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Post by exoticimports on Apr 14, 2021 2:32:32 GMT -8
I wish we had a way to separate off topic posts into new threads. We have three primary topics running here.
Chuck
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Post by jshuey on Apr 14, 2021 6:07:56 GMT -8
I have a wild-collected dark female P. glaucus from Tennessee that is very small, barely larger than the largest Colias I have. The small ones all seem to be early spring specimens here. I would never trust electronic-format data alone for specimens. How many computer formats (tape, big floppy, small floppy, etc etc) have come and gone and are not now easily readable? Why would I assume that the current data storage format will be usable indefinitely? Ink and paper will always be readable. I am equally distrustful of systems in which a number on a specimens refers to a written data book. I know of two collections, including an otherwise wonderful Venezuelan collection, made worthless because the book with the data was lost. I don't doubt that there have been many more which suffered this fate. jh When I was in graduate school back in Ohio, I saw a wonderful local collection where the goal was to collect every insect species in a 2 or 3 county region. Aquatic, parasitic, animal burrows, - EVERYTHING. Several thousand species - a lifetime of work, it was as impressive as any private collection that I've ever seen - probably 25-30 thousand specimens - Pinned, in alcohol, on points and cards. And every specimen was coded and referenced back to data books. I saw it because the owner had just passed away, and willed the collection to the university - which declined to accept it. It was simply impossible to deal with relabeling the bugs - the codes ran into the thousands. I heard that a local county historical museum accepted it as a gift. Obviously - a museum with no biologist on staff. Fourty-five years later - I bet the collection is toast. (or more accurately - dust). John
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Post by trehopr1 on Apr 15, 2021 22:04:39 GMT -8
Having noticed mothman55's really cool and unique avatar I could not get it out of my head where I had seen a similar specimen like it. Well, I remembered and here is the resurrected posting ! And the specimen to the right of it is another wild and crazy number...
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Post by leptraps on Apr 16, 2021 3:01:13 GMT -8
For some unknown reason, I have seen more abberant Pterourus glaucus in South West Virginia, especially in Montgomery County, than anywhere else I have wandered. However, nothing compared to the ones above.
I saw a Papilio polyxenes at Killdeer Plains WA yesterday. It was in a hurry and did not give me an opportunity to swing.
I set out two Light Traps near the Mantua Wet Lands. I currently have three Bait Traps in and around the Ashbury Methodist Church Camp. I have collected several Lithophane, Eupsilia, and several UFO Noctuids.
The current temperature is a heart warming 39°F.
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Post by Chris Grinter on Apr 16, 2021 8:54:15 GMT -8
My numbers are equal to the traditional labels. So, butterflies are NOT NO-NAMED. If make sure the collection has data attached (on disc and in a safe box) there is no danger to get them lost. Only labels are equal to traditional labels. Numbers on specimens are totally worthless to everyone else in the world but you.
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