every entomologist needs a plant press

[John Nelson]

Fri 29 Mar  1248P

Dr. Porcelli says:

    "I am not able to verify many of these references because there
are historical ones and/or only parts of the host plants was
collected."

    It seems that this would be yet another example of the absolute
importance of making herbarium specimens, whenever possible.
I'm not sure about this: do entomologists tend to collect voucher
material of the hosts of the insects they are studying?

    Have a good weekend, everybody!



John B. Nelson
Curator of the Herbarium
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208

nelson at biol.sc.edu
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