Fwd: Dominican Republic

[Richard Worth]

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> From: "Charles V Covell Jr." <covell at louisville.edu>
> Date: December 18, 2007 8:31:07 AM PST
> To: <rworth at oda.state.or.us>
> Subject: Re: Dominican Republic
>
> ALSO, BE SURE TO CHECK ABOUT PERMITS TO COLLECT AND PERMITS TO  
> EXPORT SPECIMENS!
>
>>>> Richard Worth <rworth at oda.state.or.us> 12/18/07 11:09 AM >>>
> Alex,
>
> I collected there a long time ago.  The collecting was pretty good,
> however I was there at the start of the rainy season.  Being the
> start of the dry season now, things may be different.  You will
> likely get very different fauna in different regions.  The coast will
> be different from the interior mountains which will be different from
> the desert region near Santiago.  There are a some endemic spp. and
> there are a number of Calisto spp (Satyridae) in the forests.  Check
> Bioquip (online) for a few different books.  I believe the latest and
> best is the one on Butterflies of the Caribbean and south Florida
> (Miller et al, I think)  though it is large and not a pocket guide.
>
> Best of luck in your travels,  Richard
>
>> From: Alex Bic [mailto:bicaliber at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:36 PM
>> To: Hank Brodkin
>> Subject: Dominican Republic
>>
>>
>>
>> Who knows if you still remember me, but we talked a while back
>> about Mexico. Btw, were you at the Lorquin meeting the other day?
>> I'm the 17 year-old kid that brought in the droor of Parides.
>>
>> Anyway, I will be taking a short trip to the Dominican Republic in
>> a few days and I would really appreciate any advice on collecting
>> locations or people that you may know who have been there. Maybe
>> you have some specimens from there that have data? Any help would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you for your time,
>>
>> Alex
>
> Richard Worth
> Entomologist / Lepidopterist
> Plant Division
> Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
> 635 Capitol St. NE
> Salem, OR  97301
> 503-986-6461
> rworth at oda.state.or.us
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