![]() Samuel H. Scudder (1837 – 1911) was one of the early pioneer scientists, who first studied insect fossils collected by the Hayden Survey. ![]() In 1890, he published “The Tertiary Insects of North America.” He was especially interested in butterflies and moths. Today, his collections are at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. Arthur Lake, a geologist, visited the fossil beds with Scudder in 1877 and produced the first geologic map of Florissant. ![]() It was also the first butterfly described from North America. |
Last updated: July 31, 2021