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BugGuide is a National Moth Week Partner. How to add your National Moth Week 2021 photos. July 17-25.

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

National Moth Week 2020 photos of insects and people.

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

Discussion, 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

Photos of insects and people from the 2014 gathering in Virginia, June 4-7.

Photos of insects and people from the 2013 gathering in Arizona, July 25-28

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Any topics consistent with the mission, shown at the top of every page, of this website.
68483225415 Nov 2021 - 4:00pm
by Silas Eckhardt
If you have suggestions on how to improve a specific guide page, post them here for editors to review. (For general discussion of Guide Pages, use the Web Site Problems and Suggestions forum.)
856262715 Nov 2021 - 5:00pm
by john and jane balaban
Discussion of specimens which may be misidentified in the guide.
627182012 Nov 2021 - 5:31pm
by Jonathan Hoskins
If you need an additional guide page created for a certain taxon, ask the editors for it here.
2061532610 Nov 2021 - 12:34pm
by cwmelton
Check status, report problems, or suggest improvements.
1377893111 Nov 2021 - 7:46pm
by john and jane balaban
Create and edit articles here for subsequent publishing to the 'Articles' section of this website.
170259431 Oct 2021 - 8:51am
by Dan Leeder
For discussion about which classifications we should follow within the guide.
51529005 Nov 2021 - 3:51pm
by Peter W. Messer
Photography drives this web site. Discuss equipment and techniques here.
405280529 Oct 2021 - 12:59pm
by Stephen Hart
Anything related to nearctic spiders.
435174528 Sep 2021 - 3:02pm
by john and jane balaban
For discussion of the more humble kind of Lepidoptera.
342125028 Sep 2021 - 2:57pm
by john and jane balaban
Concerted efforts to identify and photograph all of our species for a particular group of bugs. NOT for identification requests (use ID Request for that).
473993 Aug 2021 - 7:12am
by Jonathan Hoskins
Sometimes you need to rear to identify. Discover and document life cycles!
4522511 Nov 2021 - 10:58am
by noramusulin
Report spam here for our illustrious team of spam-zappers.
4975819 Oct 2021 - 3:28pm
by Silas Eckhardt
Announcements for and discussion among BugGuide's contributing editors.
23917174 Nov 2021 - 9:31pm
by Hexapoda
Remembering those who have put time and effort into the Guide.
31072 Nov 2021 - 11:06am
by Gacko