[TN-Butterflies] Re: FW: review of duskywing photo
- From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:06:14 -0500
Steve,
Thanks for double-checking on this. I also just read in the Allen book
"Butterflies of West VA and Their Caterpillars" that spring adults have
more white scaling and are smaller than the summer brood. So the first photo
on the BAMONA site is the male and the second (by Marianne F.) is the
female? I wonder why many of the field guides only show one season and one
sex when there are some noticeable differences in coloration, brightness,
etc.?
RV
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Stephen Stedman <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Although a near unanimous consensus developed among state butterfliers
> that Allan Trently’s Lewis County duskywing was a Mottled, just to be extra
> careful I sent the photo to John Burns of the National Museum of Natural
> History. John’s reply (below) confirms what many believed to be the case.
> Note that Allan’s individual was a female; the more brightly whitish
> individuals I have seen or seen photos of previously have all been males, so
> it was good to see what a female looks like for comparative purposes.
>
>
>
> John also attached a PDF of one of his recent papers on a topic—false eyes
> on caterpillars--that may interest TN-Butterfliers.
>
>
>
> Good butterflying, Steve Stedman
>
> Cookeville (Putnam County)
>
>
>
> *From:* Burns, John [mailto:BURNSJ@xxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:58 PM
> *To:* Stephen Stedman
> *Subject:* RE: review of duskywing photo
>
>
>
> Steve, that’s a female Erynnis martialis.
>
>
>
> For fun, I’m attaching a pdf of a recent paper that may interest you.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> John
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephen Stedman [mailto:SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 12:24 PM
> *To:* Burns, John
> *Subject:* review of duskywing photo
>
>
>
> Hi John,
>
>
>
> Please review this photo and verify species and please give sex, if
> possible.
>
>
>
> Thanks, Steve
>
>
>
Other related posts:
