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By Dr. John Morse, Clemson University.
Here are some resources you will be able to use after you have learned to recognize diagnostic characters, thanks to this website (beginning with most recent): Merritt, R.W., K.W. Cummins, and M.B. Berg. (2019) An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, 5th edition. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. 1300 pp. [Covers general ecology and identification of North American aquatic insects to the level of genus; also includes tables for habitat, habit, feeding behaviors, general distribution, and tolerance values for each genus, with comprehensive bibliography.] NOTE: This volume is scheduled to be published next month, possibly before our launch date, but certainly very soon. Morse, J.C., W.P. McCafferty, B.P. Stark, & L.M. Jacobus. (2017) Larvae of the Southeastern USA Mayfly, Stonefly, and Caddisfly Species (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera). Biota of South Carolina, volume 9. Technical Bulletin 1109, PSA Publishing, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. 482 pp. [Covers identification of southeastern USA mayfly, stonefly, and caddisfly larvae to level of genus and species.] Thorp, J.H., and D.C. Rogers. (2016) Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates--Volume II: Keys to Nearctic Fauna. Elsevier, Boston, Massachusetts (etc.). 740 pp. [Covers identification of freshwater invertebrates (Protozoa and 14 invertebrate phyla) for North America, sometimes to level of genus, insects to level of family only.] Triplehorn, C.A., and N.F. Johnson. (2005) Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont, California (etc.). 864 pp. https://www.worldcat.org/title/borror-and-delongs-introduction-to-the-study-of-insects/oclc/55793895 [Covers general ecology and identification of North American insect families for aquatic and terrestrial adults.] Bouchard, R.W., Jr. (2004) Guide to Aquatic Invertebrates of the Upper Midwest. Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. 207 pp. https://midge.cfans.umn.edu/midwest-guide [Covers identification of freshwater invertebrates of the Upper Midwest, USA, to family level; also includes feeding behaviors, tolerance values, and primary habitat preferences.] Voshell, J.R., Jr. (2002) A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America. McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia. 442 pp. https://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-common-freshwater-invertebrates-of-north-america/oclc/48966604 [Covers general ecology and identification of 100 most-common freshwater invertebrate groups for North America to level of invertebrate phyla and insect families.] Macroinvertebrates.org featured in Spring 19 National Water Quality Monitoring Council's Newsletter.Following our site training workshop at the 2019 Annual National Water Quality Monitoring Conference in Denver with Tara Munez, Stroud Water Research Institute, the site was also featured in the quarterly National Water Quality Monitoring Council quarterly newsletter. We're thrilled to receive the coverage and hope to reach a broader audience of users. https://acwi.gov/monitoring/newsletter/national-monitoring-news_spring2019.pdf 
This video was shared with us, while not deemed appropriate for the site...it is a humorous take on the life"style" of a dragonfly with a self-consciously anthropomorphic, locker room humour.
by Chelsea Cui, undergraduate research assistant, CMU Hi, it’s Chelsea again! This spring I have been working with Jaclyn, our new designer, on a revision of the Order level key. Based on our previous usability test results, this time we decided to focus on the improvement of interactivity and element affordance. We wondered if making the key clickable and having paths highlight would make the key easier to follow. Here’s Jaclyn’s rough prototype: Since the new key has more interactive features, it requires more customized HTML and JavaScript components. To implement the design, I first tried to use SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) techniques that I learned from my web development class to draw the key within HTML manually, but the outcome did not resemble the design well since it is hard to control the exact location of the endpoints of the lines.
In order to find a better solution, I did some research and found that Adobe XD, the design tool used by Jaclyn, can export graphic designs to SVG images. By loading the SVG image in a browser, I was able to get the code version of the design and move it to the html file. However, since all components in the image, including lines, dots, and rectangles, are represented as separate vectors in the code and there is no meaningful order, it is necessary to label all the components with meaningful names and group them into different classes before further implementing the JavaScript part. At this point, I have added all the popup windows and labeled most order pictures, but I will not be in CMU during the summer, so this project is on hold. For future developers, I would suggest to follow these steps:
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #1623969.
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