Online Identification Resources and Keys
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Note that the Vermont Atlas of Life has an extensive list of identification guides, both online and printed, for all taxa.
Insects
https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/taxonomic-index/,
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. Extensive list of keys, indexed to Family level. Some are limited to Canada.
Diptera, flies
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide
Eristalis, drone flies
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide/species-guides/syrphidae/eristalini/key-to-eristalis
Syrphus
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/61745-key-to-the-syrphus-of-north-america
Hemiptera
Aphididae
- https://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/ - By host plant!
- http://aphid.aphidnet.org/
Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha)
Phymata
Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic erosa species group of Phymata Latreille, 1802 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Paul Masonick, Christiane Weirauch. 2020.
Visual key with annotated photographs calling out distinguishing features.
Hymenoptera
Anthophila, bees
- https://www.sharpeatmanguides.com/wild-bee-id-guide-new-york - Guide to Wild Bees of New York State, Paula Sharp and Ross Eatman.
- https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vtbees/all-genera/ - For wild bees in Vermont. Applicable to New England, New York state, and adjacent Canada.
- A Shutterbee Guide to the Bees of St. Louis - Photographic key to distinguishing groups of bees
- Andrena
Vespidae, vespid wasps
https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bmc_05/keys.html - Key-based, not visual
Ichneumoids of North America
Plants
New England
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/ - For plants found in the wild in New England, northeastern U.S., and adjacent areas, such as New York state.
Viola, violets
https://people.ohio.edu/ballardh/vgpena/
https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/dkey/viola-key-for-chasmogamous-flowering-material/
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