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[aquatic-insects-enthousiast]

Howdy!

I’d like to potentially start making some more informative posts with more compilations of like, where you should go to find this bug, what to do/look for to catch it, what makes this bug distinct visually, things I find cool, diet and behavior info, range info, etc. I also am thinking of making a guide on what qualifies as an aquatic insect and what bugs I cover. Would y’all prefer I do like a big pinned guide to the list of aquatic orders and families now with a full list, or that I start the list with only what I’ve already posted on and update it as I make a post about a different aquatic insect, starting smaller and working up to the full list? Either way I’d like to make a nice master post about each order (ex. As many mayfly families as I can possibly discuss) one day anyway, which I imagine it would link to.

Also, I’m running into the issue of my knowledge on aquatic insects being extremely regionally specific! My experience is limited as well, making it difficult to know what I’m missing! If you have any advice on how to make my posts more informative or include more variety of bugs, I’d love to hear it.

A third, final, and more personal note…. Anybody got conservation entomology grad school advice? Where are you people..