Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Handsome Fungus Beetles invade the Bugwood Network

Floyd Shockley, a systematic & forensic entomologist at the University of Georgia has contributed over 1,300 images of beetles in the family Endomychidae (superfamily Cucujoidea). These are a part of his PhD project: Systematics of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data: Investigation of the Natural History and Evolution of a Mycophagous Beetle Family.

All of his images can be found at:http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=38017

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Whitney Cranshaw shatters the 1000 image mark!

We have received a new set of images from Whitney Cranshaw. This set of images pushes him over the 1000 image mark. As of October 11, 2006, he has the most images of insects available to the public in our system and he is ranked 4th for total number of images! If you see Whitney, congratulate him on this momentous achievement. His images may be viewed here