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. 2,592 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 493,508 specimens between them.
1,114 collectors and expeditions42,779 days in the field8,765,933 km between stops330,332 photographed specimens
2,592 journeys
MacDonald
5 islands · May – Jun 1934
MacDonald across 5 islands, May – June 1934151 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 1,342 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 9–27 Mar 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 9–27 March 1961105 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 925 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1946
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – June 1946124 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 506 km
J. Raynal
9 islands · Jun – Oct 1971
J. Raynal across 9 islands, June – October 1971106 specimens · 42 stops · 103 days · 21,113 km
Judd
Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916
Judd in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916301 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 4 km
M. McArthur
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
M. McArthur across 8 islands, June – July 2022108 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days
Earl T. Ozaki
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 Jun 1953
Earl T. Ozaki in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 June 1953109 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 136 km
Peter F. Stevens
New Britain · May – Jun 1973
Peter F. Stevens in New Britain, May – June 1973128 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 351 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
J.C. Wang
Taiwan · Mar – Jun 1985
J.C. Wang in Taiwan, March – June 1985103 specimens · 9 stops · 69 days
G.W. Gillett
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1970
G.W. Gillett across 4 islands, July – September 197094 specimens · 13 stops · 74 days · 5,743 km
Pacific Entomological Survey
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Dec 1931
Pacific Entomological Survey, October – December 1931233 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 125 km
R. Melville
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Sibuyan and Luzon · May – Jun 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Sibuyan and Luzon, May – June 1992133 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days · 409 km
T. Watanabe
7 islands · Jul – Aug 2009
T. Watanabe across 7 islands, July – August 2009138 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 1,464 km
R.E. DeWreede
Maui · 1–22 Aug 1967
R.E. DeWreede in Maui, 1–22 August 1967169 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 45 km
E.Y. Hashimoto
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
E.Y. Hashimoto in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1931 – January 1932114 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 230 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1984
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 1984177 specimens · 16 stops · 39 days · 385 km
Lynette Williams
3 islands of New Caledonia · Aug – Sep 1940
Lynette Williams in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Grande Terre, August – September 1940126 specimens · 8 stops · 42 days
T.Y. Yang
Taiwan and Formosa · Aug – Nov 1984
T.Y. Yang in Taiwan and Formosa, August – November 198478 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
M.J.S. Sands
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
6 islands · 14–24 May 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 6 islands, 14–24 May 1923135 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,027 km
L. Wester
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–29 Aug 1982
L. Wester across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–29 August 1982118 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days
SEATO Medical Research Lab
Jul 1965 – Mar 1966
SEATO Medical Research Lab, July 1965 – March 196654 specimens · 41 stops · 239 days
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.