[tn-moths] Fwd: [ncsc-moths] Re: Moth book suggestions
- From: "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-moths <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:37:48 -0400
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From: J. Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ncsc-moths] Re: Moth book suggestions
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
What you will learn if you look at Bugguide or MPG as much as I do is the
locations of the photographers. For example, if I see a photo by Tom Murray
on MPG, I'm reasonably certain that particular moth may be present at my
location (he lives in Conn I believe but must have similar vegetation to
what I have here in the mountains). Always, click on the photos in bugguide
to see where they are taken. You can waste a lot of time if the photos are
from someplace like Arizona. As I posted earlier, Covell's Kentucky guide
is VERY useful for quickly ascertaining whether a particular species is
likely, particular for those of us in western NC and anybody in TN.
The Virginia Natural History Museum has re-issued Covell's peterson field
guide and you can find it multiple places for around $40. Everyone who is
serious about mothing needs to own that book.
Merrill
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Lois Stacey <croakie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've ordered a copy of Covell, it hasn't come in yet Amazon.com had one for
> about $50, the rest were almost $200, you probably will need to look around
> or get lucky as it's apparently out of print.
>
> I run into some of the same problems you do Ken, I'm guessing it comes
> from starting out as a birder. I'm looking for the field marks that
> differentiate the species and in general where the different species are
> located. I've identified a few things only to discover that they are
> western species and not found here!
>
> What I hope to do is use MPG to get close, and then look the species up in
> Covell to get the details to hopefully nail it down. I figure that should
> work for 90% or more of what I am likely to find here.
>
> Lois
>
>
> On 3/27/2011 11:55 AM, kjchilds wrote:
>
>> While MPG, Bugguide and the internet in general are great resources, they
>> don't always help when it comes to finding out what it is exactly that makes
>> Moth A different from the extremely close looking Moth B. Also, it's not
>> always easy to find range information. This morning I was working on a moth
>> and I was able to narrow it down to 3 species that looked very similar. I
>> found out that 2 of the 3 are strictly western species which made my
>> decision on which one to choose much easier. If BAMONA had many more
>> contributors, their maps would help but it seems that in general, moths
>> don't get no respect so their maps are generally useless.
>>
>> What book(s) do you suggest that would provide this type of information?
>> Ken Childs
>> Henderson, TN
>> Chester County
>>
>> http://www.finishflagfarms.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Lois Stacey
> North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
> www.augustaaikenaudubon.org
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v299/croakie/Moths/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48760528@N02/
>
>
>
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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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