral and faunal history of North America that it was protected under the guidelines of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program of the United Nations. http://www.gorgassciencefoundation.org/elcielo.html -------------------- Book: The Road to El Cielo: Mexico's Forest in the Clouds By Fred Webster, Marie S. Webster. 2001. UT Press. 265 pp. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/webroa.html Google preview: http://tinyurl.com/5j6xx2 --------------------- Chapter on El Cielo within History of UT Brownsville: The First 70 Years - A History of Higher Education in Brownsville Chapter 6: A Scientific Facility in Mexico: Rancho Del Cielo and Rancho El Cielito http://pubs.utb.edu/anniversary/first70years/chapter-6.htm ------------------ 25 page bird checklist: Birds of the Gomez Farias Region, Southwestern Tamaulipas, Mexico http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0682.pdf or: http://tinyurl.com/4ls5fn ---------------------------------- A few more killer leps from GF: Decorated Beauty Anaxita decorata Walker, 1855 http://www.texasento.net/Anaxita.htm Princely Tiger Moth Chrysocale principalis (Walker, 1864) http://www.texasento.net/principalis.htm ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Doug Yanega Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM Having collected in that exact locality myself, I can happily attest to the remarkable fauna (well more than just the leps) of Rancho El Cielo in Gómez Farías - it represents an extreme northward extension of some very tropical elements, almost literally at their absolute limit: just a matter of kilometers farther north, the habitat changes, and that's that. This sort of biogeographic pattern is quite dramatic in that general region of Mexico (especially in San Luís Potosí), where one can go from tropical lowland jungle fauna/flora to temperate pine/oak woodlands simply by driving about 20 km along a highway that changes elevation and cuts across the interdigitated stripes of different ecotypes. There are some truly special places there, and one can only hope that they are recognized as such, and given some measure of protection accordingly. Peace, -- Doug Yanega ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías , Tamps - 4-X-1986 From: Doug Yanega <dyanega AT ucr.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:09:17 -0700 >There are certainly lots of rare bug and lep records from Tamaulipas, >Mexico. Here's a specimen of a tiger moth that apparently falls into >that category. It was collected by Jesús García Jiménez, a biologist >at the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria. Texas Lepidoptera >Survey provided the determination. Thanks all! Having collected in that exact locality myself, I can happily attest to the remarkable fauna (well more than just the leps) of Rancho El Cielo in Gómez Farías - it represents an extreme northward extension of some very tropical elements, almost literally at their absolute limit: just a matter of kilometers farther north, the habitat changes, and that's that. This sort of biogeographic pattern is quite dramatic in that general region of Mexico (especially in San Luís Potosí), where one can go from tropical lowland jungle fauna/flora to temperate pine/oak woodlands simply by driving about 20 km along a highway that changes elevation and cuts across the interdigitated stripes of different ecotypes. There are some truly special places there, and one can only hope that they are recognized as such, and given some measure of protection accordingly. Peace, -- 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: Vulcan Tiger Moth @ Gómez Farías, Tamps - 4-X-1986 From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 11:22:44 -0500 There are certainly lots of rare bug and lep records from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Here's a specimen of a tiger moth that apparently falls into that category. It was collected by Jesús García Jiménez, a biologist at the Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria. Texas Lepidoptera Survey provided the determination. Thanks all! Vulcan Tiger Moth Eurata vulcanus (Walker, 1854) Tiger Moth Family Arctiidae http://www.texasento.net/vulcanus.htm MEXICO: Tamaulipas, Rancho El Cielo, Gómez Farías, 4-X-1986 (Jesús García Jiménez) I don't find it listed in Biologia Centrali-Americana, Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths, or in any of the following database, search options: * Butterflies & Moths of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Janzen and Hallwachs * Season Summary - Lepidopterists' Society * All-Leps:: Barcode of Life * Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society * Lepidoptera - Markku Savela Mike Quinn, Austin -- ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Preparation of Specimens Problems From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:36:38 -0400 Hello Fellow Leppers, I remember a while ago someone posted about how to de-grease moths. At the time I was new to preparing specimens and thought it was an odd issue. But now, I realize that some of my specimens have become greasy, particularly some Sphingids (especially Paonias), some Cossids (Prionoxystus) and some Noctuids. I am hoping some members of the two lists could inform me as to cause (I gather it¹s the leaking of fat from the body), the prevention, and the cure. Also I use pinning blocks (with thread) to prepare specimens. I have noticed that when I remove some of the moths, their wings eventually droop below the horizontal, which I find aesthetically unappealing. Is there a way to prevent or reduce this (other than getting myself set up in angled pinning blocks)? Perhaps by drying more thoroughly (e.g., in an oven)? Do people use oven drying without adverse effects on the appearance and longevity of the specimens? Thanks, Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: Interactive range map of North American Owl Moth locations From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 07:53:56 -0500 Greetings, I created an interactive range map which shows most specifics for every record. Owl Moth (Thysania zenobia) Range Map http://www.texasento.net/Zen_map.htm If anyone has any western records, do let me know. Also, are there only three records for Florida?? Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin -- ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net Subject: New Moth species for NY From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:01:05 -0400 Tonight while looking through some old trap samples from 2004, I found a what appears to be a new species for New York: Cyclophora nanaria (Dwarf Tawny Wave). I caught the beast on 3 Aug 2004 at Teddy Roosevelt County Park in Montauk, Suffolk Co, NY. I have found a single record for Maryland, otherwise it appears to be a stray on the East Coast. The Maryland record is from a serpentine barrens, and my record is from a xeric grassland, so I suppose there is a chance that this is a rare member of the coastal grassland fauna. I¹m wondering whether anyone on any of these lists knows anything about this moth (range, ecology, host plant, etc.) or if anyone knows of any other NY or northeastern records. I can post a photo if anyone is interested. In the last year, I have found several species that appear to be new for New York, and I hope to post a note about each one in the near future. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: New Moth species for NY From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:01:05 -0400 Tonight while looking through some old trap samples from 2004, I found a what appears to be a new species for New York: Cyclophora nanaria (Dwarf Tawny Wave). I caught the beast on 3 Aug 2004 at Teddy Roosevelt County Park in Montauk, Suffolk Co, NY. I have found a single record for Maryland, otherwise it appears to be a stray on the East Coast. The Maryland record is from a serpentine barrens, and my record is from a xeric grassland, so I suppose there is a chance that this is a rare member of the coastal grassland fauna. I¹m wondering whether anyone on any of these lists knows anything about this moth (range, ecology, host plant, etc.) or if anyone knows of any other NY or northeastern records. I can post a photo if anyone is interested. In the last year, I have found several species that appear to be new for New York, and I hope to post a note about each one in the near future. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fw: David Attenborough launches £25m scheme to protect butterfies in huge dome From: "Neil Jones" <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:55:37 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Jones" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: [UK-Leps] David Attenborough launches £25m scheme to protect butterfies in huge dome David Attenborough launches £25m scheme to protect butterfies in huge dome By DAVID DERBYSHIRE - More by this author » Last updated at 15:00pm on 12th March 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=532208&in_page_id=1770 Plans for a vast glass dome housing more than 10,000 colourful, tropical butterflies were unveiled today in the biggest conservation project of its kind seen in Britain. When it opens in three years time, the £25 million Butterfly World will be the world's biggest "walk through butterfly experience". At the launch of the project, Sir David Attenborough said it would reverse the "silent natural disaster" threatening the creatures around the world. The initiative follows shocking new figures which show that more than three-quarters of British butterfly species have declined in the last 20 years because of habitat loss and changes in farming. "That is worrying, not least because these declines indicate an underlying deterioration of the environment as a whole," said Sir David. "For the sake of future generations we must take action now. "Butterfly World is doing just that. It is putting the issues on the agenda and is seeking to help reverse this environmental catastrophe." Around 100 metres across and 17 metres high, the butterfly dome will be larger than the giant greenhouses which have bewitched visitors to the Eden Project in Cornwall. The centrepiece of a 26-acre site, the dome will be home to a mini-tropical rain-forest and a series of underground caverns. Inside, visitors will see thousands of colourful tropical butterflies, hundreds of humming birds and collections of spiders and scorpions. Land around the dome will be planted with meadows and gardens to encourage native butterflies and moths. The site, off the M25 at St Albans in Hertfordshire, is expected to attracted up to one million visitors each year. Work will start within the next few weeks and organisers