{"id":2599,"date":"2010-10-17T19:35:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T02:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=2599"},"modified":"2010-10-17T19:35:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T02:35:34","slug":"letter-to-the-curator-of-entomology-at-sdnhm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/17\/letter-to-the-curator-of-entomology-at-sdnhm\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter To The Curator Of Entomology At SDNHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sent an email with a\u00a0photo\u00a0and\u00a0question about Monarch Butterfly stages to Michael Wall, Curator of Entomology at the San Diego Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2600\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2599]\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2600\" data-attachment-id=\"2600\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/17\/letter-to-the-curator-of-entomology-at-sdnhm\/monarch09-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1276011522&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Monarch09 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Stage between larva and pupa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2600\" title=\"Monarch09 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monarch09-lo-res.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stage between larva and pupa<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sent an email with a\u00a0photo\u00a0and\u00a0question about Monarch Butterfly stages to Michael Wall, Curator of Entomology at the San Diego Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-FV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8454,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/05\/insect-mania\/","url_meta":{"origin":2599,"position":0},"title":"Insect Mania!","date":"September 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent a few hours over at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park for Insect Mania Family Day. 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