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Roy O'Neal Kendall
Years: 1912–2008 | Role: Lepidopterist | County: Brazos
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Description
Roy Kendall was a cost analyst at Kelly Air Force Base, but also an accomplished, self-trained lepidopterist, and part of a circle of dedicated field scientists in San Antonio which included Ellen Quillin and Roy Quillin. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he and his wife Connie worked for decades amassing a very large collection of butterflies and moths, with Roy pursuing eggs, larvae, and pupae, while Connie captured adults on the wing. The set grew to include more than 500 species and 100,000 specimens, chiefly found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico. The collection, documented with over 25,000 pages of laboratory and field notes, is now part of the Texas A&M University Insect Collection, supported with a $1 million bequest from the Kendalls.
The photo and helpful background information regarding Mr. and Mrs. Kendall were kindly provided by Stan Casto.
Location Notes
A historical marker could be placed near the Minnie Bell Heep Building (Department of Entomology), at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas, where Roy and Connie Kendall’s collection resides.
Files
- J.M. Burns and R.O. Kendall, "Ecological and Spatial Distribution of Pyrgus oileus and Pyrgus philetas (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) at their Northern Distributional Limits," Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 41-53 (1969).
- Samuel Johnson, "On the Wing," Texas Monthly (1982).
- Roy Kendall, "Day-Flying Moth New to Texas and the US," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.24, No.4, P.301 (1970).
- Roy Kendall, "Larval Food Plants and Life History Notes for Eight Moths from Texas and Mexico," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.30, No.4, P.264 (1976)
- Roy Kendall, "Larval Food Plants for Twenty-six Species of Rhopalocera (Papilionidae) from Texas," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 129-157 (1964).
- Roy Kendall, "Lerema Ancillaris New to Texas and the US," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol. 24, No. 4, P.266 (1970).
- Roy Kendall, "More Larval Foodplants from Texas," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol. 13, pp. 221-228 (1959).
- Roy Kendall, "New Distribution Records for Three Species from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas,"Journal of Lepidopterists' Society, Vol 18, No. 3, P.190 (1964).
- Roy Kendall, "Three Butterfly Species New to Texas and the US," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.26, No.1, P.49 (1972).
- Roy Kendall, "Three Hairstreaks New to Texas and the US," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.24, No.1, P.59 (1970).
- Roy Kendall, "Two Moth Species New to Texas and the US," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.28, No.3, P.243 (1974).
- Roy and Connie Kendall, "Lepidoptera in Unpublished Field Notes of Howard George Lacey," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol.25, No.1, P.2 (1971).
- Roy Kendall and Michael Rickard, "Larval Food Plants Spatial and Temporal Distribution for Five Skippers from Texas," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, Vol. 30, No. 2, P. 105 (1976).