believe it will attract one million visitors every year. Butterfly World is being backed by the conservationist David Bellamy, along with other famous names such as actress Emilia Fox, and leading lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy. The scheme has been the vision of award-winning butterfly expert, Clive Farrell. "Butterflies are like the canaries in the coal mine," he said. "When their environment is under stress, they are the first to suffer and disappear. "During the 20th century, five of Britain's butterfly species and sixty moth species became extinct. Drastic butterfly losses are continually being reported as we destroy their natural habitats at a frightening pace. "Butterfly World is designed to bring the public into direct contact with some of the most fragile and beautiful wildlife in the world and send out a clarion call on behalf of this endangered treasure." Mr Farrell said the site - which will be landscaped in the shape of a butterfly, with the dome as its eye - would give equal prominence to native species. Out of the 54 native resident butterfly species in the UK, seven out of 10 are in decline. One of the most seriously threatened is the High Brown Fritillary. Numbers have plummeted 79 per cent in the last 25 years. The Marsh Fritillary has seen a 73 per cent decline over the same period, while there are 72 per cent fewer Silver-studded blues than there were in the 1970s. The East of England has seen some of the most dramatic falls in butterfly numbers. because of loss of habitat. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-leps/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uk-leps/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:uk-leps-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:uk-leps-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: uk-leps-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Polka-dot Wasp Moth @ Rio Grande Valley, So. TX - Mar 2-3, 2008 From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:16:45 -0500 All, Don DeSteiguer and Frances Bartle recorded Syntomeida epilais (Walker) along the Tex-Mex border in south Texas. The moth stuck around for two days, both of which were excessively windy. TEXAS: Starr Co. Falcon State Park March 2-3, 2008 DeSteiguer, Bartle Falcon State Park http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/falcon/ Per Knudson & Bordelon (2004), "This species is vaguely reported from the [Rio Grande] Valley, but we have not seem an authentic specimen." Here's a page page I drafted. Polka-dot Wasp Moth Syntomeida epilais (Walker, 1854) Tiger Moth Family Arctiidae http://www.texasento.net/epilais.htm Mike Quinn, Austin, Texas Knudson, E. & C. Bordelon. 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX. Vol. 2B : Macro-Moths. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates. -- ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Costa Rica lep book From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:37:43 -0600 Labyrinth has an interesting looking book about Costa Rican leps on sale for about half the cover price. http://www.labyrinthbooks.com:80/sale_detail.aspx?isbn=9780674021907 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Fw: Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on NASA Website & NYT From: "Neil Jones" <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:04:22 -0000 Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reser ----- Original Message ----- From: Lincoln P. Brower To: dplex-l AT ku.edu Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:29 AM Subject: [DPLEX-L:33314] Extensive logging in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on NASA Website & NYT Dear Monarch colleagues It is with great regret that my colleagues and I have to be the bearers of bad news about the Mexican Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Lincoln Brower, together with remote sensing scientists Dan Slayback, and Isabel Ramirez have been using GIS (Geographic Information System) analyses to track the logging in an Ejido known as Crescencio Morales which is in the Core Zone of the MBBR. This area is a few km south of the popular Rosario overwintering area, in the southern part of the Sierra Campanario. According to the Presidential Decree issued in November, 2000, logging is forbidden in the Core Zone. Two years ago, we compared 2004 and 2006 satellite images of the area and determined that there was a major logging operation inside the Core Zone, progressing up the valley towards what has been known as the Lomas de Aparicio overwintering colony area. We called this to the attention of PROFEPA (the federal environmental law enforcement agency). A year later, aerial reconnaissance indicated that the logging was continuing. Funds from private donors, including the the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation and Journey North, made it possible for us to obtain a new high resolution satellite image of the area, taken on on 23 February 2008. The amount of Core Zone forest that has been heavily logged is: 160 ha between 14 March 2004 and 9 March 2006 290 ha between 9 March 2006 and 23 February 2008 (Note: 1 ha = 2.47 acres) Thus, the logging has intensified in the past two years. Over the four year period in this one area, a total of 450 ha (1112 acres) have been degraded. This loss amounts to more than 3% of of the entire 13,522 