I'm very interested in learning the moth fauna in my rather swampy area,
and I've been taking reference photos in hopes of documenting species and their
patterns of abundance.
Since I'm not an entomologist, I could use some help identifying them, and
that's where I'm stuck. I'm aware of BAMONA, which is a citizen-science
website dedicated to the Lepidoptera of North America; at first glance it would
seem ideal. Unfortunately I find their submission process extremely cumbersome
and time-intensive, and their system doesn't seem to agree with my Linux-based
workstation. I'm also aware of BugGuide, and very leery of it.
For print references, I do have David Wagner's remarkable tome on owlet
caterpillers, which shows the adults in life poses; but not all moths in heaven
and earth are dreamt of in noctuid taxonomy. Would anyone be able to recommend
other resources, either books or kindly professionals, which might help me
identify some of the moths I've been finding? Please contact me directly and
I'll post any good resources back to the list.
Thanks in advance,
John A.
