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Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

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

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


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Matthias Buck, Contributing Editor
Full name:
Matthias Buck
Contact:
Invertebrate Zoology Section, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Biography:

My research is on stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) and flies (Diptera: mostly Acalyptratae). I am Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Royal Alberta Museum. From 1999-2008 I worked as curator of the Insect Collection at the University of Guelph, Ontario.