Butterflies and Moths of North America

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331 new California butterfly records

Three hundred and thirty-one California butterfly records were added to the database from contributors Andrew Kim, Arthur M. Shapiro, Bob Koyama, Bob Stewart, Bruce Griffin, C. A. Toschi, C. Anderson, C. D. MacNeill, Charles Sexton, D. Dirks, O. Shields, D. Rubinoff, E. C. Van Dyke, E. S. Ross, E. Schlinger, M. Helena, F. X. Williams, G. Heid, Gary Felton, Glenn Gorelick, Gordon Marsh, J. Doyen, J. S. Kent, J. W. Tilden, C. D. MacNeill, Jack Levy, James Mori, James Wiseman, Jeffrey Glassberg, Jerry Powell, John & Tom Emmel, John Hafernick, K. Coolidge, K. Coolidge, K. Wong, Kenneth Denton, L. I. Hewes, Larry Orsak, M. Doudoroff, Munroe Walton, N. LaDue, Norman Nakanishi, O. Sette, J. Montgomery & F. Thorne, P. McNally, Paul Opler, Phil Nordin, Philip McNally, R. G. Wind, R. L. Langston, R. Wielgus, Ray Stanford, Robert L. Langston, Ron Vanderhoff, Stan Dvorak, T. Hower, Tom & John Emmel, V. & L. Donahue, V. Stern, W. D. Field, W. Hovanitz, and W. R. Bauer. (CA-4Dec09)

New photographs from Bea Laporte and Laura Maskell

Fourteen butterfly and moth photographs were added to the database from Bea Laporte and Laura Maskell for the following species: Garden (Great) Tiger Moth (Arctia caja), Arctic Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), Intermediate Cucullia (Cucullia intermedia), Maple Spanworm (Ennomos magnaria), Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo), Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), and Orange-humped Mapleworm (Symmerista leucitys).

335 new California butterfly records

Three hundred and thirty-five California butterfly records were added to the database from contributors A. W. Lindsey, Arthur Shapiro, Barnes & Benjamin, Bob Stewart, C. D. MacNeill, George Field, Harriet V. Reinhard, J. A. Comstock, J. E. Cottle, Jack Levy, Jean Gunder, Jeffrey Glassberg, John Fortiner, Ken Hansen, Leslie V. Smith, Oakley Shields, Oscar Sette, Richard Kelson, Richard Priestaf, S & E Mattoon, S. R. Sims, Sterling Mattoon, Tom & John Emmel, U. Kinet, and William Barnes. (CA-01Dec09)