Pyrgus centaureae wyandot.

[Cris Guppy & Aud Fischer]

Once more prejudice wins over common sense! (1) Note the dates Leroy
collected the specimens - they were not federally listed at that time and
Leroy says they were widespread and common. (2) How could collecting a few
specimens from each of many counties possibly affect skipper abundance? (3)
I assume that you live in a house or other building that has eliminated
valuable habitat for a wide diversity of butterflies, perhaps even Pyrgus
centaureae wyandot? (4) The reason for the rarity of the species, as with
most rare species, is very simple - Habitat Destruction! And thoughtless
irrational anti-collecting statements certainly do not help protect any
butterfly from that!

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Emmitt <birdcr at CONCENTRIC.NET>
To: Leptraps at aol.com <Leptraps at aol.com>
Cc: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Date: May 12, 2000 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: Pyrgus centaureae wyandot.


>Ok,
>
>Can of worms here....... Why would you want to collect 24+ specimens of a
rare
>taxon that is a Federal Species of Concern? Now we all know why they are
>expirated here in NC, Leroy C. Koehn has collected them all. Leroy buy
yourself a
>camera or just take field notes next time. I see no reason that to confirm
a
>county record in any state that a collection is required. Not only that but
the
>state records indicate only Polk county, so Leroy`s not even reported these
>collections! I certainly hope this kind of over collecting did not happen
in the
>90s or is still going on.
>
>My collection is 130 species of North Carolina butterflies on slide film!
>
>Randy Emmitt
>Rougemont, NC
>Butterflies found in NC online!
>http://www.rlephoto.com/butterflies/butterflies.html
>Butterfly conservationist/photographer and
>Carolina Butterfly Society NC Member at Large
>
>Leptraps at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I must add my two cents to the Pyrgus centaureae wyandot issue.
>>
>> When I lived in Virginia in the late 70's and early 80's, Pyrgus
centaureae
>> wyandot was not a hard bug to find. I collected Pyrgus centaureae wyandot
in
>> the following counties in Virginia:
>>
>> Albemarle, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Flyod, Giles,
>> Grayson, Highland, Montgomery, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Smyth, Tazewell, Wyth
and
>> Wise.
>>
>> In North Carolina:
>>
>> Cherokee, Haywood, Jackson, Surry, Wilkes, and Yancey.
>>
>> I have also collected Pyrgus centaureae wyandot in Michigan, Ohio,
Tennessee,
>> and West Virginia. I have collected over a great deal of the eastern
United
>> States and have NEVER found it near civilization. Always in remote and
wild
>> places.
>>
>> RE: Butterflies at UV light.
>>
>> I have operated light traps for over twenty years and have collected 41
>> species of butterflies and skippers in light traps. I collected over 200
>> Asterocampa clyton in one light trap along the Rio Grand near Fronton,
Texas
>> in 1996.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Leroy C. Koehn
>> 6085 Wedgewood Village Circle
>> Lake Worth, FL 33463-7371
>> Hm: 561-966-1655
>> Cell: 561-301-4215
>> E-mail: Leptraps at aol.com
>
>