Lepidopterists rejoice! Seabrooke Leckie has proclaimed tidings of great entomological joy on her Facebook and Twitter profiles: she has signed a contract to create a Peterson Field Guide to Moths of WESTERN North America.
Long had we waited… left to making the best guesses we could given whatever references we could find. Never really having the opportunity simply to sit and study the astonishing varieties of species, to learn the geographic locations where they might be found, or to improve our field skills.
Then, in 2012, Seabrooke Leckie and David Beadle gave us hope
In case you’ve been too busy with your summer holidays to mind the calendar, National Moth Week begins this Saturday; which means that it’s time to set up the light sheets, get out the red lens headlamps, and make sure you’ve got a moth identification guide close at hand.