[tn-moths] Re: FOYs Washington County
- From: "J.N. & Ella Howard" <birders3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:02:43 -0500
Ken,
Thank you very much for your helpful information. I am happy to have
the opportunity to connect with the groups keeping up with ovservations of
butterflies and moths. I have been doing it on my own for a few years and
continue to be fascinated by them and glad for any help in accuracy and
discovery. Let me ask one more question at this time and appreciate your
time. I went to the BAMONA site and the Marion County list. Do I assume
that the ones named on the cuurent list are all the ones which have been
reported for Marion County? I see some absenses that are surprising like,
for instance Zebra Swallowtail, which is very plentiful with us. Maybe one
more connected question which I think you answered, but should a photograph
accompany a report? I would want to be accurate, but some are quite hard to
photograph like the Browns, etc.
Thanks again. I look forward to more involvement.
J. N.
Howard
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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)<http://bugguide.net/node/view/26748>
>> Grape Leaffolder - Hodges#5159 (Desmia
>> funeralis)<http://bugguide.net/node/view/3967>
>> Grapevine Looper - Hodges#7196 (Eulithis
>> sp.)<http://bugguide.net/node/view/52922>
>>
>> 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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