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Butterfly, Moth Collection Featured In Rosalia Fall Festival; Spokesman Pia Hallenberg Reports

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SPOKESMAN.COM - In 1965, when James Nebel was a young man, he became the owner and protector of a huge collection of moths and butterflies.

At the time it was known as the Anderson Collection and considered the second largest private collection of lepidopterans in Washington. It consisted of more than 3,000 specimens and it was the lifework of Andrew Anderson of Pateros, Wash., a man Nebel had known growing up. click here to read the full article from Spokesman Reporter Pia Hallenberg

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