Biography:
I started contributing in early 2005 using a Canon Powershot G3. I've since upgraded to a Canon Digital Rebel XT with a 100 mm macro lens.
I have an Elementary Education Degree, but have no official training in entomology. In the years I have been contributing/editing here I have learned some basic things about identifying bugs in the field. Currently, I am trying to focus on spider identification with a lot of help from
Rod Crawford.
Some of my favorite bug photos...
And my favorite finds, but maybe not the best shots....
Rare finds...
New species?..
Where you can find my images in print/online:
Houghton Mifflin SC Textbook (2006)
Carolina Pine Sawyer
Butterflies & Moths: Messages from Psyche, by Prof. Philip Howse
Black Swallowtail caterpillar
National Wildlife Federation: Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America (2007)
Mottled Tortoise Beetle
California Tortoiseshell
Striped Lynx
Syngenta: a guide to protetcting WOODY ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS (2009)
Azalea Caterpillar
Virginia IPM: Mid-Atlantic Guide to the Insect Pests and Beneficials of Corn, Soybean, and Small Grains (2005)
Green Stink Bug
Entomology Circular No. 419, The Pine Webworm, Pococera robustella
Pine Webworm
Singing Insects of North America
Handsome Meadow Katydid
Greater Angle-wing Katydid nymph
Greater Angle-wing Katydid female
Greater Angle-wing Katydid
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid
Short-winged Meadow Katydid
zipcodezoo.com
discoverlife.org
Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu
Stink Bugs & Other Bugs by Mary Packard (2006)
Florida Predatory Stink Bugs Molting
Brochymena laying eggs
I owe many thanks to all the people from bugguide who have helped me and added info to the site. Some of those people are:
John Ascher - bees
John and Jane Balaban - dragonflies/damselflies, spiders etc.
Brad Barnd - beetles & true bugs
Jay Barnes - jumping spiders
Troy Bartlett - creating this site!
Keith Bayless - flies
Giff Beaton - dragonflies/damselflies, robber flies, and tiger beetles
V Belov - true bugs, beetles
Tom Bentley - butterflies
Cliff Bernzweig - butterflies & dragonflies
Mike Boone - map, computers, moths
Boris Büche - beetles
Devin Carroll - spiders
Patrick Coin - various bugs, & plants
Stephen Cresswell - beetles, dragonflies
John Davis - moths (west)
Eric Eaton - wasps, bees, true bugs, etc.
Charley Eiseman - tracks & signs
Chuck Entz - bugs, plants, computers
Nick Fensler - spider wasps
David Ferguson - grasshoppers
Lloyd Gonzales - caddisflies, mayflies & stoneflies
Anita Gould - moths
Jeff Gruber - hister beetles
Dennis Haines - beetles, wasps, & flies
Andy Hamilton - leafhoppers, planthoppers, treehoppers, spittlebugs
Guy Hanley - beetles
Phillip Harpootlian - beetles
Jeff Hollenbeck - spiders
Frans Janssens - springtails
Kojun Kanda - beetles (Tenebrionidae)
WonGun Kim - true bugs, weevils, and hoverflies
Joel Kits - flies, bee flies
Ted MacRae - beetles
John Maxwell - various
Sean McCann - mosquitoes
Jim McClarin - beetles
Robin McLeod - moths
Kari J McWest - scorpions
Peter Messer - ground beetles
Beatriz Moisset - pollinators
Tim Moyer - beetles
Tom Murray - beetles, various
Hannah Nendick-Mason - butterflies & caterpillars
Wisconsin Oecanthinancy - tree crickets
Bob Patterson - moths
Kevin Pfeiffer - spiders
Claude Pilon - leafhoppers, planthoppers, treehoppers, spittlebugs & true bugs
Dennis Profant - moths
Mike Quinn - beetles
Herschel Raney - robberflies
Rowland Shelley - millipedes, centipedes
Andrew Short - aquatic beetles
Michelle Lynn St.Sauveur - dragonflies & damselflies
William H. Taft - clearwing moths
Michael Thomas - beetles
Tony Thomas - wasps & dragonflies
John VanDyk - running the site
Richard Vernier - bees, wasps & ants
Rob Westerduijn - leaf beetles
Chris Wirth - tiger beetles
Hartmut Wisch - bees & other
Chen Young - craneflies
Off-site I owe thanks to:
Lyle Buss - who I bugged a lot before I found this site
John Capinera - grasshoppers
Rod Crawford - spiders (west)
Tom Walker - katydids
