ID-ing the Bugs and Crawlies!

DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
edited April 16, 2008 in Holy Macro
What would be a good online source or two for ID-ing Bugs, Spiders and other insects?

I have some good books for birds, flowers and other things of nature.

Don
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  • slflashslflash Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2008
    Bug ID website
    Don,
    This is the best site I have found. You can also email them a picture and they will id it for you. Good luck with your quest.

    http://whatsthatbug.com/
    DonRicklin wrote:
    What would be a good online source or two for ID-ing Bugs, Spiders and other insects?

    I have some good books for birds, flowers and other things of nature.

    Don
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2008
    Thanks, looks real good!

    Don
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  • slflashslflash Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2008
    No problem, glad to help.biggrinbounce2.gif
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2008
    I tend to use some general bug books (for the UK) and then use some specialist sites to help with ID if I need it.
    Another general site is http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

    For general insect IDs in the UK http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/

    For flies in particular (mainly Europe but do take them from anywhere) http://www.diptera.info/news.php

    There are numerous smaller specialist sites around.

    Brian V.
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2008
    Thanks Brian. I'll pass those to a Londoner friend of mine fond of your work.

    Don
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 16, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    What would be a good online source or two for ID-ing Bugs, Spiders and other insects?

    I have some good books for birds, flowers and other things of nature.

    Don


    Hi Don there is an excellent book called...

    The Audubon Society Book of Insects

    It is nicely illustrated with hundreds of photos, and information,
    covering most beetles, spiders, catapillars, butterflies, flies, ticks, wasps,
    bees etc... I picked it up in USA two years ago and use it a lot.

    .... Skippy :D
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  • ColMofedColMofed Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited April 16, 2008
    It is said that a bird book that uses illustrations rather than photographs is much better as an i.d. book. I assume this would be the same for 'bug' books?

    Rod.
    Rod
    Bristol, UK.
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