moths

[bill and Dale]

Brian, Steve, JH, All,
     Last Thursday when I first posted my request for a reference for "moths in a
natural position" I should have mentioned that part of my frustration was due to
the fact that Steve's moth photos (Mulberry Wing: Moths of Jamaica Bay) no longer
seem to be available on the web. Steve's photo's were helpful in the past but
recently when I went there I was not able to access the moth archives (Not Found
messege appears). Although the moth of the month feature seems to still be there
the Moths of Jamaica Bay photos are gone. Anybody out there tell me where they
went?

Bill Yule

BrianRFG at aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
>     My take on this moth identification problem is first, the availability of
> good color photos of moths in natural resting positions is very limited (as
> Steve Walter has said) and we should all be very grateful for his pictures
> and hope that others will be forthcoming before too long from other insect
> photographers; and second, there are so many moths out there that are not
> pictured in Covell's field guide that it is staggering (often many, many
> distressingly similar species). You find a perfectly lovely bright green,
> day-flying moth in the field and look in Covell for the choices but then go
> to the volumes of The Moths of North America North of Mexico and good god,
> there are pages of them. I do not believe in capturing moths or butterflies
> to identify them (this is not an editorial, just a statement) so I guess I'll
> muddle through and hope that more photos and i.d. tips will be forthcoming.
> And thanks to all of you who help us with moths.
>     Brian Cassie