Wow, I love that genus. Very nice.

This might help lure tigers:

There is a metallic blue mylar balloon stuck in a tree near my house. It looks a lot like a morpho. Maybe it would be a good lure.

Yes, it's the Cockrell. Mike Whitley's collection is still owned by the museum but most of it is kept in a building that is not adjacent to the main museum. He kept collecting after he sold the collection. He is now deceased but his wife has the specimens he collected after the sale. I don't know ho...

There is a similar butterfly dome in Houston. They used to sell the specimens that had died for $2 each, but they had to stop doing that for legal reasons.

D kendalli is on my radar. I plan to look for it soon.

P palamedes is the most common swallowtail in the Houston area. They are everywhere.

A few more: palamedes, glaucus, cresphontes, D rubicunda, P sennae, A nicippe

Great shots. How much longer will the exhibit be there?

A Luna, A polyphemus, Paonias excaecatus, Smerinthus jamaicensis

They don't publish books like that anymore. Thanks for sharing.

Another P palamedes flew into my white net today.

A few butterflies from last month
Left: Anthocharis midea, Abaeis nicippe, Callophrys niphon
Right: A. midea, Polygonia interrogationis (winter form)
Note the professional-quality spreading boards (Hey, they work.)

Pages 3 & 4:

Pages ! & 2, from the latest issue:

Nice moth. Here's a pair of mine from Colorado:

Contact Mike Quinn if you can't access the zoom link.

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According to the Kaufman field guide, P anchisiades is "found mainly in extreme southern Texas, where it is apparently scarce or irregular, flying at various times from spring to late fall." Eggs & larvae have been found on the US side of the border, so it may be a part-time (not every...

Thanks for the correction, Adam.