Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 1,980 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 356,126 specimens between them.
839 collectors and expeditions34,820 days in the field7,426,317 km between stops244,553 photographed specimens
1,980 journeys match
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
Jan-Peter Frahm
3 islands of Brazil · Jul – Sep 1977
Jan-Peter Frahm in Rio De Janeiro, Cardoso Island and Oʻahu, July – September 197747 specimens · 26 stops · 61 days · 12,609 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
K.L. Marr
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1988
K.L. Marr in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – August 198850 specimens · 16 stops · 107 days · 1,706 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of the Cook Islands · Aug – Sep 1982
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga, Mitiaro and Mauke, August – September 198287 specimens · 24 stops · 25 days
Y. Nitta
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1932
Y. Nitta in Oʻahu, May – July 193272 specimens · 8 stops · 52 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
9 islands of the Marshall Islands · 4–15 Feb 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 9 islands of the Marshall Islands, 4–15 February 1956102 specimens · 11 stops · 12 days · 1,332 km
G.J. Spence
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1976
G.J. Spence in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 197697 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 166 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 195578 specimens · 10 stops · 80 days · 1,239 km
Fuentes
Luzon · 18–28 Jan 1994
Fuentes in Luzon, 18–28 January 1994122 specimens · 6 stops · 11 days
D.E. Yen
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Nov – Dec 1971
D.E. Yen in Anuta, Nendo (Santa Cruz) and Guadalcanal, November – December 197177 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days
E.M. Fahey
Penikese · Jul – Sep 1947
E.M. Fahey in Penikese, July – September 194765 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days
Takamoto
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Takamoto in Oʻahu, February – May 193653 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days
Pacific Entomological Survey
Nuku Hiva · May – Jun 1931
Pacific Entomological Survey, May – June 1931105 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days · 6 km
Moreira Vital
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Moreira Vital in Brazil, June – August 197452 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days
Johnson Randall
9 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Jul 1957
Johnson Randall across 9 islands of French Polynesia, February – July 195786 specimens · 22 stops · 146 days · 1,617 km
F.R. Warshauer
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
F.R. Warshauer in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Alvarez
Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991
Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, 6–17 September 199186 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 193269 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km
Fuentes
Luzon · May – Jun 1992
Fuentes in Luzon, May – June 1992125 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
R. Gay
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1971
R. Gay in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 197165 specimens · 12 stops · 26 days
Otto Degener
15 islands · May – Aug 1982
Otto Degener across 15 islands, May – August 198271 specimens · 26 stops · 89 days · 26,628 km
H.A. Miller
5 islands · May – Jun 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 196595 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.