Hi there. You're probably here because you would like more information about an identification I've provided. Feel free to mention or message me and I will respond eventually! Please consider waiting for independent verification in the meantime. If you are feeling adventurous, listed below are some useful online resources to help point you in the right direction. I also collect and ship specimens to researchers, so please let me know if you have any specific requests. I am happy to help in any way I can. Thanks for stopping by!

Observations

Observation images, audio files, and data are licensed under a CC 0 license (public domain). Please feel free to use them for any purpose. While not required, please consider citing the original source if you use any of the data or images. This will help others find the original source and verify the information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Contributors

My wife (@jennifer3370) and children (@r171) have designated me as the camera operator for our nature walks. They are the true contributors to most of these observations. I am just the one who uploads the images and data.

Collecting permits

California Scientific Collecting Permits

Biology on a budget (attachments for smartphones)

• clip-on macro lens
• ring light
• telescopic lens for smartphones
• portable microscope (standalone; suitable for most insects and spiders)

Useful sites & tools for ID verification (with a bias towards California & North America)

General Arachnids, insects, and others

• BugGuide (North America)
• Eggs & Egg Coverings of Terrestrial Invertebrates (iNaturalist project)
• Galerie du Monde des insectes (Europe)
• Spencer Entomological Collection (mostly British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska)
• University of Utah: Entomology Specimen Photos (mostly North America)
• Urban Entomology (mostly California)

Ants

• AntWiki
• AntWeb
• Gordon Lab

Butterflies and moths

• Butterflies of America
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Central California Butterflies
• Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
• Moths of North America
• Moth Photographers Group
• Pacific Northwest Moths

Dragonflies and damselflies

• California Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
• Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Greater Southwest

Flies

• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 1
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 2
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 3

Gall inducing insects, arachnids, and others

• Forbes Lab
• Gallformers
• Gall inducer emergence calculator
• Joyce Gross Photography

Insect sounds

• Insect Singers
• Singing Insects of North America

Spiders and other arachnids

• Jumping Spiders of the World
• Peckham Society
• Spider Genitals (iNaturalist project)
• Srivastava Lab
• World Arachnid Catalog
• World Spider Catalog
• World Spider Trait Database

Other arthropods

• Carabidae, Zopheridae, and Tenebrionidae of the North American West Coast
• Collembola
• Lacewing Digital Library
• Orthopterist's Society
• Planthoppers of North America
• ScaleNet
• Soapberry Bugs of the World
• Treehoppers

Birds

• All About Birds
• Bird-sounds
• BirdNET
• Macaulay Library
• National Audubon Society
• Nest Watch

Feathers

• All About Feathers
• Feather Atlas
• Featherbase
• Found Feathers (iNaturalist project)
• University of Puget Sound Wing & Tail Image Collection

Plants

• Calflora
• California Native Plant Society: Helpful Tools
• Jepson eFlora
• North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
• Oregon State University: Landscape Plants
• SelecTree
• University of Utah: Botany Vascular Plants
• Wildflower Center

Other

• American Museum of Natural History Library Digital Repository
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library (archived literature)
• BoneID
• California Fish Website
• California Herps
• Freshwater Gastropods of North America
• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
• MykoWeb
• PLOS ONE (open access journal)
• ResearchGate (research articles)
• University of Utah: Vertebrate Zoology Voucher Images

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