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70563372426 Nov 2023 - 10:50am
by Bob Zuparko
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.)
945290126 Nov 2023 - 10:58am
by Bob Zuparko
Discussion of specimens which may be misidentified in the guide.
653189725 Oct 2023 - 11:00pm
by Ken Wolgemuth
If you need an additional guide page created for a certain taxon, ask the editors for it here.
2174559814 Nov 2023 - 10:47am
by Nathaniel Green
Check status, report problems, or suggest improvements.
142190879 Nov 2023 - 6:45pm
by Brad Barnd
Create and edit articles here for subsequent publishing to the 'Articles' section of this website.
188272421 Nov 2023 - 7:38am
by Chris Angell
For discussion about which classifications we should follow within the guide.
562310619 Oct 2023 - 9:00am
by Chris Angell
Photography drives this web site. Discuss equipment and techniques here.
411283612 Oct 2023 - 6:53pm
by Guillermo Constante
Anything related to nearctic spiders.
450178025 Nov 2023 - 3:19pm
by Kyle Stokes
For discussion of the more humble kind of Lepidoptera.
377135121 Nov 2023 - 1:39pm
by bugman30
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).
4840827 May 2023 - 3:18pm
by Jonathan Hoskins
Sometimes you need to rear to identify. Discover and document life cycles!
994448 Nov 2023 - 5:11pm
by hemiptamantis
Report spam here for our illustrious team of spam-zappers.
578891 Oct 2023 - 5:15pm
by Ron M.
Announcements for and discussion among BugGuide's contributing editors.
25217837 Nov 2023 - 8:42am
by Tyler Hedlund
Remembering those who have put time and effort into the Guide.
511920 Aug 2023 - 3:35pm
by Peter W. Messer