Here's a few more: family/subfamly for hymenoptera: http://hymcourse.org/ genera of ants: https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/ant-course general info on beetles in UK: http://www.markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/ genera id course for carabids: https://www.amentsoc.org/events/listings/0757/ (not sure if this is still running) another UK course, diptera: http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/t6018-Diptera-Workshop-2018.html if you live near a large international airport or harbour, you may be able to contact USDA-APHIS PPQ identifiers for help building up confidence.
On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Jared Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... >> >
