t7iguy

Entrou: 01 de jun. de 2020 Última vez ativo: 28 de mar. de 2024 iNaturalist

I live in the United States and my wife and I also have a home in the Philippines. So you will find that my OB's vary depending on which country we are living in at the moment.

"To a person attuned to smaller creatures, there is no corner of nature not full of excitement, not rich in unsolved problems.” -Howard Ensign Evans

A photographer, citizen scientist, naturalist, birder, nature lover, organic gardener, conservationist, just to name a few...

I have always had interest in nature since I was very small, growing up in a very rural environment really helped that curiosity. As a young child, I captured and then carried bugs, frogs, worms and the like in my pockets at most times, watched them grow in jars, old aquariums etc. while being in total amazement of the things that live on the planet with us......My interest was increased when I took up photography in the 80's and my interest in bugs and smaller organisms etc.. really deepened when I introduced macro photography to my bag in the early 90's.
"I guess that I never grew out of capturing critters and being in awe of the life forms that share the planet with us, But...that's not a bad thing to hang onto." M.L.


Join our Projects @
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nantahala-national-forest
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/insects-of-mississippi
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cade-s-cove-biodiversity-gsmnp-tn-usa


My citizen scientist efforts are recognized here by Katherine A. Parys, Ph.D. (iNat user: liquidanbar) - Research Entomologist - USDA-ARS : http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=6733
Ref original observation: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1094101

My citizen scientist efforts and photo are recognized here by the American Birding Association/Greg D. Jackson - North American Birds Regional Compiler: https://www.aba.org/alabama-mississippi-fall-2020/


Evil teaches tolerance until it is dominate, then it tries to silence good.

“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature, unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshiping.” ― Hubert Reeves

“I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness.” ― John Muir

"A river is water is its loveliest form; rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation, rivers are veins of the earth through which the lifeblood returns to the heart". - Roderick Haig-Brown


I am happy to be able to contribute to the data and images with the several first images/records for states of MS and NC, USA on iNat and BugGuide.

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Syssphinx bisecta (Bisected Honey Locust Moth - Hodges#7712) - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2247678[

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Panopoda rufimargo (Red-lined Panopoda - Hodges#8587) - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2247550

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Sergiolus capulatus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2247314

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Argyrotaenia quercifoliana - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2247087

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Chelostoma philadelphi - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2236761

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Drosophila repleta - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2199657

I have iNaturalist's first image from Mississippi for the Scirtes orbiculatus - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112598634

I have iNaturalist's first image from Mississippi for the Hoplitimyia constans - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88324780

I have iNaturalist's first image from Mississippi for the Pelecinobaccha costata - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51310311

I have iNaturalist's first image from Mississippi for the Mecas cana - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51605075

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Neoxabea bipunctata - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2149466

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Cerophytum pulsator (Eastern Rare Click Beetle) - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2104768

I have BugGuide's first image from North Carolina for the Sigmoria nantahalae - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1855025

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Taylorilygus apicalis (Broken-backed Bug) - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1909607

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Vostox brunneipennis - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1907992

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Hoplitimyia constans - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2008569

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Conotelus obscurus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1902736

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Mordellaria undulata - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1837970

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Isa textula (Crowned Slug - Hodges#4681) - https://bugguide.net/node/view/2001403

I have BugGuide's first image from North Carolina for the Atarba picticornis - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1898309

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1984696

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Pelecinobaccha costata - http://bugguide.net/node/view/646286

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Synema parvulum - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1959126

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Delphinia picta - http://bugguide.net/node/view/637927

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Metylophorus novaescotiae - http://bugguide.net/node/view/666915

I have BugGuide's first image from Mississippi for the Mecas cana - http://bugguide.net/node/view/656212/bgimage

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