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This paper was published in 2006.

Adam.

In theory, these James Scott Names are captured on the BOA website - at least the names that they consider to be valid.

If you didn't know, James Scott passed away recently. Scott was a complex mixture of genius and mildly crazy. He was seeing cryptic species long before DNA started showing us that they are everywhere. His ideas on mating strategies drove academics nuts as well - once he got an idea in his head, it never left him.

Scott collected a bit in the tropics, and by some convoluted trading, I ended up with his skippers. He spread most of the bugs upside down and poorly, which is making me mildly crazy as well. Maybe that's the connection - upside down bugs make you nutty. If you didn't see it, there was an obit in either the Lep Soc News or the Journal, that explains a lot about him - things I did not know and which help me understand his crazy genius.

JOhn

Jshuey wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:18 pm He spread most of the bugs upside down and poorly, which is making me mildly crazy as well. Maybe that's the connection - upside down bugs make you nutty.

Uh oh.