Hi there. You're probably here because you would like more information about an identification I've provided. Feel free to mention or message me and I will respond eventually! Please consider waiting for independent verification in the meantime. If you are feeling adventurous, listed below are some useful online resources to point you in the right direction.

California Scientific Collecting Permits

Biology on a budget

• clip-on macro lens
• ring light
• telescopic lens for smartphones
• portable microscope

Useful sites & tools for ID verification (with a bias towards Californian & North American wildlife).

Arachnids, Insects, and others

• Ant Resources
• AntWiki
• BugGuide
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Carabidae, Zopheridae, and Tenebrionidae of the North American West Coast
• Collembola
• Field/Photo ID for Flies
• Forbes Lab
• Galerie du Monde des insectes
• Gallformers
• Gall inducer emergence calculator
• Gordon Lab
• Insect Singers
• Joyce Gross Photography
• Jumping Spiders of the World
• Lacewing Digital Library
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 1
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 2
• Manual of Nearctic Diptera Vol. 3
• Moths of North America
• Moth Photographers Group
• Orthopterist's Society
• Pacific Northwest Moths
• Peckham Society
• Planthoppers of North America
• ScaleNet
• Singing Insects of North America
• Srivastava Lab
• Spider Genitals
• University of Utah - Entomology Specimen Photos
• Urban Entomology
• World Arachnid Catalog
• World Spider Catalog
• World Spider Trait Database

Birds

• All About Birds
• Bird-sounds
• BirdNET
• Macaulay Library
• National Audubon Society
• Nest Watch

Feathers

• iNaturalist - Found Feathers
• All About Feathers
• Feather Atlas
• Featherbase
• University of Puget Sound Wing & Tail Image Collection

Plants

• Calflora
• California Native Plants - Helpful Tools
• Jepson eFlora
• Landscape Plants
• SelecTree
• Utah Museum of Natural History - Botany Vascular Plants
• Wildflower Center

Other

• American Museum of Natural History Library Digital Repository
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• California Fish Website
• California Herps
• Freshwater Gastropods of North America
• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
• PLOS ONE
• ResearchGate
• Skullsite
• University of California Integrated Pest Management
• Utah Museum of Natural History - Vertebrate Zoology Voucher Images

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