Description
BugGuide (http://bugguide.net) is an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures. BugGuide collects photographs of insects and other arthropods from the United States and Canada for identification and research and summarizes findings in guide pages for each order, family, genus, and species. By capturing the place and time that submitted images were taken, BugGuide creates a virtual insect collection.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 492,239 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is United States Geological Survey. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: cca13f2c-0d2c-4c2f-93b9-4446c0cc1629. United States Geological Survey publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Metadata; insects; arthropods; aquatic insects; terrestrial insects; arachnids; Observation; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Metadata Provider
- Editor
Geographic Coverage
North America, north of Mexico.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [24.02, -169.26], North East [72.35, -50.12] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Arthropods including insects (Insecta), spiders (Arachnida), and other crawling invertebrates.
| Order | Amphipoda (Amphipods), Isopoda (Isopods), Geophilomorpha (Soil Centipedes), Scutigeromorpha (House Centipedes), Scolopendromorpha (Bark Centipedes), Diptera (Flies), Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies), Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths), Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies), Coleoptera (Beetles), Neuroptera (Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies), Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies), Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice), Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids), Phasmida (Walkingsticks), Plecoptera (Stoneflies), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), Zygentoma (Silverfish), Microcoryphia (Bristletails), Araneae (Spiders), Opiliones (Harvestmen), Scorpiones (Scorpions), Springtails (Springtails and allies), Dermaptera (Earwigs), Pseudoscorpiones (Pseudoscorpions), Amblypygi (Tailless Whipscorpions), Trichoptera (Caddisflies), Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes), Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera), Solifugae (Windscorpions), Thysanoptera (Thrips), Strepsiptera (Twisted-winged Insects), Lithobiomorpha (Stone Centipedes), Platydesmida (Platydesmida), Spirobolida (Spirobolida), Spirostreptida (Spirostreptida), Polyzoniida (Polyzoniida), Embiidina (Webspinners), Polyxenida (Bristly Millipedes), Uropygi (Whipscorpions), Zoraptera (Zorapterans), Ixodida (Ticks), Mesostigmata (Mesostigs), Astigmata (Astigs), Oribatida (Oribatids), Julida (Julida), Callipodida (Crested Millipedes), Chordeumatida (Chordeumatida), Schizomida (Short-tailed Whipscorpions), Raphidioptera (Snakeflies), Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies), Notoptera (Rock Crawlers), Opilioacarida (Opilioacarida), Poduromorpha (Poduromorpha) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2004-02-02 / 2015-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | BugGuide - Identification, Images, & Information For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin For the United States & Canada |
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The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | To share observations and knowledge of insects, spiders, and other related creatures for identification and research. |
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| Alternative Identifiers | cca13f2c-0d2c-4c2f-93b9-4446c0cc1629 |
| https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=bugguide |