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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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Bob Carlson, Contributing Editor
City, state, country:
Alexandria, Virginia
Biography:

Note: Bob passed away early in 2017.

Degrees in Forestry & Forest Entomology from University of Michigan. Did postdoctoral work studying Ichneumonidae with Henry Townes from 1967 through 1969. Worked for Systematic Entomology Laboratory covering Ichneumonidae from 1969 to 1980, when I took an assignment at the ARS Asian Parasite Laboratory in Japan to work on obtaining natural enemies of immigrant pests in the USA. Moved APL to Korea in 1982. Returned to SEL in 1985, working at first on computer support with identification duties as well. Later became head of the Communications & Taxonomic Services Unit, from which position I retired in January, 2007.