Here are a couple more workshops on terrestrial arthropod taxonomy: This one at Ohio State University is the best (and the last of its kind, I think) for acarology: https://acarology.osu.edu/programs
And this program at the University of Florida provides a primer for ambrosia/bark beetle ID: http://www.ambrosiasymbiosis.org/academy/ I'd love to hear about more! Jared Bernard Entomology University of Hawaii at Manoa On Dec 29, 2017 9:12 PM, "Donald Yee" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Audrey, > I've not come across many, but I know of two that may or may not be useful. > > 1. The Florida Medical Entomology lab offers a 2 week intense course for > mosquito identification (both adults and larvae). It's $500 and you have to > stay near the site during the course (so factor in those costs). > 2. There is an ant ID course that is offered via the California Academy of > Sciences (https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/ant-course). It's often > international. > > Note that a lot of entomologist are self taught and come to their skills > via > practice and assistant from their mentors or other experts in the field. If > you are in an entomology program you often get access to courses as well. I > myself learned all my ID skills from text and practice. > > Hope that helps. > Don... >
