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According to the site itself, BugGuide.net has been responsible for the identification of 11 new, previously undescribed species as of mid-2014. In addition, 12 species new to the Western Hemisphere were first identified via the site; another seven were new to North America; and numerous new country
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Department of Entomology. BugGuide was conceived by photographer Troy Bartlett in 2003 and since 2006 has been maintained by John VanDyk, an adjunct assistant professor of entomology and a senior systems analyst at Iowa State University. The website has been recognized for helping change the public
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According to VanDyk, BugGuide had over 809 million hits in 2010, averaging approximately 26 hits per second. He also stated that in early 2011 the site consisted of almost 34,000 written pages representing about 23 percent of the estimated insect species in North America. In April 2012 the guide
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According to gardening author Margaret Roach, "The site is where naturalists of all levels share photos of 'insects, spiders and their kin' to foster enthusiasm and expand the knowledge base about these often-overlooked (and as BugGuide points out, 'oft-maligned') creatures."
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surpassed 500,000 photos. By October 2014, BugGuide had 30,774 species pages and 48,572 total pages, with over 808,718 images submitted by more than 27,846 contributors. On 22 September 2014, BugGuide surpassed 1,000,000 pages (most of which are photographs).
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Geologist and moth collector Richard Wilson said of the site, "The BugGuide site is very useful for anyone finding an insect and it is very interactive on getting it identified if a picture can be taken."
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Buck, Matthias; Marshall, Stephen A.; Cheung, David K.B. (19 February 2008). "Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region".
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The photographs posted have contributed to or resulted in several scientific publications. A large proportion of images featured in an atlas of
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are credited to contributors to BugGuide. BugGuide photographs have detected new state records of invasive pest ants and beetles.
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which are used for identification and research. The non-commercial site is hosted by the
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McCullough, Corinne; Worthington, Cakey; Paradise, Christopher J. (Fall 2013).
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Aalbu, Rolf L.; Kanda, Kojun; Steiner, Warren E. Jr. (April 2009). "
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Brullé now established in California (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)".
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records (primarily the United States) and state/county sightings.
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Database of insects and arthropods and online community
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Index

BugGuide.net

Entomology
Citizen science
North America
Iowa State University
Founder(s)
Troy Bartlett
bugguide.net
website
online community
naturalists
arthropods
insects
spiders
arthropods
United States
Canada
Iowa State University
vespid wasps
"Discovering bugs and her passion"
The Des Moines Register
"Using Digital Macrophotography to Measure Biodiversity, Identify Insects, and Enhance Outreach and Education"
doi
10.1093/ae/59.3.176
"John VanDyk's Contributor Page"
"WebWatch – Done Buggy"
BioTechniques
doi
10.2144/000113266

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