Wow, great that such a celebrity as JV Calhoun has joined us! I hope you stick around. John, my NE Tiger Swallowtail field work is coming to a close; we're moving to FL. I don't know beans about what there is to research in FL. I probably should start a different thread on this, but hope I can get s...

With Pavulaan's description of bjorkae, and identification but not description of "near-canadensis" I compared his images to my Spring Form specimens. I have in some cases made reference, or coined these by name, but do NOT use Pavulaan's naming conventions to refer to any of these- if you...

Fall fun post: while rumaging through eastern Tigers looking for Spring Form, I noticed for the first time this tiny MST. FW length is 47mm. Capture is Ontario County NY, 08Jul22 which put it clearly into the MST flight. I have other small MST; most MST are very consistent with FW 54-56mm both male ...

Thanks guys. Last night I decided to tackle both the Drawer From Hell (" canadensis ") and Spring Forms, and clean that mess. Two specimens from May from Jefferson and Boulder counties CO were labeled " canadensis ", and are quite small, but there are no canadensis reported from ...

Any experts on Papilio rutulus?

Is there a spring form- small, canadensis-like that flies in parts of Colorado where canadensis is not reported?

What about the hooked-FW rutulus from California? Are they a separate ssp? Any insights?

Thanks!

Bear in mind that illustrations are not mandatory so there is often only a description, and subsequent researchers may want to access the holotype for study purposes. This strikes me as odd, given the ubiquitous nature of cameras, software, and publishing software that accommodates photos. It strik...

It would actually be better to use a white data label and add a second blank coloured label that can be discarded/reused for personal use. Adam. That's what I currently do. But if I'm going to swap out the yellow and red labels on "look at this one" specimens, is there any convention or p...

Anything large-bodied can rot in the tropics. I find this particularly so with Saturnids; bring them home papered, put them in the relaxing container, and they fall apart. We've discussed this before; do not use Elmer's glue, it will fall apart with moisture. I presume the BioQuip glue is fast setti...

Note too he expresses concern that Kenya may not allow the collection to be exported. This is typical of small-minded third-world bureaucracies; of course, Kenya has no place to house it, but that wouldn't stop them. The new owner would have to grease some palms in addition to the expenses to move t...

The name was unavailable from the original paper because it did not comply with article 16.4.2 (no stated location of the holotype), But the description of bjorkae reads: "The type locality is Great Swamp Management Area, West Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, May 15, 1990. " and...

Yes, of course there is nothing in The Code about label colours, but the convention is red for holotypes, dark blue for lectotypes, pale blue for syntypes and yellow for paratypes and paralectotypes; Whether rule of law via the Code or not, I want to follow convention. I did not know this, so may h...

Stupid that no institution wants to pay to ship the entire collection. They want to cherry pick; God knows what important future discoveries they'd leave behind. I wonder if any institutional collections managers have an eye for the actually undiscovered.

Thanks for the clarifications Harry. I think we don't recognize the impact of microclimates in the US NE. We all know about islanding on the plateaus out west, and of course the various climates that mountain altitudes bring. But just look around Lake Ontario- Toronto to the NW gets little snow but ...

I'm trying to dissect Mr. Pavulaan's paper now. Perhaps he can step in and help. Really, the below isn't to critique his publication, I'm assembling notes so I can make sense of his observations and my observations. the presence of small, potential canadensis-like adults sympatric with the larger bj...

I think it is worth pointing out that the type of Papilio canadensis came from Newfoundland, so "pure canadensis" comes from there. Whether or not Alaskan specimens are the same is another issue entirely. Adam. Ah, let's go with that. There is no argument that whatever that Newfoundland t...

Harry, thanks for joining. I hope you stick around and share your insights. We really could use more participation from experts in the field. When I said that in some cases I am THE authority, this does not apply to entomology. I greatly enjoy the opportunity to learn from the luminaries like Adam o...

Back on the topic of bjorkae : Pavulaan says that Rhode Island has two phenotypes that fly in spring: bjorkae which is univoltine, and glaucus Spring Form which makes the summer form. I have a local specimen that looks virtually identical to the glaucus Spring Form Pavulaan depicts in Figure 15. So ...

I have been friends with Leroy for more than 40 years. Sadly, it is true that he has dementia that progressed over the past 10 years to the point where he has had to be placed in an assisted living facility. He has no phone nor access to a computer or internet. So, no sense in emailing or trying to...

8.1.1. it must be issued for the purpose of providing a public and permanent scientific record, 8.1.2. it must be obtainable, when first issued, free of charge or by purchase, and Thanks for all that info Adam. So! Lightbulb moment- that's why articles are available for a month or so, before they d...

but one other major problem is the Nagoya protocol. ... In countries which are signatories I'm sure you mean "problem" differently than do I, but that's not the only problem with Nagoya. In USA, at least (and this holds true with CITES), once US is a signatory then the international agree...