Thanks for your input Chuck
For you and others,
It definitely depends on exactly how rural. Most places should be fine and accessible to me, I'd have to see case-by-case. I've done high elevation collecting before so elevation isn't a drawback.

In terms of equipment, I have both MV and UV ...

Hey all!
I am a HS student in (10th) who specializes in in lepids, having done quite a few mini-projects revolving around varying species of moths and butterflies.

My dream has always been to work/contribute on a lepidoptera research paper, even if i'm credited for a very small part in it. If ...

Hello all,
I am writing this post asking for help finding the immature stages of the below species of butterfly:

Gray Buckeye (J. coenia)
West Coast Lady (V. annabella)
Red Admiral (V. atalanta)
Pale Swallowtail (P. eurymedon)
Anise Swallowtail (P. zelicaon)
Orange Sulphur (C. eurytheme)

Does ...

In Upstate NY, Finger Lakes the springs of both 2021 and 2022 were cold and wet, so MV and BLB at night were poor; so much so that in 2022 typically common species were not observed at all.

Summer 2021 suffered recurring severe cold fronts and squalls, which repeatedly crushed Lep populations. On ...

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Response to my absence: I hope I am still remembered by some, I have taken time off this forum not because it was desired, but because I couldn't figure out how to log in with my new account. (The log in for the old page for some reason didn't match up with the new page's log in ...