tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post2006628210452360767..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: The false splitSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-27114220976778795262012-02-28T14:48:29.270+00:002012-02-28T14:48:29.270+00:00Skev and Stewart: I think we are the products of h...Skev and Stewart: I think we are the products of how we entered into an interest in moths, plus who our mentors may have been. Funnily enough, I got into them after spending a few days with a very young Sean Clancy at Dungeness. The 'Dungeness moth collective' still openly talk of macros and micros as if they are totally different.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-36509639960910468532012-02-27T19:43:46.649+00:002012-02-27T19:43:46.649+00:00I know the feeling Steve. I dabbled with Moths in ...I know the feeling Steve. I dabbled with Moths in the mid 90's with only a chinnery Insect guide for company! I could only id about 25% of what I caught, so rapidly packed it all in. <br /><br />Now though, there is no excuse for all this separation. I contact an expert such as Skev or Leverton or Tams ( I dot and dab so as not to harass anyone!) with a quick email and I get a decision in a very short time. I still like to have ago first though. I post pics on the blog that I have id'd and get put right within the day.<br /><br />So, I expect to see your moth list rocket forward in 2012 now that you are looking at the lower numbers that have been previously ignored....<br /><br />Oh and the new micro guide is out soon too...see even the new book split them Doh!Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-91859251476411528902012-02-27T13:33:49.690+00:002012-02-27T13:33:49.690+00:00Even now Steve, though there is more literature th...Even now Steve, though there is more literature there are still only two books that I have that comprehensively detail all of moths and butterflies together - MBGBI Vol 7 Pt 2 with the life history chart, and the Bradley 2000 Checklist which has no identification text or pictures, just a list of species and numbers. All other works are still either split by micros/macros or for species groups alone.<br />The only reason I have them as separate lists on my blog link at the moment is that the overall total is too big to manage in one list ;-)Skevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601888498478097564noreply@blogger.com