[tn-moths] Re: FOYs Washington County

Ken,

 

Thanks for providing such a well written answer. That will be helpful to many 
of the subscribers.

 

Larry McDaniel

Johnson City, TN
 


Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:25:35 -0700
From: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: FOYs Washington County
To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




I know Larry is busy so maybe I can save him some time by answering some of 
your questions. I'm the owner/moderator for the TN-Butterflies list and the 
handling of records etc should be similar for TN-Moths. 

Official county records are kept by the Butterflies and Moths of North America 
(BAMONA) website. It's a great site and I suggest that you take some time and 
give it a good look.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org

It looks like Marion County is pretty wide open for new records.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/map?dc=1404&_dcc=1&si=43

For now, Jason D. Roberts <entoman@xxxxxxxxx> , is in charge of processing 
county moth records for Tennessee. Unfortunately he is overwhelmed so any 
records sent to him probably won't show up on the BAMONA site for awhile. IMO, 
the best thing to do is save all your records until BAMONA implements there new 
record submission system in late summer/early fall. Once that system goes live, 
you'll be able to submit your sightings directly to the site.  Don't quote me 
on this but I've heard that confirmed ID's won't be necessary to submit a new 
record. It may be as simple as submitting a photo with the location, date and 
name of the person that made the sighting under the heading of "moth" or 
"butterfly"and they'll take it from there.

Posts sent to this list are mainly for county FOY (first of the year) 
sightings, ID help and the general sharing of Moth related information. If you 
are confident of an ID, a photo isn't necessary for reporting a FOY sighting. 
There were some problems last month with our group using up too much bandwidth 
with attached photographs. Our allotted space was filled up early in the month 
so posts stopped being saved to the archives. Freelists is working on the 
problem but for now, try to use a hosting site for your photos like Photobucket 
or Flickr and then send links in your posts. 

 Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County

http://www.finishflagfarms.com




From: J.N. & Ella Howard <birders3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 9:35:41 AM
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: FOYs Washington County


Larry,
     Jean Obrist has told me that you are the moderator of the Tn. Moth group 
so I need to ask a couple of questions and hope they are too much trouble.  
First, when I observe a moth is it good just to report that to the group as a 
whole so that it may be recorded for Marion County.  Second, I imagine it is 
best to send a photograph, but are they being kept on file?  Third, can I find 
out who else in Marion County is observing and which species are already 
recorded?  I am new to the group and, although I have been enjoying keeping my 
own records for a few years, I want to do it more effectively and am trying to 
take photos, etc.  I hope you can respond without it being a lot of trouble.  
All the best to you.
                                                                                
   J. N. Howard
                                                                                
   Fiery Gizzard Cove
                                                                                
   Marion County


On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Larry McDaniel <larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Adela ridingsella - Hodges#0228 (Adela ridingsella)
Grape Leaffolder - Hodges#5159 (Desmia funeralis)
Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7196 (Eulithis sp.)
 
Came to my porch light in Johnson City, TN on 6-5-10.
 
0228 was a first for me. Check out the antennas on the attached photo.
5159 ID based on 28 mm wingspan.
7196 I can't be sure of species.
 
My photos of these can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/27634081@N06/
 
Larry McDaniel




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