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CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT TAXONOMIC
CLASSIFICATIONS (Peer-reviewed authoritative sources)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ (University of
Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web: photos included) http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/BeePhylogeny/
(Cornell U. detailed descriptions of derivations of bee
classifications from primary sources) http://www.gbif.org/
(Global Biodiversity Information Facility: this merely points to
databases, such as the ITIS, but is not really a database itself.
Any attributions of identifications to the GBIF on this websites are
oversights. This observation is based on the GBIF's Agreement
rather than feedback, which I have not received.)
http://www.itis.gov/(Integrated Taxonomic
Information System: provides taxonomic relationships and names of
experts in the field)
http://wwww.tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html (Tree of Life Web Project hosted
by The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences and the University of Arizona Library, includes photos and
detailed explanatory articles) http://www.sp2000.org/
(Species 2000)
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF
PARKS AND RECREATION: Wildlife Photos and Sightings Statistics and
Reports
http://www.tlc-nc.org/tlcmap_popup.html (The Triangle Land
Conservancy: map of sites. I have visited their Johnston
Mill and White Pines Natural Areas, places where rare and downright
unidentifiable critters abound!) http://www.enoriver.org/
(The Eno River Association has worked effectively for many years
to increase NC state park land around the Eno River and to
prevent highways from going through it.) http://www.ellerbecreek.org/ (Ellerbe Creek Watershed
Assocation, devoted to making the creek pollution-free) http://www.kvlt.org/ (Katawba
Valley Land Trust: a private, nonprofit organization devoted to
conservation activities in this South Carolina natural area) http://www.hiltonpond.org
(Bird banding and education about local plants, animals and
their environment)
http://www.biology.duke.edu/dnhs/ (Duke Natural History
Society. Organization that offers field trips to local, i.e., Durham
and beyond naturalists, displays photos from field trips. Links to many nature-oriented websites, grouped by
topic)
http://www.newhopeaudubon.org/info/joinnhas.html (New Hope
chapter of the North Carolina
Audubon Society)
INTERACTIVE IDENTIFICATION, GENERAL IDENTIFICATION AID AND
GREAT WILDLIFE PHOTOS
(USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center's data on butterfly
sightings by county within state) http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm
(moth data from above organization for the Saturniidae, Sphingidae,
Notodontidae, Arctiidae, and Noctuidae families)
REWRITING THE BUTTERFLY BOOKS: New species identification is
ongoing!
http://www.tils-ttr.org/The International Lepidoptera
Survey: The Taxonomic Report. Ron Gatrelle, a
publishing lepidopterist, founded this journal and has often
generously shared his expertise with me I requested it. Alex Grkovich, another lepidopterist who contributes to this journal, has
given me similar help and did all he could to turn me into a Buckeye
Butterfly expert.
NATURE BLOGS
http://raleighnature.com/(The
Natural History of Raleigh)John Dancy-Jones'
account of the human and natural history of some natural areas in
Raleigh, NC)
http://rlephoto.blogspot.com/(Randy and Meg's Garden
Paradise) Randy Emmitt's account of the flora and fauna
at his home in rural north Durham County, NC.
http://my.opera.com/sarcoptes/blog/
(Roy Erling Wrånes' blog about his study of
arachnids in Finnmark County, Norway)
PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO SENT ME THEIR WORK AND GAVE ME
PERMISSION TO DISPLAY IT
VOLUNTEERED: People who provided me with valued information
shown on this website
Tim Allison (dragonflies); Susan Andrews (Round-lobed Hepatica);
John and Jane Balaban (many
species); Amy Barbe
(African Guinea Fowl); Andy Calderwood (fungus gnat); Bob Cavanaugh (Round-lobed Hepatica); Patrick Coin (a variety of animals); Will Cook of Duke U. (butterflies
and birds);
Stephen Cresswell (treehopper); Greg Dodge of Brownbag Productions (birds); Randy Emmitt (butterflies and dragonflies);
Eric Eaton (a great variety of insects); KC Foggin (birds); Jules Fraytet (red velvet mite);
Adalbert Goertz (beetles);
Andy Hamilton (hoppers); Garrett Hersh
(crustaceans);
Maury J. Heiman (moths), Jeff Hollenbeck (spiders); David Hollie (birds);
Frans Janssen (springtails); Alan Kneidel (ground skink);
Stanislav Krejcik (blister beetles); Harry LeGrand (Palatka Skipper, Tropical Checkered Skipper),
John T. Lill; R. Maxwell (beetles); Sean McCann (beetles); Jim McClarin (beetles);
Beatriz Moisset (Megahilid bees); Patrick Moran (spiders);
John Nation;
Janie Harmon Owens (wildflowers);
Bryan Pfeiffer
(dragonflies); Jeff Pippen of Duke U. (butterflies);
Mike Quinn of Texas Parks & Wildlife (true bugs); Josh Rose,
Ph.D., Duke University (a
large variety of animals); Curtis Smalling, of the National Audubon
Society's North Carolina State Office (dragonflies); Rob Westerduijn
(Chrysomeloid beetles); Doug Yanega, Ph.D., of the University of
California at Riverside (a variety of obscure arthropods); Chen W.
Young, Ph.D., of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (crane flies).
Special thanks go to Josh Rose, who encouraged me to expand my
knowledge beyond birds and butterflies and gave me the guidance
necessary for me to accomplish this; to Eric R. Eaton, who provided
many identifications of obscure insects; Randy Emmitt, who
provided a good deal of relevant advice and encouragement when my
website was in its early stages; John S. Ascher, who gave me
extensive help on my Hymenoptera page;
John and Jane Balaban, who
provided identifications for a large number of insects and spiders;
Maury J. Heiman, who identified many obscure moths; and to
v belov, who has provided countless and various
identifications. BugGuide.net has
provided many IDs: some I obtained by looking them up and some
were provided by individuals in response to my image submissions.
EXPERTS WHO ANSWERED MY REQUESTS FOR
IDENTIFICATIONS/TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONS
Prof. Norman F. Johnson, of Ohio State U. (Professor of
Entomology; Director, C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection)
WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPE ART
http://catinkacards.tripod.com/(Catinka Knoth - Maine
Watercolors: Beautiful paintings of a beautiful part of the
country and its wildlife; art lessons)
CAMERA EQUIPMENT,
IMAGE-PROCESSING AND ART SOFTWARE
I took the photographs with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel with a 50 mm
lens for small insect pictures, and processed photos with the Microsoft®
Office Picture Manager: This involved croppings,
and sometimes brightness and contrast adjustments done to compensate
for dim lighting at photo sites.
I used Adobe Photoshop
CS5 and Adobe Elements 8 to create
my art.
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