ha Core Zone. We have not been able to determine if the widely disseminated news of raids and arrests of illegal loggers in the monarch butterfly region that took place in December 2007 included the individuals responsible for this particular logging. The satellite imagery showing this damage was posted at 6PM on 6 March 2008 on NASA's Earth Observatory Site: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov Here are links to the stories in the NYT and on the NASA website: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17943 (the above is a permanent link - although the story will only be the "Image of the Day" today, the above link will continue to refer to it until....) NY Times / Dot-Earth (online): http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/the-chainsaw-and-the-butterfly/#more-188 NY Times full story (Friday print edition): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/earth/07butterfly.html Tomorrow I will send you an updated highly detailed image of the logged area. Lincoln P. Brower. -- Professor Lincoln P. Brower Research Professor of Biology Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA 24595 (Distinguished Service Professor of Zoology Emeritus, University of Florida) Telephone: Office: 434-277-5065 Fax: 434-381-6488 e-mail: brower AT sbc.edu Subject: 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies From: Felix Sperling <felix.sperling AT ualberta.ca> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:27:00 -0700 Dear Butterfly Biologists, We are seeking your feedback to allow us to schedule the best dates for the 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. As some of you know from the successfully concluded 5th conference last year in Rome, we offered to hold the next conference in Alberta, Canada, in 2010. For those of you who don't know about this conference series, it has been held every few years, mainly in Europe but once in Colorado. The long-standing theme of this conference series focuses attention on recent developments in biology that rely on butterflies as research models, particularly in ecology and evolutionary biology. The organization of these meetings has been quite informal, which is why we are also soliciting feedback from people who were not at the previous meeting, but who might want to attend the next one. Now we would like to get your opinions on the best dates for the conference during summer 2010. We have three weeks available at our University of Alberta conference centre in Edmonton, and we would like you to vote on which one you would prefer. Would you please vote for the single best week at the preliminary conference website, below? We'll leave the survey up for 10 days. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010/survey.php Comments of any sort are welcome. Although there is a 5-day time period indicated for each week, we intend to keep the actual conference to 3 or 4 days. Thank you, Felix Sperling Jens Roland Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Subject: Re: Fw: Butterfly new to Sri Lanka From: krushnamegh AT mail.utexas.edu Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:16:20 -0600 this is an exciting find, indeed! although it is very much possible that the butterflies were carried from SE Asia to sri lanka by ships or as eggs/larvae/pupae on ornamental plants, island-hopping is a real possibility. there are some species with very interesting distributional ranges; these occur in SE asia and australia and then in the andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka but not in the western ghats of SW india. others occur in SE asia and then in the andaman-nicobar islands and in sri lanka-western ghats. these do not occur in N. indo-china or NE india and the himalayas, indicating that they might have arrived in the western ghats and sri lanka over the bay of bengal. another possibility is that they have gone extinct from indo-china, NE india and the himalayas, although the biogeographic patterns are more supportive of island-hopping. more on this in a couple of papers on the biogeography of SW indian butterflies, one of which is in press and i am finishing the other. At 1:37 PM -0500 2/26/08, Carolyn King wrote: >I am posting this for Nancy and Michael van der Poorten, who are >currently living and doing research in Sri Lanka. >Exciting news! > >Carolyn King >Toronto Entomologists' Association > >----- Forwarded by Carolyn King/fs/YorkU on 02/26/08 01:19 PM ----- >Michael & Nancy van der Poorten > >02/25/08 03:45 AM >To >Carolyn King , Chris Darling , >"Colin Jones (home)" >cc >Subject >Butterfly new to Sri Lanka > > > >Hi all, >Just wanted to let you know that we've 'discovered' a butterfly new to >SL! Not new to science. It's Catopsilia scylla, the Orange Migrant, >which is common in Northern Australia, Singapore, Malaysia etc. It has >never been reported in Sri Lanka before. We first saw adults, then when >we checked the plants they were hanging around, we found pupal cases, >pupae, eggs, larvae of all stages! So they seem to be breeding here. How >they got here still needs to be worked out, possibly on some imported >plant material. There's more information at our website: >www.srilankaninsects.net > >and in this newspaper article (which has some incorrect information): >www.sundaytimes.lk/080224/Plus/plus00002.html > >Nancy & Michael -- Krushnamegh. -------------------------------- Krushnamegh