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RIP Les Day

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Our dear friend Les Day passed away in his beloved Koh Samui.

Leslie was a British entomologist who had been living on Koh Samui for about 15 years.

When he lived in England, he was very interested in Delias and built a large collection, he also created the website Delias of the World, then once settled in Thailand, he dedicated himself exclusively to the insects of Koh Samui and described many new species. He was passionate about insects, nature and an excellent photographer.

I owe to Les Day my passion for Delias thanks to his website which he passed on to me about ten years ago. I remember the fascination I had when I was browsing the pages of his site. I also remember his help and his kindness when we discussed together about the possible improvements on the site.

We will miss you, Les! R.I.P. !
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Terrible loss. I didn't know him, but of course know his name. I'll bet he was exciting to do field work with.
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Sorry for your loss Olivier. And ours.
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I was going to post the very sad news here, after just being told about it this evening, but I see Olivier heard first.

I only met Les once, but we communicated by e-mail and occasionally by phone for many years. He was definitely a leading light in the study of butterflies of Koh Samui island in south Thailand. After handing control of the Delias website to Olivier he also maintained a separate website about butterflies of Koh Samui, http://www.samuibutterflies.com/home/ . Hopefully someone will keep that website running.

RIP Les.

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adamcotton wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:06 pm he also maintained a separate website about butterflies of Koh Samui, http://www.samuibutterflies.com/home/ . Hopefully someone will keep that website running.
I've seen fabulous internet resources disappear when the founder/maintainer no longer can. It doesn't take long for the paid hosting and URL to disappear, sold off, and then the content is lost. It's pretty easy to download web content and store it away.

Humbly suggest that Olivier, who has experience with websites, try to track down ownership and content.
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Agree with Chuck. It would be a nice way of honoring his legacy and memory to ensure his work is not lost.
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Chuck wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:39 pm Humbly suggest that Olivier, who has experience with websites, try to track down ownership and content.
I would be happy to help but have no idea if Les gave the ownership to anyone or at least its registar information... I will ask one of our common friend.
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