I have always had an interest in the outdoors, taking pictures and acquiring a knowledge of what is there. After photographing several species of insects, I needed to identify them and then it just grew. I hope the data that I have included will be of use to others. I have had several people ask if I would add other orders of insects that they have data on and I have tried to include as much of that data as possible. I started to collect moths in 2002 and since then have acquired a sizeable collection of specimens.
I have included species from other states that I have collected and have placed an asterisk in front of the name on those that have not been determined to be in Iowa.
I have made every effort to insure that the data is accurate, but if you find mistakes, please let me know.
Not all of the orders are listed on the left navigation panel. Go to the Insect Orders page to find additional orders.
Any ideas, corrections or suggestions would be appreciated.
I can be contacted at ( durbinjames@imonmail.com ).
If you have pictures of moths and beetles that you would like to have identified, send a jpg attached to an email. Try to size the pictures to a 4 x 6 at 200 dpi. It may take sometime to ID the pictures, but I will send a reply to let you know that I have received the picture. Please include state, county, GPS coordinates if possible, otherwise something to define location.
Enjoy the site.
Jim