Kunte Doctoral Student (Gilbert and Juenger Labs). Postal Address: 2401 W. 24th St (and Speedway) Patterson Laboratories, Room 442 University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology Austin, TX 78712-1095 Office: (512) 471-8240 Cell: (512) 577-1370 Fax: (512) 471-3878 Email: krushnamegh AT gmail.com Academic Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/AcademicsHome.htm General Website: http://www.bio.utexas.edu/grad/krushnamegh/Moorings/index.htm Subject: Fw: Butterfly new to Sri Lanka From: Carolyn King <cking AT YorkU.CA> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:06 -0500 I am posting this for Nancy and Michael van der Poorten, who are currently living and doing research in Sri Lanka. Exciting news! Carolyn King Toronto Entomologists' Association ----- Forwarded by Carolyn King/fs/YorkU on 02/26/08 01:19 PM ----- Michael & Nancy van der Poorten 02/25/08 03:45 AM To Carolyn King , Chris Darling , "Colin Jones (home)" cc Subject Butterfly new to Sri Lanka Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that we've 'discovered' a butterfly new to SL! Not new to science. It's Catopsilia scylla, the Orange Migrant, which is common in Northern Australia, Singapore, Malaysia etc. It has never been reported in Sri Lanka before. We first saw adults, then when we checked the plants they were hanging around, we found pupal cases, pupae, eggs, larvae of all stages! So they seem to be breeding here. How they got here still needs to be worked out, possibly on some imported plant material. There's more information at our website: www.srilankaninsects.net and in this newspaper article (which has some incorrect information): www.sundaytimes.lk/080224/Plus/plus00002.html Nancy & Michael Subject: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:32:00 EST Visit our web site to get a free copy of LepiLexi, a utility that will add the scientific name of all North American butterflies to almost all wordprocessor spelling checkers. And while there see the demonstration of LepiList, software used to record lepidoptera sightings and/or collections. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: sbsp AT aol.com **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) Subject: Butterflies of the Middle East - First International Congress, 29-30 May 2008 From: "Lawrence F. Gall" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:45:00 -0500 A meeting announcement being passed along from D. Benyamini / D. Furth: *_The Israeli Lepidopterists Society 23.2.2008_* * Butterflies of the Middle East - Ist International Congress* * 29 -- 30.5.2008 Jerusalem & Tel-Aviv Universities, ISRAEL* * * *_General Program_* *1^st day, Thursday - 29.5.2008 -- The Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem* *Butterflies of the Middle East * *Biology of the Butterflies*** *- Late afternoon -- A visit to the Old City of Jerusalem* * * *2^nd day, Friday - 30.5.2008 -- Tel - Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Campus, Tel-Aviv* *Butterfly Conservation & Climate Change* *- Early afternoon - Field trip to /Apharitis cilissa/ site at * *Hadera *** * * * **3rd day, Saturday - 31.5.2008 -- Field trip to Mt Hermon*** * * *Congress Language - English* * * *Sponsors:* *Government of Israel (TBD)* *The Hebrew University -- Givat Ram, Jerusalem* *Tel-Aviv** University** -- Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv* *The Israeli Lepidopterists Society* *Man and Nature Museum, Ramat - Gan * *4D MicroRobotics Ltd, Israel* *Shaked Computers, Tel Aviv, Israel* * * * -2-* *_Preliminary Program:_* *_ _* *_Thursday 29.5.2008 -- Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, _* *_Givat Ram Campus, Berman Building, ASA Dept._**_ _* *08;30-09;00 -- Registration* * * *09;00 -- 09;15 Welcome -- Mr. Dubi Benyamini - President of * *the Israeli Lep. Society and Dr Salit Kark , ASA Dept.* * * *09;15 -- 09;30 Mr. Shalom Simchon, Israel Minister of Agricultue* * * *09;30- 11;00 -- Morning Sessions A* * * *11;00 -- 11;30 Coffee break* * * *11;30 -- 13;00 -- Morning Sessions B* * * *13;00 -- 14;00 Launch * * * *14;00 -- 15;30 Afternoon Sessions C * * * *15;30 -- 16;00 Coffee break* * * *16;00 -- 17;30 Afternoon Sessions D* * * *17;30 -- 19;00 Tour to the Old City * *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* * * * -3-* *_ _* *_Friday 30.5.2008 -- Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Campus. Sherman Building, Zoology (Entomology) _* *_ _* *08;00 -- 10;00 Morning Sessions E* * * *10;00 -- 10;15 Coffee Break* * * *10;15 -- 11;45 Morning Sessions F* * * *11;45 -- 12;15 Launch (sandwich and cold drink)* * * *12;30 -- Departing to the /Apharitis cilissa/ site in Hadera* * * *13;15 -- Guided tour to the suggested areas for conservation. * * Our guides are : Dr Guy Pe'er & Dr Ron Frumkin* *_ _* *_ _* *_Saturday 31.5.2008 - Mt Hermon, Northern Israel_* *_Visit to the various vegetational belts from 1200m to the top at 2050m_* *_ _* *Our Guides are Dr Salit Kark, and Mr Oded Levanoni -- ASA Dept. