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Two hundred and nineteen California butterfly records were added to the database from contributors Bruce & Bret Boyd, C. Dammers, George T. Austin, J. A. Comstock, J. H. Gerdes, J. S. Garth, J. W. Tilden, John F. Emmel, John S. Garth, K & J. Hughes, J. Lane, R. Meyer, Keith Hughes, Ken Davenport, C. Ingham, Lloyd Martin, Michael Smith, Oakley Shields, Paul Opler, R. Langston, Randy Emmitt, and Sterling Mattoon. (CA-15Sept09)

Sixty-two Alabama butterfly records were added to the database from contributors Eve Sweatman, Sanra Fikes, Tom Howe, and Vitaly Charny. Tom Howe's De Kalb County record of the Reversed Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes reversa) is the first record of this species in the state. (AL-Aug09)

A new photograph of the caterpillar stage of the American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis ) was added to the database from photographer Pat Garner.

Thirty Georgia butterfly records were added to the database from Terry Johnson and Mike Chapman. (GA-9Sept09)

A Pasco County, Florida record of the Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) was added to the database from submitter Diane Lynn Howells. (FL-11Sept09)

Eight Virginia moth records were added to the database: Haploa clymene, Actias luna, Hemaris thysbe (Fredericksburg City, Dani O'Connell), Hypercompe scribonia, Darapsa myron (Loudoun County, Louis Barkan), Eacles imperialis (Clarke County, Patricia Frederick), Manduca sexta (Virginia Beach, Dale Carey), and Actias luna (Newport News City, Kristen Sorrell). (Downer-18Sept09)

Five butterfly and moth records were added to the database from submitters in South Carolina: Hyles lineata (Chesterfield County, Melissa Barefoot), and Vanessa virginiensis, Junonia coenia, Phyciodes tharos, and Vanessa atalanta (Greenville County, Roger Lakhan). (Downer-18Sept09)

A Newport County, Rhode Island record of the Maple Spanworm (Ennomos magnaria) was added to the database from Peter Guay. (Downer-18Sept09)

Four Ohio moth records were added to the database: Sphecodina abbottii (Cuyahoga County, Alex Bonet), Citheronia regalis (Stark County, Matt Neidert), Darapsa myron (Preble County, Cindy Hanisch), and Hyalophora cecropia (Auglaize County, Eric Epperson). (Downer-18Sept09)

Two New Hampshire records of the Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) were added to the database from Rebecca Dean (Strafford County) and Cathy Edgar (Belknap County). (Downer-18Sept09)