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Page ix
... collectors , and scientists have been fascinated by the challenge of explaining their profu- sion and variety . These moths have not been treated in a popular work since Holland's Moth Book ( 1903 ) and Barnes & McDunnough's Illus ...
... collectors , and scientists have been fascinated by the challenge of explaining their profu- sion and variety . These moths have not been treated in a popular work since Holland's Moth Book ( 1903 ) and Barnes & McDunnough's Illus ...
Page 83
... collectors tried to devise ever more irresistible " brews , " and even today many collectors swear by their own , often secret , recipes . An example of a " brew , " and of the idiosyncracies of a collector in this regard , is provided ...
... collectors tried to devise ever more irresistible " brews , " and even today many collectors swear by their own , often secret , recipes . An example of a " brew , " and of the idiosyncracies of a collector in this regard , is provided ...
Page 107
... collector will identify completely with P. B. M. Allan ( 1947 , A Moth - Hunter's Gossip ) when he writes of his long ... collectors have seemed peculiarly susceptible to these afflictions . Bear it in mind that some species appear in ...
... collector will identify completely with P. B. M. Allan ( 1947 , A Moth - Hunter's Gossip ) when he writes of his long ... collectors have seemed peculiarly susceptible to these afflictions . Bear it in mind that some species appear in ...
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Of Men and Names | 3 |
A Fertile Theme | 15 |
The Lure of Sugar | 83 |
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abundance amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex August bait basal dash behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin Franklin Co gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype Hulst HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Mid-season to late Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama pheromone phrynia pm line PMNH predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens st lines Status Strecker T. D. Sargent TDS tree trunks ulalume ultronia Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish