I sometimes get asked about my set up.
Equipment - I currently use a Nikon D300s with a sigma EM-140 ring flash attached to a fixed 85mm Nikon lens. The Nikon D300s is discontinued and currently goes for just under $200 used. If you've seen my photos, you know what its capable of and I highly recommend it as a good affordable entry level to digital, macro photography. The ring flash I use is also discontinued and even though I've gotten used to the ring flash, I don't think I'd recommend it. Had an issue with the hot shoe and it's durability.

Major project interest - I am currently working on photographically documenting all the native species of slugs county by county throughout New England and bordering New York in an attempt to extend/complete the ranges documented in The Distributions of the Native Land Mollusks of the Eastern United States, Leslie Hubricht 1985. I have spent the last three years searching for and studying these slugs however due to exceptionally dry seasons progress had been slowed way down if not haulted at times but because of an exceptIonally wet season this year things are off and running with excellent success so far. My interest in the native species extends to Canada, the West Coast, Mexico, Central and South America however due to a lack of resources on several levels I felt it best to focus my main attention on documenting what I can within a reasonable distance and the family Philomycidae is my primary target.

NATIVE SLUG REFERENCES

EAST OF THE ROCKIES

Pennsylvania land snails susceptible to climate change, with imperilment ranks and updated distribution maps
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263462131_2013_Land_Snails_and_Slugs_of_the_Mid Atlantic_and_Northeastern_United_States_Online_Resource_httpwwwcarnegiemnhorgsciencemollusksindexhtml

The Distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States: tps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21394#page/112/mode/1up

Jodi White-Mclean disertation: Has an entire section on native slugs.
http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/04/36/56/00001/WHITE_J.pdf

A Guide for Terrestrial Gastropod Identification: Shows family and species state distribution
http://northamericanlandsnails.org/publications/AMS_Workbook_KEP_FINAL.pdf

Pallifera Dorsalis: Pallifera dorsalis: One Species or Many?
https://msu.edu/~atkinso9/Pallifera%20dorsalis%20complex.pdf

Land Snails and Slugs of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States - Virginia
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/mollusks/va_imagegallery.html

Land Snails and Slugs of Missouri:
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=books

WEST OF THE ROCKIES

All About Banana Slugs - Excellent research with species distribution map:
https://compbio.soe.ucsc.edu/slugGenome/jointGenomicsClass-23Apr2010.pdf

Pallifera Pilsbryi - Arizona Mantleslug
http://madrean.org/symbfauna/taxa/index.php?taxon=77122

Terrestrial Slugs Web - Has many descriptions of species available. Keep in mind photos may not be confirmed via genetics or dissection.
http://terrslugs.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1433

Terrestrial Mollusk Surveys on the Olympic National Forest 2018 to 2020 - Contains information pertaining to two native species. Zacoleus Leonardi (Ryan Lake Slug) and Hemphillia burringtoni (Burrington Jumping Slug)
https://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/documents2021/inv-rpt-ig-hemphili-burringtoni-2020-oly.pdf

CANADA

Checklist for select Canadian provinces:
http://www.mollus.ca/canada/bibliography/index.php

BC’s Coast Region: Species & Ecosystems of Conservation Concern Scarletback Taildropper (Prophysaon vanattae)
http://ibis.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/factsheets/pdf/Prophysaon_vanattae.pdf

MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA

AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OFTHE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MÉXICO ANDCENTRAL AMERICA:
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010151/00001

FRESHWATER SNAILS

Ohio - https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/backyard-wildlife/Freshwater+Snails+of+Ohio+Pub+5512.pdf

BioBlitz/Event Participation:

2022 September 17-18
Berkshire Bioblitz
Brattle Brook Park - Pittsfield, Massachsetts

2017 September 16-17
Berkshire BioBlitz
Thomas & Palmer Brook - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

2017 July 29
Thorn Preserve BioBlitz
Woodstock - New York

2017 July 22-23
Babcock Nature Preserve BiBlitz
Eden - Vermont

2017 June 9-10
Rhode Island Natural History Council BioBlitz
Snake Den State Park - Rhode Island

2017 May 24-28
Wintegreen Studios BioBlitz
Frontenac - Canada

2017 May 19-20
Piedmont Nature Center
Durham - North Carolina

2017 May 12-13
Mercy Farm BioBlitz
Mercy Farm, Benson - Vermont

2017 April 14-18
City Nature Challenge
Boston Area - Massachusetts

2016 June 18-19
Berkshire BioBlitz
Mt. Greylock State Forest - Massachusetts

2016 June 10
Rhode Island Natural History BioBlitz
Kenyon Crossroads Preserve - Rhode Island

2016 June 4
Connecticut State BioBlitz
Hartford area - Connecticut

2016 May 29
National Park BioBlitz
Sagamore Hill Birdblitz - New York

2016 May 20,21
National Park BioBlitz
Weir Farm - Connecticut

2016 April 30
Elms College BioBlitz
Chickopee Memorial State Park - Massachusetts

OTHER INTERESTS:
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/51983-checklist-of-hoppers-of-massachusetts