Useful Links

Below are some websites I have found useful for insect identification, as well as host plant identification and general plant identification. Also listed are some useful field guides I have used or have been recommended by fellow biologists.

Lepidoptera

Moth Photographers Group http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Pacific Northwest Moths (PNW Moths) http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/

The Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/kirbywolfe.htm

The Moths of Southeastern Arizona http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/mothlist.html

General Insect Identification

BugGuide https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

What’s That Bug? https://www.whatsthatbug.com/

Plant Identification

Calflora https://www.calflora.org/

USDA Plants Database https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/java/

Entomological Resources

BioQuip Products https://www.bioquip.com/default.asp

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Field Guide Recommendations

Insect Guides

• Butterflies of Arizona – A Photographic Guide
• Desert Insects and Kin of Southern California
• Moths of Western North America
• Beetles of Eastern North America
• Butterflies through Binoculars: A Fieldguide to the Butterflies of the West
• Butterflies through Binoculars: A Fieldguide to the Butterflies of the East