Description
From 2002 to 2007 volunteer butterfly enthusiasts spent thousands of hours in the field in an effort to record the status and distribution of Vermont butterflies. Coupled with this survey was an effort to record all sightings of giant silkmoths (Saturniinae) that were found. As part of the effort, public and private natural history museums were visited to record past records of these species too. This effort continues today as naturalists find and report their sightings via the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 87 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
McFarland K (2021): Records of Giant Silkmoths (Saturniinae) from Vermont Collections and 2002-2007. v1.6. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vbs-giant-silkmoths&v=1.6
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2e4f4ed1-77d0-4ee2-a895-6f894d3fcc13. Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
State of Vermont, United States
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [42.65, -73.652], North East [45.042, -71.455] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All Giant Silkmoths (Saturniinae) found in Vermont
| Subfamily | Saturniinae (giant silkmoths) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2002-05-01 / 2007-11-01 |
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Project Data
From 2002 to 2007 volunteer butterfly enthusiasts spent thousands of hours in the field in an effort to record the status and distribution of Vermont butterflies. Coupled with this survey was an effort to record all sightings of giant silkmoths that were found. Additionally, private and public natural history collections were visited to record any historic specimens that were present. Four species of silkmoths were reported during the survey from 2002-2007: Cecropia Silkmoth (18 records), Promethea Silkmoth (7 records), Polyphemus Moth (10 records), and Luna Moth (28 records). Columbia Silkmoth (no historic records in Vermont, but found nearby in Quebec) and the exotic Ailanthus Silkmoth (one historic record) were not reported. It is difficult to determine if these moths are truly rare or if the paucity of records simply reflected observers focusing on butterflies as this was completed as a smaller companion project with the Vermont Butterfly Survey.
| Title | Vermont Butterfly Survey - Vermont Atlas of Life |
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| Funding | Financial support was provided by the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife – Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife – State Wildlife Grants, the William P. Wharton Trust, the Windham Foundation, ESRI: Environmental Systems Research Institute and individual supporters and donors. |
| Study Area Description | State of Vermont, United States. |
| Design Description | From 2002 to 2007 volunteer butterfly enthusiasts spent thousands of hours in the field in an effort to record the status and distribution of Vermont butterflies. Coupled with this survey was an effort to record all sightings of giant silkmoths that were found. Additionally, private and public natural history collections were visited to record any historic specimens that were present. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Random observations collected during the Vermont Butterfly Survey. See McFarland, Kent; Sara Zahendra (2013): Vermont Butterfly Survey 2002-2007. figshare. Paper.https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.827269.v1
| Study Extent | State of Vermont, United States |
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| Quality Control | Specimens and photographs were taken for most observations and identified by project biologists. See McFarland, Kent; Sara Zahendra (2013): Vermont Butterfly Survey 2002-2007. figshare. Paper.https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.827269.v1 |
Method step description:
- See McFarland, Kent; Sara Zahendra (2013): Vermont Butterfly Survey 2002-2007. figshare. Paper.https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.827269.v1
Bibliographic Citations
- McFarland, Kent; Sara Zahendra (2013): Vermont Butterfly Survey 2002-2007. figshare. Paper.https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.827269.v1
- McFarland, Kent P. and Bryan Pfeiffer. Vermont Butterfly Survey. Vermont Center for Ecostudies – Vermont Atlas of Life. Retrieved from http://val.vtecostudies.org. 9-1-2018.
- McFarland, K.P. 2015. Vermont Giant Silkmoth (Saturniinae) Atlas. Vermont Center for Ecostudies – Vermont Atlas of Life. Retrieved from http://val.vtecostudies.org. 9-1-2018.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 2e4f4ed1-77d0-4ee2-a895-6f894d3fcc13 |
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| http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vbs-giant-silkmoths |