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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
Photos from the gathering
 
Photos from the 2007 gathering in Minnesota

William H. Taft, Contributor
Full name:
William H. Taft
City, state, country:
DeWitt, MI, USA
Biography:

Aquatic Biologist for State of Michigan. Started collecting clearwing moths in 1968. Discribed Sesia spartani with Tom Eichlin in 1988. Published "A Guide to the Clearwing Borers (Sesiidae) of the North Central United States" North Central Regional Publication No. 394, Updated March 2004, and Synanthedon bolteri (Sesiidae)in Michigan J.Lepid.Soc. 59(4)235-236. Currently collecting moths in Arizona & Western U.S. for the Michigan State University insect museum where all may specimens are donated.