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
C. Lockwood
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1966
C. Lockwood in Woodlark, Rossel Island and Panawina Island, October – November 1966103 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 402 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · May – Jun 1994
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, May – June 199465 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days · 16,541 km
Y. Lelean
8 islands of Papua New Guinea · 2–27 Oct 1971
Y. Lelean across 8 islands of Papua New Guinea, 2–27 October 197146 specimens · 8 stops · 26 days · 1,028 km
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Mindanao, July – August 199174 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 2003153 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days · 157 km
Francis Xavier Williams
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1929
Francis Xavier Williams in Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 192949 specimens · 8 stops · 100 days · 90 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Oct 1917
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August – October 191740 specimens · 10 stops · 39 days · 1,127 km
Otto Herman Swezey
the United States · Aug – Sep 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in the United States, August – September 1920113 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
W.T. Brigham
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–7 Sep 1908
W.T. Brigham in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–7 September 1908109 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Walter M. Giffard
Jul – Aug 1912
Walter M. Giffard, July – August 191273 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days
G. Van Sickle
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1997
G. Van Sickle in Oʻahu, January – March 199745 specimens · 7 stops · 68 days · 586 km
H. Oppenheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H. Oppenheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202478 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
R.A. Darrow
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.A. Darrow in Thailand, June – July 196348 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
Edward Leonard Caum
3 islands of the United States · 12–29 Jun 1923
Edward Leonard Caum in Nihoa, French Frigate Shoals and Mokumanamana, 12–29 June 192351 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 883 km
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km
E.J. Reynosa
Panay · 3–8 Aug 1987
E.J. Reynosa in Panay, 3–8 August 198777 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
E. Ordonez
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
E. Ordonez in Maui, July – August 193942 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 195 km
Pacific Entomological Survey
Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Pacific Entomological Survey, December 1931 – January 193260 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 317 km
W.H. Hatheway
Arno Atoll · Jul – Aug 1952
W.H. Hatheway in Arno Atoll, July – August 195248 specimens · 16 stops · 51 days
D.A. Madulid
Olango and Bohol · 20–25 Mar 1993
D.A. Madulid in Olango and Bohol, 20–25 March 1993113 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 62 km
Margaret Clark
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 2007
Margaret Clark in Kauaʻi, September – October 200742 specimens · 9 stops · 36 days · 265 km
D. Atha
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1996
D. Atha in Oʻahu, October – November 199644 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 689 km
Rivers Fuentes
Panay · 9–18 Feb 1992
Rivers Fuentes in Panay, 9–18 February 199256 specimens · 7 stops · 10 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.