ID verification: terrestrial arthropods (spiders, insects, and others)
Listed here are some resources that I have found useful for identifying various insects, spiders, and other terrestrial arthropods. I have prioritized online resources in an effort to increase access to information. If you know of any resources that you would like to share, please leave a comment!
- General Arachnids, insects, and others
- BugGuide (North America)
- Eggs & Egg Coverings of Terrestrial Invertebrates (iNaturalist project)
- Galerie du Monde des insectes (Europe)
- Spencer Entomological Collection (mostly British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska)
- University of Utah: Entomology Specimen Photos (mostly North America)
- Urban Entomology (mostly California)
- Ants
- Butterflies and moths
- Butterflies of America
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Central California Butterflies
- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
- Moths of North America
- Moth Photographers Group
- Pacific Northwest Moths
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Flies
- Field/Photo ID for Flies
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 1
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 2
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 3
- Gall inducing insects, arachnids, and others
- Insect sounds
- Spiders and other arachnids
- Jumping Spiders of the World
- Peckham Society
- Spider Genitals (iNaturalist project)
- Srivastava Lab
- World Arachnid Catalog
- World Spider Catalog
- World Spider Trait Database
- Other arthropods
- Carabidae, Zopheridae, and Tenebrionidae of the North American West Coast
- Collembola
- Lacewing Digital Library
- Orthopterist's Society
- Planthoppers of North America
- ScaleNet
- Soapberry Bugs of the World
- Treehoppers