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by jhyatt
Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala
Replies: 12
Views: 4847

Re: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala

Chuck, Nope, you gotta have the actual book to read Legion of Night.... which I heartily recommend one do. It's a very good read, but sadly the cost has about tripled since I bought my copy - it's now $30 used (from abebooks.com). Personally, I hate trying to read anything longer than a paragraph on...
by jhyatt
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala
Replies: 12
Views: 4847

Re: Moths of North America (MONA) Catocala

As Vernon pointed out and solely about MONA, the inconsiderate and unethical activities by professionals isn't new. I too have had my issues with those types in Entomology (to be fair, I've also been overjoyed with others.) Backstabbing and politicing in entomology is NOTHING- I think the Paleontol...
by jhyatt
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: A parade of Catocala moths
Replies: 50
Views: 1213

Re: A parade of Catocala moths

The one with the yellow marker is an interesting one. Also note that the inner hindwing stripe ends well before the inner margin and is narrower than all the other coccinata, as in a number of other catocala species. I believe there are named "forms" of coccinata with this different inner...
by jhyatt
Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: First butterfly of 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 429

Re: First butterfly of 2024

eurytides wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:30 am Keep an eye out for pipevine and zebra swallowtails.
They've both been flying in the mountains of Eastern TN for several weeks now, on the odd sunny warm days. But there's been a lot of cool, rainy weather that has kept numbers down.

jh
by jhyatt
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Preserving large Lepidoptera pupae
Replies: 8
Views: 980

Re: Preserving large Lepidoptera pupae

I would think that freeze-drying would be the best method to preserve large pupae, but of course you'd have to have the proper equipment to do it...
jh
by jhyatt
Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951
Replies: 3
Views: 167

Re: Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951

Yes, it's sad to now look back and see how so many species are extirpated from the lands they once occupied. I did find it interesting that in the early 20th century they reported (as you cited) species expanding in range, and apparently quickly. Chuck, I think that all species are constantly tryin...
by jhyatt
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951
Replies: 3
Views: 167

Re: Butterflies of Virginia, Clark & Clark 1951

I reread my copy every few years, Chuck -- and not just because I live near, and collect in, VA regularly. There's fascinating info in there -- like the fact that they found only one specimen of Pieris virginiensis in Virginia, and it was about 200 feet from the WVA border (it's now dirt common in S...
by jhyatt
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:05 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Cartoon name for new species?
Replies: 5
Views: 313

Re: Cartoon name for new species?

Are the new one and spatulata sympatric? No difference at all in wing morphology? Seems like a pretty subtle difference to hang a new name on... wonder what DNA analysis might show? That'd at least be a 2nd character to consider.

Nice work,
jh
by jhyatt
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: Lepidoptera
Topic: Live butterflies exhibit
Replies: 16
Views: 501

Re: Live butterflies exhibit

Nice... but somehow that sort of exhibit gives me a touch of vertigo when I see Morphos and Caligos flying with P. memnon and the odd Troides!

John
by jhyatt
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Field Reports
Topic: Spring Captures
Replies: 6
Views: 308

Re: Spring Captures

Chuck, where did you capture this fabulous pair of Nihilis absentus? LOL. Good one. No, I gave those to Dr. Hyatt during the purge last year. Given that there was snow on the ground yesterday still, I think up this way we can safely keep the nets in the basement for a couple more months. m Chuck, I...
by jhyatt
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Light collecting
Replies: 22
Views: 1838

Re: Light collecting

I'll tell you what - I'm headed to Panama with a Lepi-LED next week. I got it for evening entertainment mostly (since all I really care about are Hesperiidae). I'll run it for sure, and let you know how it works. John John, Please let us know whether the dry conditions in Panama seem to have limite...
by jhyatt
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: The Little Drawer of Horrors
Replies: 5
Views: 885

Re: The Little Drawer of Horrors

very easily just utilize another drawer Do I look like Dr. Hyatt to you? Noooo, sir. I am out of space for drawers. My drawers are full. I have more drawers than I promised myself I'd have. I just counted, I'm 17 drawers past cabinet capacity. Thanks though! (if anyone suggests another cabinet, I'l...
by jhyatt
Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Net bag color?
Replies: 20
Views: 13558

Re: Net bag color?

I have various net bags in white (ex Bioquip), black (the material was a gift from a collector friend in England), and green. I use white most often, mainly because that's what color is on the net I most often carry. I'm a lot more interested in the openness and softness of the material than the col...
by jhyatt
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: Books, Publications and Media Reviews
Topic: How the heck to cite parts of a table?
Replies: 7
Views: 20094

Re: How the heck to cite parts of a table?

How do I cite the data within the individual cells without making it illegible? I want the cell to read "40-50mm" not "40-50mm (Hyatt, 1923 and Shuey, 2021)" Chuck, I'll have to admit that I'm older than Shuey, but "Hyatt, 1923"? No wonder my knees were extra creaky th...
by jhyatt
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
Replies: 27
Views: 29699

Re: Morpho cypris female form cyanites

58chevy wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:10 pm You are close to my age. I was born in 1948, on the same day Prince (now King) Charles was born.
So was I. Good year for lepidopterists, I reckon!
jh
by jhyatt
Tue Jan 02, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Show Your Favorite Specimen
Topic: Morpho cypris female form cyanites
Replies: 27
Views: 29699

Re: Morpho cypris female form cyanites

Nice to see it has the abdomen present, too!
by jhyatt
Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species
Replies: 26
Views: 12503

Re: How Genetic studies reveal new relationships, species

Thanks Adam. "Smaller difference in COI". Noting the other factors- range, flight period, etc. how the heck then would one determine Sp vs SSP considering COI? If we use 2% as a safe range for species (noting that many are now less than that), what might be the difference for a ssp? Must ...
by jhyatt
Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Fumigant Lifetime
Replies: 14
Views: 6828

Re: Fumigant Lifetime

[quote=Chuck post_id=8523 time=1701093488 user_id=100 It's my suggestion to find a way to freeze drawers, always keep humidity under 50%, and avoid fumigants. This, of course, is not always possible, but for those who do have the space (yes, you do John) a freezer (or second freezer) is the way to g...
by jhyatt
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Fumigant Lifetime
Replies: 14
Views: 6828

Re: Fumigant Lifetime

A chest freezer can fit drawers vertically, years ago I had one in a lab that could easily fit 6 at once. Pretty cheap to purchase and run. Got one, but it's too full of boxes of papered leps to hold any drawers! jh Haha yes just need the discipline to use the freezer for nothing other than pest ma...
by jhyatt
Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Open Topics
Topic: Fumigant Lifetime
Replies: 14
Views: 6828

Re: Fumigant Lifetime

Chris Grinter wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:07 am A chest freezer can fit drawers vertically, years ago I had one in a lab that could easily fit 6 at once. Pretty cheap to purchase and run.
Got one, but it's too full of boxes of papered leps to hold any drawers!

jh