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem * *_ _* *_ _* *_Sunday 1.6.2008 -- Monday 2.6.2008 Field trip to Jebel Um Adami S. Jordan _**_._* *_A limited, pre arranged participation_* *_(To be coordinated personally with Dubi Benyamini)_* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* *_ _* * -4-__* *_ _* *_Presentations:_* *1) **_Power Point of up to 20 minutes -- please leave at least two minutes for one or two questions_* *2) **_Please send your subject and requested session number ( A to F)_* *_ _* *_ _* *_Logistics for Foregion Countries Participants:_* *1) **Please book your flights for landing in Ben Gurion Itnl airport, Tel Aviv, Israel on 28.5.2008 afternoon or earlier* *2) **Home stay with members of the Israeli Lepidopterists Society is available for up to about 20 participants -- please request it by e-mailing to Dubi Benyamini. * *3) **Car rentals are not necessary for home stay visitors* *4) **Tel Aviv area is recommended for lodging * *_ _* *_Registration_**; By e-mailing to: dubi_ben AT netvision.net.il * *Reg. fees -- up to 100$ to cover publication cost. We will do our best to minimize your expenses* * * *_Please specify requested dates of field trips_* *1) 30.5.2008 (Hadera) number of participants -- * *2) 31.5.2008 (Mt Hermon) no' of participants -- * * * *_ _* *_Final updated program will be circulated NLT 28.4.2008_* *_ _* *_Please do not hasitate to ask for any additional needed information._* *_ _* -- Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Curatorial Affiliate in Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Co-Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX: 1-203-432-9816 Subject: Entomological Field Trips to Nicaragua - October - November 2008 From: "Jean Michel Maes" <jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:53:25 -0600 Dear friends, This short note to inform that the dates for the Field Trips in Nicaragua for end of 2008 are now available on the web page of Bio-Nica at: www.bio-nica.info in the seccion of Giras de Campo / Field Trips. Sincerely, Jean-Michel Maes Museo Entomologico de Leon Note : Si vous préférez recevoir nos messages en français, dites le moi. Jean-Michel > jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni Nota : Si prefieres recibir nuestros mensajes en español, digame lo. Jean-Michel > jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni Nota : Si es de Nicaragua, igual digamelo para cambiarlo de lista, tenemos una lista de información mas local para Nicaragua, con anuncios culturales, ofertas de empleo, becas. Jean-Michel > jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni . Dr. Jean-Michel MAES MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO AP 527 LEON NICARAGUA tel 505-3116586 jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni jmmaes AT bio-nica.info jmmaes AT yahoo.com jmmaes AT walla.com afleon AT ibw.com.ni (oficina de la Alianza Francesa) www.bio-nica.info (main page in spanish) http://360.yahoo.com/jmmaes http://www.ibw.com.ni/u/jmmaes (pequeña pagina de contacto) http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/MEL-Info/ (lista de anuncios - puede inscribirse si le parece) www.avesnicaragua.org (aves) http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/nicaragua/welcome.htm (Insectos) http://www.coleoptera.org/p1760.htm (Lucanidae genera) Save a tree. Do not print this message if not really necessary Subject: Metzler new email From: "Wagner, David" <david.wagner AT uconn.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:01:32 -0500 spruance AT beyondbb.com cheers ________________________________ From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu on behalf of Hugh McGuinness Sent: Mon 2/4/2008 9:39 PM To: Leps List Subject: Metzler e-mail Does anybody have a current e-mail address for Eric Metzler they could send? spruance AT charter.net just bounced back to me. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Metzler e-mail From: Eric or Pat Metzler <metzlere AT msu.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:42:49 -0700 Eric Metzler's email is metzlere AT msu.edu Hugh McGuinness wrote: > Does anybody have a current e-mail address for Eric Metzler they could > send? _spruance AT charter.net_ just bounced back to me. > > > Hugh > > Hugh McGuinness > The Ross School > 18 Goodfriend Dr. > East Hampton, NY 11937 > 631 907 5229 > > -- Eric H. or Patricia A. Metzler P.O. Box 45 Alamogordo, New Mexico 88311-0045 USA metzlere AT msu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Metzler e-mail From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:39:24 -0500 Does anybody have a current e-mail address for Eric Metzler they could send? spruance AT charter.net just bounced back to me. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: Hypocala andremona From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:41:10 -0500 Dear Leppers, I am considering writing a short paper on the tropical moth Hypocala andremona, which I collected last fall in NY. So I am seeking collection data, for this species in any state above the southern tier. For those of you in the southern tier, I would love a characterization of the occurrence of this species in your state. You can reply to me privately, or if you think the info is of general interest, please reply to the list. In return for your work, I will submit all records to the BAMONA website (unless you specifically do not want me to). Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Dr. East Hampton, NY 11937 631 907 5229 Subject: The Hawk Moth Book From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep AT commspeed.net> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:40:39 -0700 Someone on this list was wondering when the new book The Hawk Moths of North America by Tuttle would come out. I just got mine today from the Entomological Reprint Specialists. Stan ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Fwd: Death of Roy Kendall - Texas Lepidopterist From: "Mike Quinn" <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:38:50 -0600 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan Hardy Date: Jan 20, 2008 11:29 PM Subject: Death of Roy Kendall To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu I have learned that Roy Kendall died yesterday in San Antonio. Here is an obituary in the San Antonio paper. Dan Hardy ---------------------------------- Roy O'Neal Kendall, age 95, passed away January 19, 2008. He was born May 21, 1912, in Ingalls, Gray County, Kansas. He is preceded in death by his wife Conway B. Alford Kendall (Connie) of 44 years, and stepson G. L. Montgomery. He is survived by another stepson Bobby G. Montgomery, two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He retired in 1972 from the Federal Civil Service, having worked for the U.S. Army 1941--1953 and Air Force 1954--1972. He served in World War II in Northern France and Central Europe campaigns. He will be best remembered by his friends and colleagues for his outstanding contributions to the study of moths and butterflies. He and his wife Connie made many road trips deep into Mexico and all over Texas, amassing a huge and well-documented collection of moths and butterflies of significant value to the scientific community. That collection was donated and transfered to the Entomology Department at Texas A&M University in recent years. He published numerous scholarly papers on the life history of these insects in scientific journals. He documented the life cycles of more than 500 butterflies and moths of Mexico and especially Texas, and preserved research material of each stage for future workers. He discovered many new kinds of moths and butterflies, and several of those were named by others in his honor. In addition to several awards by the scientific community, he was honored with the Presidential Certificate for Services Rendered to the Nation on October 16, 1940. Mr. Kendall carried out undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University, and night courses at Trinity University in 1951--1956. He was an active member of the Lepidopterists' Society, and had research associate affiliations with Welder Wildlife Refuge (Sinton, Texas) and Florida State Museum. He and his work with butterflies were featured in October 1982 in Texas Monthly magazine, and for many years he was the leading authority on Texas butterflies. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Grow lights for rearing indoors From: "LEPS-L" <glaucus AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:36:03 -0600 Does anyone have a good suggestion for a type of light to use to grow foodplants indoors? ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: USFWS and traveling with specimens... From: "LEPS-L" <glaucus AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:26:17 -0600 Hi all, I am wondering what any of your experiences have been in dealing with USFWS upon bringing back specimens from a foreign collecting trip? I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has done this, whether for scientific research, a personal collection, or for commercial purposes. I have an opportunity to collect in South America, and I have a USFWS license. I am wondering about bringing back specimens in my suitcase. Their perishable nature will require a quick inspection at the airport in between plane layovers. I'd like to know what experiences any of you have had. Thanks very much! ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: Eric or Pat Metzler <metzlere AT msu.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:53:22 -0700 Hi Rich, I just answered Marc's question. You may send questions about the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation to me. Best wishes, Eric Eric H. Metzler Secretary Richard Worth wrote: > Marc, > I recently got a catalog for entomology texts from Apollo Books in > Denmark. Tuttle's hawk moth book is in their catalog but they state > that N. American customers should place orders with "International > Specialized Book Services" out of Portland, OR 1-800-944-6190. Maybe > they could shed some light on distribution problems or availability. > Rich > > Richard Worth > > Entomologist / Lepidopterist > > Plant Division > > Oregon Dept. of Agriculture > > 635 Capitol St. NE > > Salem, OR 97301 > > 503-986-6461 > > rworth AT oda.state.or.us > > http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml > > > -- Eric H. or Patricia A. Metzler P.O. Box 45 Alamogordo, New Mexico 88311-0045 USA metzlere AT msu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: Eric or Pat Metzler <metzlere AT msu.