Post by jonathan on Apr 2, 2015 9:39:14 GMT -8
Dear fellow lepidoptera enthusiasts,
Yesterday (1st April 2015) marked the 3rd anniversary since I officially launched my website about the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic. I have to admit that I never expected that this group of "dull-looking" butterflies would attract such a high interest and I believe that the map below speaks out loud for itself. Unfortunately, this year my free time was rather limited as I spent most of it with my wife and daughter and the updates to my website were minimal but at least monthly. This year, hopefully it will even be worse as this month we are expecting our second child and I think that until we settle down, I will not be able to do any frequent updates. My sincere apologies for this. I have a lot of material both in terms of specimens and also literature which I would like to share with you and I have many ideas which I haven't even began to work upon but as you might expect, running such a website requires a lot of resources, especially time and money and as I always say...first things first and our children are my priority right now.
Since the launch of this website, more than 3,500 users from 93 different countries visited my website running more than 5,600 sessions and I am grateful to each and everyone of you who visited this website during these last 3 years. When I first launched the site, my goal was always to spread the awareness that even though a butterfly might not look as beautiful such as an Ornithoptera, Morpho or Agrias for example (and without lacking any respect to these magnificent genera), the subfamily Satyrinae can still offer some wonderful patterns and most importantly there are still gaps in the knowledge about the life cycles of a lot of species/subspecies. Slowly, I believe that this website is managing to reach its original goal of spreading awareness however as I said, there is still a lot which can be done and as long as God lends me the health and resources, I am willing to pursue this life-time project of providing all the information of all Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic free of charge to everyone. Hopefully, my work serves as a basis for professional scientists and amateur enthusiasts like me to better understand the beautiful world of the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic and to protect these natural wonders from their biggest threats, us homo sapiens.
Finally, I believe that the main success factors behind this project is the support I get from all of you who use my website as a reference for your research and which I frequently encounter on other websites and literature and from my supportive wife who gives me the space to pursue my hobby . THANKS.
Best Regards
Jonathan
www.satyrinae.yolasite.com
Yesterday (1st April 2015) marked the 3rd anniversary since I officially launched my website about the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic. I have to admit that I never expected that this group of "dull-looking" butterflies would attract such a high interest and I believe that the map below speaks out loud for itself. Unfortunately, this year my free time was rather limited as I spent most of it with my wife and daughter and the updates to my website were minimal but at least monthly. This year, hopefully it will even be worse as this month we are expecting our second child and I think that until we settle down, I will not be able to do any frequent updates. My sincere apologies for this. I have a lot of material both in terms of specimens and also literature which I would like to share with you and I have many ideas which I haven't even began to work upon but as you might expect, running such a website requires a lot of resources, especially time and money and as I always say...first things first and our children are my priority right now.
Since the launch of this website, more than 3,500 users from 93 different countries visited my website running more than 5,600 sessions and I am grateful to each and everyone of you who visited this website during these last 3 years. When I first launched the site, my goal was always to spread the awareness that even though a butterfly might not look as beautiful such as an Ornithoptera, Morpho or Agrias for example (and without lacking any respect to these magnificent genera), the subfamily Satyrinae can still offer some wonderful patterns and most importantly there are still gaps in the knowledge about the life cycles of a lot of species/subspecies. Slowly, I believe that this website is managing to reach its original goal of spreading awareness however as I said, there is still a lot which can be done and as long as God lends me the health and resources, I am willing to pursue this life-time project of providing all the information of all Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic free of charge to everyone. Hopefully, my work serves as a basis for professional scientists and amateur enthusiasts like me to better understand the beautiful world of the Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic and to protect these natural wonders from their biggest threats, us homo sapiens.
Finally, I believe that the main success factors behind this project is the support I get from all of you who use my website as a reference for your research and which I frequently encounter on other websites and literature and from my supportive wife who gives me the space to pursue my hobby . THANKS.
Best Regards
Jonathan
www.satyrinae.yolasite.com