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Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

National Moth Week was July 23-31, 2022! See moth submissions.

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


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Taxonomy
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Family Ptinidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Bostrichoidea - Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles
Family Ptinidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles

Subfamily Anobiinae - Death-watch Beetles
Subfamily Dorcatominae
Subfamily Dryophilinae
Subfamily Ernobiinae
Subfamily Eucradinae
Subfamily Mesocoelopodinae
Subfamily Ptilininae
Subfamily Ptininae - Spider Beetles
Subfamily Xyletininae