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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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Any topics consistent with the mission, shown at the top of every page, of this website.
7133340442 May 2025 - 10:41pm
by Curt Harden
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.)
987301221 Apr 2025 - 7:45pm
by John S. Ascher
Discussion of specimens which may be misidentified in the guide.
67319335 Feb 2025 - 9:44pm
by Nick Spigler
If you need an additional guide page created for a certain taxon, ask the editors for it here.
2220572530 Apr 2025 - 1:25am
by John Schneider
Check status, report problems, or suggest improvements.
144591663 May 2025 - 6:26am
by Peter W. Messer
Create and edit articles here for subsequent publishing to the 'Articles' section of this website.
198280511 Apr 2025 - 4:04pm
by Curt Harden
For discussion about which classifications we should follow within the guide.
590320925 Apr 2025 - 8:04pm
by John F. Carr
Photography drives this web site. Discuss equipment and techniques here.
411286323 Feb 2025 - 11:30pm
by Brad Barnd
Anything related to nearctic spiders.
451178423 Apr 2025 - 6:08pm
by M Elsinger
For discussion of the more humble kind of Lepidoptera.
38813841 May 2025 - 2:43pm
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).
473962 Dec 2024 - 1:04pm
by Jeffrey A Stratford
Sometimes you need to rear to identify. Discover and document life cycles!
11852622 Mar 2025 - 3:49pm
by C
Report spam here for our illustrious team of spam-zappers.
609262 Mar 2025 - 10:12pm
by Ron M.
Announcements for and discussion among BugGuide's contributing editors.
262182111 Feb 2025 - 4:47pm
by Cotinis
Remembering those who have put time and effort into the Guide.
51263 Apr 2025 - 10:18pm
by Brad Barnd