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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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Buford Merle Shepard, Contributor
Full name:
Buford Merle Shepard
E-mail address:
mshprd@clemson.edu
Contact:
Contact me at mshprd@clemson.edu for licensing my images
City, state, country:
Charleston, SC, USA
Biography:

Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Clemson University, Coastal Research and Education Center (CREC), 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC. Former Director of CREC, Head of the Entomology Department at the International Rice Reseach Institute. Vice President of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee for the Agricultural Society of South Carolina, directed the Ph.D./M.S. programs for 25 graduate students. Field of interest: Biological control of insects, integrated pest management and insect pollinators. Published over 160 refereed papers and 7 books.