Other Web Sties to Refer to along with iNaturalist

As you saw in class, BugGuide is another site that deals both with moths, and also many, many other insects.  It also provides easy access to features such as images of other life stages for an insect in question.  The link for BugGuide is:  https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740   One can become a member of BugGuide, but one does NOT have to to still use it.

My favorite moth site is MPG, which is short for Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University.  The link to it is: https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/  I believe it has the best quality moth photographs, so I very often get a moth ID suggestion from iNaturalist, then enter that suggestion in the MPG search bar, and then compare my images to the MPG moth pics for that moth.  It is also worth noting that in MPG, there is a list of References that always has a link to that species' page in BugGuide.

MPG also has good range maps, and below the initial range map is an option for "Large Map and Chart".  Clicking on that will give you an enlarged map with a table of that moths seasonal occurrence by state.  For us in little Delaware, I use Maryland as a reference state, because there is much more data being utilized, and both states are at about the same latitude.

If you want to try some of these tips out, below are my latest photos of a Distinct Quaker Moth and a Baltimore Snout which you can compare to what these sites display.