Jack L. Harry

Personal Bio

• Began to seriously notice butterflies at about age 6-8 years of age while living near San Diego.

• Collected butterflies in and near Montrose, Colo. until into High School, then went into diapause.  

• Worked for the U.S.G.S. as a topographic surveyor from 1960 to 1973 in the Rocky Mtn Region (Texas to Mont).  Special assignment were 2 summers in Alaska and 2 summers in Antarctica. 

• Started collecting again in 1971.  Got in 2 years collecting while still with the U.S.G.S., mostly in Texas, E. Mont. and Alaska.  Managed to collect most of the species in Texas.

• Did a bit of rearing as an adolescent and while with the U.S.G.S., including discovering a few larval foodplants in W. Texas.

• Became employed with the U.S. Forest Service in Salt Lake City in 1977.

• Retired from the Forest Service in 1994.

• Went to work at the weather station as an observer in 2000.  Expect to re-retire in 2004.

• Began rearing and collecting seriously in Utah with special interest in the Theclini in the western U.S. 

• Recently became interested in Colias of the world.  Expect to take extended trips to other continents to collect Colias in near future.

• Patronyms:  

• Mt. Harry in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

• Boloria improba harryi from Wind River Mtns, Wyoming

• Published photo life histories of Papilio xuthus and Adelpha bredowi in Tropical Lepidoptera and Holarctic Lepidoptera.

• Have a manuscript submitted describing the immature stages of Colias johanseni.

• Accomplished close-up photographer.

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e-mail: buggbanditt@aol.com

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