Specimen Labels

Jim Taylor 1_iron at email.msn.com
Sun Sep 12 20:11:39 EDT 1999


Folks:
I suppose all of us are a little different, but my label looks something
like this:

    9666 990901          MONA and DATE
    Noctuidae               Family
    Amphipyrinae         Subfamily
    Spodoptera            Genus
    frugiperda               Species
    SavannahGa          Location

I print them in 6 point type; they serve.
(P.S. - I am Y2K compliant. I jiggered my programs (C++) the other day to
sort the "00" after the "99".)

Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor

----- Original Message -----
From: Mothman617 <mothman617 at aol.com>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: Specimen Labels


> All specimen labels should have the following information. Genus,
species,sex,
> place of capture containing the town,county,state or province and finally
the
> country. The date of capture should also be shown. Other info can be added
I.E.
> method of collecting, name of collector or type of habitat the insect was
> found, this is optional information and most collectors keep this data in
a log
> book or computerdisk. A typical label I use is shown below
>
> Danaus plexippus (male)
> Boxford, Essex Co. Mass.
> Jul, 17 1999
>
> Note: Common names are generally not used in a scientific collection since
a
> species may have several common names depending on the geographic
locallity
> I.E. the mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) in North America is called the
> Camberwell Beauty in Britain.
>




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