Observation date: May 09, 2026
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Diane and I have been studying these for many years, this photo was taken by Diane on her cell phone May 9th light breeze clear sky high 84. Might be earlier than your early date record? Also when the students were told to go out in pairs at all the remaining Hermes Copper know location's and collect any and all the Hermes Coppers that you are able to find for our gene flow study, the dates are all recorded and there is possibly a much earlier date from back then....? Of course these students did a very good job. All those populations are
Gone now sadly. Knowledge that one small section of a leg at the time has enough DNA to do the gene flow study but for some reason they still decided to take all of the few remaining individuals?
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 09, 2026
Coordinator notes: Nobody should be collecting an endangered species at the federal level.-Ken Davenport
