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:

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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.

Occasionally some non-resident species will stray into the USA from Mexico and the Caribbean.
Here are a few nice ones, top to bottom:
Papilio astyalus
Eurytides philolaus
Papilio pilumnus

Do you sell drawers?

My guess is that many of the legs have already broken off from being pressed into the cotton. If that is the case and you don't mind losing a few more, just hold the specimen by the underside of the thorax (as described by Bill Garthe) and insert the pin into the top of the thorax. I've done this nu...

I saw several Falcate Orangetips (Anthocharis midea) today. It is usually the first butterfly of the spring brood in my area. Also saw a snout butterfly (Libytheana bachmanii) and a couple of UFOs. Time to dust off my net.