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by Tyler Hedlund
If you have suggestions on how to improve a specific guide page, post them here for editors to review. (For general discussion of Guide Pages, use the Web Site Problems and Suggestions forum.)
989301618 Jun 2025 - 6:52pm
by Tony
Discussion of specimens which may be misidentified in the guide.
674193412 Jun 2025 - 1:22pm
by Lee Shoemaker
If you need an additional guide page created for a certain taxon, ask the editors for it here.
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by ophis
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198281412 Jun 2025 - 12:57am
by Brad Barnd
For discussion about which classifications we should follow within the guide.
591321117 Jun 2025 - 4:45am
by Brad Barnd
Photography drives this web site. Discuss equipment and techniques here.
411286323 Feb 2025 - 11:30pm
by Brad Barnd
Anything related to nearctic spiders.
45217876 May 2025 - 10:20am
by Tyler Hedlund
For discussion of the more humble kind of Lepidoptera.
389138828 May 2025 - 9:24pm
by Richard Buist
Concerted efforts to identify and photograph all of our species for a particular group of bugs. NOT for identification requests (use ID Request for that).
473962 Dec 2024 - 1:04pm
by Jeffrey A Stratford
Sometimes you need to rear to identify. Discover and document life cycles!
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