If you enjoy BugGuide.Net and find it useful, there are many ways to help support the site.
Participate
First and foremost, consider donating your time by helping others. An active community that makes others feel welcome can make or break a web site. When you can offer help on unidentified images, take time to comment and give pointers. If you are interested in becoming an editor, simply contact
John. We need all the help we can get to organize the guide and add content.
Monetary Donation
Unable to find time to help out? Then you may be able to make a monetary donation. As the site grows, it needs funding for infrastructure. BugGuide is currently hosted on a spare Dell OptiPlex 755 (quad-core, 4G RAM) with the database on a Dell OptiPlex 745 (dual-core, 2G RAM). The next step will be to add a load balancer and another computer for redundancy. You can
donate online using a credit card through the Iowa State University Foundation. Ignore the Available Gift Designations and check the box that says
Click here to designate your gift to another area on campus. Then write BugGuide Infrastructure Fund - Entomology/VanDyk in the Designation box.
