Intern Guide
Discover Life

Intern Guide
Discover Life

Tori Staples
Updated 12 June, 2013

Summer, 2013

Interns

Freddy Geiser, Young DAWG
Margo Rothstein, Young DAWG
Angela Hulsey, Young Scholar

Mentors

John Pickering
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2602

Tori Staples
Polistes Foundation

Room: 538 Biological Sciences Building
Email: pick@discoverlife.org
Phone: 706-542-1115

Email: vlstaples@gmail.com
Phone: (678) 343-1201

Insect Orders To Know

Lepidoptera-- butterflies, moths, skippers
Coleoptera-- beetles
Hymenoptera-- wasps, bees, ants
Diptera-- flies
Hemiptera-- true bugs

Guide to Insect Orders

Insect Families To Know

Geometridae-- geometer moths
Arctiidae-- tiger moths
Noctuidae
Notodontiiidae
Tortricidae

Passalidae-- bess beetles

Species To Know

MOTHS

Geometrids Hypagyrtis unipunctata, One-Spotted Variant

Arctiids
Hypoprepia fucosa, Painted Lichen Moth
Cisthene packardii, Packards Lichen Moth
Cisthene plumbea, Lead-colored Lichen Moth

Crambids
Microcrambus elegans, Elegant Grass-veneer Moth
Desmia funeralis, Grape Leaf Folder Moth

Noctuids
Nadata gibbosa, White-dotted Prominent

Tortricids
Clepsis peritana, Garden Tortrix Moth
Archips grisea, Gray Archips Moth
Argyrotaenia quercifoliana, Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth
Acleris semipurpurana, Oak Leaftier Moth
Coelostathma discopunctana, The Batman Moth

Margo
Polygrammate hebraeicum, The Hebrew
Nigetia formosalis, Thin-winged Owlet

Freddy
Epimecis hortaria, Tulip-tree Beauty
Iridopsis defectaria, Brown-Shaded Gray
Iridopsis larvaria, Bent-Line Gray

Angela
Marimatha nigrofimbria, Black-bordered Lemon Moth
Malacosoma americana, Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

OTHER
Harmonia axyridis, Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle

Mothing Equipment

  • Camera, Nikon D50




    setting to adjust
    ISO 400 menu, camera, ISO
    f-stop F32 press and hold "+/-", turn rightside wheel
    flash mode TTL menu, pencil, flash mode

  • Flashlight, small
  • Ruler, mm

Common Namess

wasp
beetle
caddisfly
truebug
frog

Other Appropriate Labels

Cell Phone
GPS
light front and backlight-- Pick's House; Walker Center, front
light back -- Walker Center, back

moth micro
moth plume
moth Geometridae
moth Notodontidae moth Spilosoma
moth Macaria
moth Datana

web2db

1. open terminal press 'return'
2. type '1' press 'return'
3. type dl's password press 'return'
4. type 'web2db -wf I_XXXX' press 'return'
    where 'I_XXXX' is the title of the album you wish to update, i.e. I_YDFG

ProTips

in the terminal, type 'e [delete]' press 'return' to enable the delete key
to stop a process or get a new command line, type '[control]+[c]'

Temporary Link

Updated: 12 June, 2013

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