Life On A Quarter Acre

Class Insecta (Insects)

About
Observations
Species
Taxonomy
Associated Species

Since insects are so small and numerous, it's not surprising that they are often not easy to identify. And although there are experts on iNat that will help identify your insects, it often takes a while.

You can also send your photos to BugGuide. But no matter how long you wait or whom you ask, don't expect all of your observations to be IDed to species.

Even a good insect photo can often only be IDed to genus, and sometimes only to family, subfamily, or tribe. There are, after all, about 1000 insect families!

Links
iNaturalist
Wikipedia
BugGuide
Pitfall traps
Beating
Baiting
Net Collecting
Preparation before sampling arthropods
HYM Course tutorial: sweep netting | V2