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Andrew Hess, Contributor
Full name:
Andrew Hess
Contact:
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/escow
Biography:

I identify Dermestidae - Nearctic and other parts of the world

Mostly just as an amateur but I'm glad that so far I've been able to help rediscover many obscure species by identifying them

Most of the species I've seen so far:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=escow&subview=map&taxon_id=81951&view=species

I'm generally active on iNaturalist, but sometimes also on BugGuide.
Curating the Dermestidae taxonomy of iNaturalist.