Undet. Papilionid from Rio Grande Valley, TX

[Anne Kilmer]

I have already apologized to Mike .. . if only he'd said it was a road
kill in the first place, I wouldn't have spoken up. 
Had it been a Schaus swallowtail, blown by the hurricane and looking for
citrus, and caught by an amateur, the act would have been a federal
crime. Even road killed Schaus, picked up innocently, cought get you in
trouble. I merely mentioned this fact ... and quoted Alexei's
objections. 
I am cleaning my crystal ball with sea salt and vinegar, and hope never
again to fail to guess what people are really thinking. 
Cheers
Anne Kilmer
South Florida

DR. JAMES ADAMS wrote:
> 
> Dear Listers,
> 
>         I must admit that I find myself in agreement (on most
> philosophical matters) much more frequently with Anne Kilmer than
> Mark Walker, and yet I must agree in this case with Mark.  (Sorry,
> Anne, I hope I haven't destroyed your image of me!)  Rarity is
> certainly relative, and has a lot more to do with habitat destruction
> than collecting.  PLEASE!!  Don't take this as an invitation to start
> that old collecting vs. not debate.  I just don't think it's
> *criminal* to take a specimen, especially one like this that's a
> stray and undoubtedly outlived it's reproductive potential.  I think
> Mike mentioned that it was a roadkill anyway.  I find it admirable
> that someone would actually pick up a specimen like this and bring it
> to the attention of someone who can find out appropriate information
> about it.  I'll stop wasting people's money with my drivel . . .
> 
>             James