[Fwd: Diurnal lepidopterists personae non grata]

[Mark Walker]

O.K., now can somebody comment specifically on what species are listed that
are resident in the Sunlight Basin area of Wyoming?

Mark Walker.

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> From:	Neil at NWJONES.DEMON.CO.UK [SMTP:Neil at NWJONES.DEMON.CO.UK]
> Sent:	Saturday, September 26, 1998 5:09 AM
> To:	Leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	Re: [Fwd: Diurnal lepidopterists personae non grata]
> 
> In message <360C0AC5.5683 at athena.louisville.edu> "Charles V. Covell Jr."
> writes:
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> > Hi, folks.  FYI:
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> >         id <TR3080NA>; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:17:23 -0400
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> > From: "Hyatt, John A " <jhyatt at EASTMAN.COM>
> > To: "'CVCOVE01 at ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU'" <CVCOVE01 at ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
> > Subject: Diurnal lepidopterists personae non grata
> > 
> > Hello Charlie,
> > 
> > A friend of mine here at work (who travels a lot in the West and
> > occasionally brings back bugs for me) reports that there's a big
> > official sign at the Sunlight Basin Ranger Station in Shoshone National
> > Forest of Wyoming listing the things one can't do there.  Right after
> > fossil collecting on the list came butterfly collecting.  Apparently
> > moths, beetles, etc are still collectible... go figure.
> > 
> > Looking forard to the Ky Leps meeting,
> > 
> > jh
> 
> This is quite easy to understand given the fact that a few years ago there
> was a trial involving 3 collectors. They had deliberately conspired to
> collect
> in national parks and similar places and to trade in endangered species.
> The indictment ran to 85 pages! one of them had (if I recall correctly)
> over 200 specimens listed under CITES confiscated.
> For those who wish to know more please see my "rogues" gallery at:-
> http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/rg/
> 
> -- 
> Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.nwjones.demon.co.uk/
> "At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
> butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
> National Nature Reserve