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:49:21 -0700 Hi Marc, You found us. The books are being mailed this week. It was formally published 27 Dec 2007. Last minute Christmas crunch rush orders at book binders slowed it down, but you will soon have the book. I appreciate the comments about no contact information at the website. We'll get it fixed. Thanks for contacting us. Eric H. Metzler Secretary LEPS-L wrote: > Hi all, > > I ordered the book, The Hawk Moths of North America, back in October and > they were supposed to send it out before the end of last year. I haven't > received it or any information at all. I talked to 3 others who did the same > thing, and they are in the same boat. The wesbite has no contact > information, and a yellow pages search does not find them. Additionally, the > website still has the same information about ordering before Nov. 1, 2007. > Does anyone have any contact information for these guys...Wedge > Entomological Research Foundation? > > Thanks, > > Marc > glaucus AT earthlink.net > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > > -- Eric H. or Patricia A. Metzler P.O. Box 45 Alamogordo, New Mexico 88311-0045 USA metzlere AT msu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: Eric or Pat Metzler <metzlere AT msu.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:44:09 -0700 Hi Marc, You found us. The books are being mailed this week. It was formally published 27 Dec 2007. Last minute Christmas crunch rush orders at book binders slowed it down, but you will soon have the book. I appreciate the comments about no contact information at the website. We'll get it fixed right away. Thanks for contacting us. Eric H. Metzler Secretary LEPS-L wrote: > Hi all, > > I ordered the book, The Hawk Moths of North America, back in October and > they were supposed to send it out before the end of last year. I haven't > received it or any information at all. I talked to 3 others who did the same > thing, and they are in the same boat. The wesbite has no contact > information, and a yellow pages search does not find them. Additionally, the > website still has the same information about ordering before Nov. 1, 2007. > Does anyone have any contact information for these guys...Wedge > Entomological Research Foundation? > > Thanks, > > Marc > glaucus AT earthlink.net > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > > -- Eric H. or Patricia A. Metzler P.O. Box 45 Alamogordo, New Mexico 88311-0045 USA metzlere AT msu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: Robert Kriegel <kriegelr AT msu.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:42:58 -0500 Hi all, Regarding, The Hawk Moths of North America book. This was ordered for me as a Christmas present from Julian Donahue at Entomological Reprint Specialists. In December well after the book was ordered the person who placed the order received an email indicating that the book would not be available in December, but should be shipped during January 2008. Their website currently lists "shipping in December 2007 or January 2008". So I suspect printing of the book has been a little slower than originally expected. Bob Kriegel, Michigander ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: Richard Worth <rworth AT oda.state.or.us> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:48:43 -0800 Marc, I recently got a catalog for entomology texts from Apollo Books in Denmark. Tuttle's hawk moth book is in their catalog but they state that N. American customers should place orders with "International Specialized Book Services" out of Portland, OR 1-800-944-6190. Maybe they could shed some light on distribution problems or availability. Rich Richard Worth Entomologist / Lepidopterist Plant Division Oregon Dept. of Agriculture 635 Capitol St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-6461 rworth AT oda.state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/index.shtml Subject: Wedge Entomological Research Foundation...HELP!! From: "LEPS-L" <glaucus AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:23:56 -0600 Hi all, I ordered the book, The Hawk Moths of North America, back in October and they were supposed to send it out before the end of last year. I haven't received it or any information at all. I talked to 3 others who did the same thing, and they are in the same boat. The wesbite has no contact information, and a yellow pages search does not find them. Additionally, the website still has the same information about ordering before Nov. 1, 2007. Does anyone have any contact information for these guys...Wedge Entomological Research Foundation? Thanks, Marc glaucus AT earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Field trips in Nicaragua 2008 From: "Jean Michel Maes" <jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:29:06 -0600 Dear friends, The Entomological Museum of Leon, Nicaragua, is presenting his offers of Field Trips for 2008. One Field Trip is scheduled for end of may – beginning of June, for studying scarabs and other beetles. The other Field Trip is to be schedule in November or December for studying or watching butterflies. More informations on : www.bio-nica.info section “Giras de campo / Field Trips”. Sincerely, Jean-Michel. Dr. Jean-Michel MAES MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO AP 527 LEON NICARAGUA tel 505-3116586 jmmaes AT ibw.com.ni jmmaes AT bio-nica.info jmmaes AT yahoo.com jmmaes AT walla.com afleon AT ibw.com.ni (oficina de la Alianza Francesa) www.bio-nica.info (main page in spanish) http://360.yahoo.com/jmmaes http://www.ibw.com.ni/u/jmmaes (pequeña pagina de contacto) http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/MEL-Info/ (lista de anuncios - puede inscribirse si le parece) www.avesnicaragua.org (aves) http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/nicaragua/welcome.htm (Insectos) http://www.coleoptera.org/p1760.htm (Lucanidae genera)