EXTERNAL LINKS
Entomological
- Moth Photographers Group (Mississippi)
- N. Amer. Geometridae (Bob Belmont)
- Moths of the Vail, Arizona area (Jillian Cowles)
- MPG Contributors Pages, feature some people who have photographed or collected moths in the Cochise County, AZ vicinity, notably Jillian Cowles, Charles Melton, Arlene Ripley, Bruce Walsh, Bob Nuelle, Jr., Jim Vargo (and probably others!) ...
- Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
- Natural History Museum - LepIndex
- Caterpillar Hostplants Database (Nat. Hist. Mus., London)
- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
- Lepidoptera Research Foundation, The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera
- University of California, Berkeley
- Finnish Lepidoptera Site
- Numerous Lepidoptera Web Links
- Moths of Southeastern Arizona (B. Walsh)
- The Lepidopterists' Society (LEPSOC)
- Lepid./Caterpillars - D. Janzen (Costa Rica)
- Texas Lepidoptera Survey ? - Ed Knudson
- Caterpillar Identification - Mike Quinn
- James Adams - Dalton, GA (useful for beginners)
- Zootaxa
Botany
Cochise County Herbarium
USDA Plants Database
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
Santa Monica Mountains Wildflowers, Jay Sullivan
Petran Chaparral - Tarleton State University, Range Management
Data Sources and References
Global Taxonomic Projects
Other Backyard Projects
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Preface
OVERVIEW
Moths and Memories
Dedication
Where Are the Specimens Now?
ASH CANYON FIRE (2011)
Background and Introduction
Elfin Forests, Worldwide: MAQUIS / FYNBOS / KWONGAN / MATORRAL / CHAPARRAL
About The Backyard Concept
Motivations: Why Publish This Material?
Summarizing How These Projects Evolved
About the Photographs
Bias in Photo Representation
Moth Identifications
Taxonomy & Classification (the names)
About Moth Families & Subfamilies
Some Thoughts About Moth Surveys
Abundance Ratings Defined (8 Categories)
About the Flight Periods
Interpretation of the Flight-Phenograms
Miscellaneous Comments on Black Lights
Peculiarities of Moth Activity
Prime Time = Full-Moon-Plus-Ten
How To Obtain Perfect (Moth) Specimens
To Kill Or Not To Kill??
Beating or Sweeping for Larvae
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & DETERMINATIONS
Miscellaneous Tidbits Dept.
PHOTO CREDITS
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