User:Forehand.jay

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I'm Jay Forehand, currently and undergraduate honors student at Virginia Commonwealth University studying Biology. I've lived in Virginia for 24 years (aka my whole life). I think the space program is the greatest human endeavor ever embarked upon, and will always remain so. Huge sci-fi nerd. I'd like to visit Japan.

Interests
Evolutionary biology

Entomology

Firearms

U.S. Constitutional law - specifically as it pertains to privacy and firearms.

Experience
- Bachelors of Science candidate (2010) Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University

- Research Intern, Insect Ecology Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University. Responsible for diet preparation and maintenance of Manduca sexta colony and associated parasitoid Cotesia congregata.

- Lead Technician "Butterflies LIVE!" Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Butterflies LIVE! is a 2400 sq ft exhibit space featuring between 15-30 species of lepidoptera at any one time totaling between 200-300 individual lepidopterans at any given time from all over the world. Responsible for documenting, housing, rearing both native and non-native lepidoptera.

Lepidoptera
Many species common in the tropical butterfly industry today lack proper Wikipedia articles. Filling in these gaps is my main goal here.

My collection
Charaxes lasti, Danaus gilippus, Danaus plexippus, Idea leuconoe, Junonia almana, Protogoniomorpha ancardii, Vanessa atalanta

Species that need work done
Charaxes lasti, Hamadryas feronia, Idea leuconoe, Papilio dardanus, Protogoniomorpha anacardii

Must read list
After the Quake, Dance Dance Dance, Ender's Game, Kafka on the Shore, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Personal links
Butterflies Live Blog

Butterflies Live Youtube

My commons gallery