Adding Texas Observations
Texas has nearly 50,000 Lepidoptera observations, nearly 45,000 of which are in the part of the state east of the 100th meridian (our project area). It would be overwhelming for a single person to review all these observations looking for caterpillars to add to the project (which has been our method for other states). In order to make it more manageable, I have divided East Texas into 15 sections, lumping counties with fewer observations & leaving counties with lots of observations as standalone sections. Each section has between 1,000 & 5,000 observations, except for Travis County (home to Austin), which has 7,088 all by itself. We will manage this the same way we have for the states: people can claim sections, post when they have completed them, and I will keep an updated list here at the top. Please keep track of users who have caterpillar observations that can't be added to the project, and send me a direct message with their usernames so that I can send them a message to invite them to the project. Here's the list - clicking a section will take you directly to an Identify page for that section. You can also see a map of the sections here.
Section A: Northwest & Central - eraskin (complete)
Section B: Northeast - eraskin (complete)
Section C: Southeast - eraskin (complete)
Section D: South - eraskin (complete)
Section E: Greater Houston - psweet (complete)
Section F: North Central (greater Dallas-Ft. Worth) - jtuttle (complete)
Section G: West Central* - eraskin (complete)
Section H: Tarrant County - jtuttle (complete)
Section I: Denton County - psweet (complete)
Section J: Dallas County - jtuttle (complete)
Section K: Travis County jtuttle (complete)
Section L: Hays County - eraskin (complete)
Section M: Williamson County - kylejones (complete)
Section N: Harris County - kylejones (complete)
Section O: Hidalgo County - jtuttle (complete)
*If you take Section G, please keep an eye on the coordinates of any caterpillars that you find, and don't add them to the project if the longitude is more than 100°W (-100 or beyond).
Last update: 2/4/2017, 1312
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Here are the complete lists of grouped counties, if anyone is interested:
Section A (Northwest & Central): Archer, Atascosa, Austin, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Calhoun, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Colorado, Comanche, Coryell, DeWitt, Dimmit, Eastland, Erath, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Hamilton, Jack, Jackson, Karnes, La Salle, Lampasas, Lavaca, Leon, Limestone, Live Oak, Madison, Matagorda, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Milam, Mills, Palo Pinto, Refugio, Robertson, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, Throckmorton, Victoria, Washington, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wilson, Young
Section B (Northeast): Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
Section C (Southeast): Angelina, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler
Section D (South): Aransas, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata
Section E (Greater Houston): Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller
Section F (North Central [greater Dallas-Ft. Worth]): Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Ellis, Grayson, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Montague, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Wise
Section G (West Central): Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lee, Llano, Mason, Medina
Cool! Very interesting and organized. I'll take Section J: Dallas County.
Well, I've gotten a start on section E, since it was the next on the list.
Great! It's good to have some fresh eyes. I generally review each page for caterpillars, add any that I find, then "Mark All As Reviewed," wait for the progress bar on the right to update, and then refresh the page. That way it's always easy to pick up where I left off (since observations marked as Reviewed are hidden in this view), and also easy to keep tabs on new observations for places I've already worked through.
Well, I've been through all of section E. Semester starts next week, though, so my time's going to be rather more limited for the time being.
Thanks for your help!
I've started working on Section F.
Section F is complete.
I'll have some time this weekend, so I may as well take section I.
Section I is finished.
I'll work on Section H.
Section H is complete. I'll start on Section K next...
Awesome, thanks for your work @psweet & @jtuttle. I'm falling behind on my sections - haven't had as much time to work on this recently. Maybe I can make some progress over the weekend.
Out of sequence, but I am working on N.
Great. I have zero attachment to the order.
Harris County (N) is done.
Section K is complete.
Impressive! That was a big one. Looks like we're closing in on it.
Section O is also complete.
finished M
Awesome, that completes a review of the entire project area! I'll post later about Keeping up with new observations in the future & reviewing completed states/sections, but for now I think we should all take a break and pat ourselves on the back. Thanks for your hard work & dedications, everyone! You made this happen, @kylejones, @jtuttle, @berkshirenaturalist, & @psweet. 14,460 observations & 564 species.
It's been fun to help! Good project, @eraskin -- great initiative and organization by you.
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