Subject: RE: lepidopterists have anything to learn from ... birders ?

[Jim Taylor]

I have donated (and donate) to the Florida State Collection of Arthropods,
and I intend my collection to go there when I croak. I think John Heppner is
eager to get leps from different parts of the country.

Jim Taylor
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Smith" <idleweed at tusco.net>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Subject: RE: lepidopterists have anything to learn from ...
birders ?


> Hello,
>     This is a subject that I am interested in. I have heard that many
> museums do not want and are not interested in small private collections.
Who
> takes them when a collector dies? What good is a collection if it is not
> preserved for other people to study? I would think that small concentrated
> local collections would be valuable to scientists. I am fortunate because
I
> live in Ohio and belong to the Ohio Lepidopterists and they will at least
> save some parts of a collection. What do other people do with their small
> collections that may have undescribed species or range extensions of
> species? My understanding is that at least some (many) are thrown out or
> allowed to deteriorate. Is this belief that I have not the truth, I hope
so.
>
>                 David Smith
> "Mark Walker" <MWalker at gensym.com> wrote in message
> news:6AA1CFDDE237D51190160000F805064D27A3A3 at hqmail.gensym.com...
> > Todd asked:
> >
> > >
> > > Can a non-scientist have a scientific collection?
> >
> > Todd also shared that he considers his own collection to have scientific
> > value, which of course I agree with.  I may also be inclined to suggest
> that
> > having a scientific collection makes a person a scientist anyway - even
if
> > they don't particularly want to be one.
> >
> > Mark Walker
> >
> >
> >
> >
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