BugGuide - Identification, Images, & Information For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin For the United States & Canada

Occurrence
Latest version published by United States Geological Survey on Nov 30, 2023 United States Geological Survey
Publication date:
30 November 2023
License:
CC0 1.0

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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.

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Rights

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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

John VanDyk
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Senior Systems Analyst, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Iowa State University, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  • 407 Science II
50011-3222 Ames
Iowa
US
  • +1 515 294 7401
Troy Bartlett
  • Originator
  • Founder
BugGuide
Georgia
US
Elizabeth Sellers
  • Metadata Provider
  • Technical Information Specialist - Biology
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
US
Laura Jesse
  • Editor
  • Entomologist
Iowa State University
  • 327 Bessey
50011 Ames
Iowa
US
  • 515-294-0581

Geographic Coverage

North America, north of Mexico.

Bounding Coordinates South West [24.02, -169.26], North East [72.35, -50.12]

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)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2004-02-02 / 2015-01-01

Project Data

No Description available

Title BugGuide - Identification, Images, & Information For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin For the United States & Canada

The personnel involved in the project:

John VanDyk
  • Principal Investigator

Additional Metadata

Purpose

To share observations and knowledge of insects, spiders, and other related creatures for identification and research.

Alternative Identifiers cca13f2c-0d2c-4c2f-93b9-4446c0cc1629
https://ipt.gbif.us/resource?r=bugguide