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October 23, 1921
Tombstone Epitaph
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
O. C. Duffner of Paradise, Arizona, boasts one of the state's finest butterfly and moth collections, amassed over 12 years with over 10,000 specimens, which he sells profitably to collectors worldwide.
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PARADISE MAN HAS
FINE COLLECTION
OF BUTTERFLIES
DOUGLAS, Oct. 17.—O. C. Duffner, miner and prospector at Paradise, brother of M. J. Duffner, of Douglas, has one of the finest collections of butterflies and moths in the state, Douglas people who have visited his place assert. Duffner has been collecting the insects for about 12 years and now has more than 10,000.
Mr. Duffner not only collects the moths and butterflies as a hobby, but in recent year has made a neat profit selling them to other collectors. He gathers the pupae, or cocoon-shaped stages of the insects, and hatches them. When they have reached the butterfly or moth stage he chloroforms and mounts them, thus having perfect specimens.
Mr. Duffner says there are only 840 different kinds of caterpillars, of which the moths outnumber about seven to one.
Several wealthy men in the United States and Europe collect them as a hobby. One of the Rothschilds is said to have spent $30,000 on an expedition to Africa to obtain a rare specimen of butterfly. Mr. Duffner says he sells a great many pupas to a Decatur, Ill., banker, who raises them and sells the butterflies and moths to other collectors.
FINE COLLECTION
OF BUTTERFLIES
DOUGLAS, Oct. 17.—O. C. Duffner, miner and prospector at Paradise, brother of M. J. Duffner, of Douglas, has one of the finest collections of butterflies and moths in the state, Douglas people who have visited his place assert. Duffner has been collecting the insects for about 12 years and now has more than 10,000.
Mr. Duffner not only collects the moths and butterflies as a hobby, but in recent year has made a neat profit selling them to other collectors. He gathers the pupae, or cocoon-shaped stages of the insects, and hatches them. When they have reached the butterfly or moth stage he chloroforms and mounts them, thus having perfect specimens.
Mr. Duffner says there are only 840 different kinds of caterpillars, of which the moths outnumber about seven to one.
Several wealthy men in the United States and Europe collect them as a hobby. One of the Rothschilds is said to have spent $30,000 on an expedition to Africa to obtain a rare specimen of butterfly. Mr. Duffner says he sells a great many pupas to a Decatur, Ill., banker, who raises them and sells the butterflies and moths to other collectors.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Butterfly Collection
Moth Specimens
Insect Hobby
Pupae Sales
Collector Profit
What entities or persons were involved?
O. C. Duffner
M. J. Duffner
Where did it happen?
Paradise, Douglas
Story Details
Key Persons
O. C. Duffner
M. J. Duffner
Location
Paradise, Douglas
Event Date
Oct. 17
Story Details
O. C. Duffner, a miner and prospector in Paradise, has collected over 10,000 butterflies and moths in 12 years, selling pupae and mounted specimens profitably to collectors including a Decatur, Ill., banker.