Chapter II Specimen Catalogue
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On Method & Arrangement

Principles of the Collection

Each specimen tells a migration
Coordinates, date, altitude, and the name of the field that held it — nothing pinned is anonymous.
Darkness reveals the pattern
Nocturnal collection demands patience — the most significant moths arrive after midnight, drawn by light they cannot explain.
The drawer is the argument
Arrangement is not decoration. Row by row, the taxonomy makes its case without a single word spoken.
Scale survives the century
Wing dust endures where painted colour fades. The catalogue numbers outlast every collector who penciled them.
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