Joined: Jun 4, 2018 Last Active: Oct 13, 2024 iNaturalist
NRCS Biologist in southwest Indiana beginning July 2023
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Wildlife Refuge Specialist at St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Natchez, MS and Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge in Vidalia, LA (2011-2023)
West Tennessee native, B.S. in Natural Resources Management/Wildlife Biology from UT Martin (2009)
Below is a collection of resources that I've found extremely useful in identifying and understanding the species that surround me.
Illustrated Guide to the Immature Lepidoptera on Oaks in Missouri
https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/FHAAST-2018-05_Immature_Lepidoptera_Oaks.pdf
Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada
https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/clark_ledoux_et_al_2004.pdf
A website to identify and learn about galls on plants in the US and Canada
https://www.gallformers.org/