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A Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland Another Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland. Lepidopterology (from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale' πτερόν (pterón) 'wing' and -λογία [1]) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies.
Richard Bayard Dominick (September 17, 1919 - May 4, 1976) was an American ophthalmologist, outdoorsman, and amateur lepidopterist.He is best known for his extensive collection of moths and butterflies in South Carolina.
Robert Michael Pyle (born 19 July 1947) [1] is an American lepidopterist, writer, teacher, and founder of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Much of his life story is told in the 2020 feature film The Dark Divide , where Pyle is played by David Cross .
A lepidopterist studies lepidopterology, the study of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. ...
A video, taken by Crombie’s friend, shows the precise moment thousands of starlings fleetingly appear as one, a curved, winged form reflected in the water below. A flurry of camera shutter ...
The Reverend Arthur Miles Moss (1873-1948) was vicar of the largest Anglican parish in the world in Pará, Brazil, and also a noted amateur lepidopterist, artist and musician. His collection of watercolour drawings of Lepidoptera larvae are held at the Natural History Museum, London [1] who bought them from his patron Lionel Walter, Baron ...
Woodard’s third collection, “At the Lepidopterist’s House,” won the 2022 Michael Waters Poetry Prize and was released from Southern Indiana Review Press in October 2023.
South was married twice, first in 1867 to his cousin Sarah Jane South (1846-1901), [6] and in 1914 to Evelyn Urquhart (1871-1947) [7] who survived him by 15 years. Her father had been a Mayor of Paddington. [1]