[ncsc-moths] Re: Updated NC Moth List

  • From: Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:54:29 -0400

Harry, wow!
Quite an accomplishment.  Congratulations are in order.  Tell me you didn't
do this in 2 or 3 years....

Jackie


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Harry Wilson <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Moth-ers,
>
> Today I completed an update of the moth list, having worked my way through
> the MPG plates to add flight seasons as available. The plates, plus
> taxonomic notes, caused my former total of species to decrease to 3,011,
> which of course is still an informed guess to some extent. I have also
> created an Excel list and tried to dress it up a bit.
>
> Seasonal information is also rather approximate, but at least it should
> give us a rough idea of when the moth should be flying. Where the taxonomic
> notes identified species as synonymous with another species, I have
> included that information after the primary species' name in italics.
>
> Now Merrill should have a relatively stable target, and between his two
> locations, he should have found them all by year's end. But I would not
> be surprised if Kyle were to get there first.
>
> Good mothing, one and all!
>
> Harry Wilson
> Zebulon, NC
>
>


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