Educating Butterfly watchers - NABA drops the ball

[Richard Worth]

>......they have to encourage an appreciation for
>those who are working on trying to figure out what we have.
>
>We cannot go around saying we already know everything that there is to know
>because in many parts of North America that is not correct....
>Barb Beck
>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>

I think this point is well illustrated by recent discussions of new 
discoveries regarding tiger swallowtails, and the major confusion 
with buckeyes, just a few "common" species.
Rich

Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461

 
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