Entomological Consulting Service
The Mid-Atlantic Invertebrate Field Studies
(MAIFS) Consulting Service is a specialized
business that provides expertise and field
work on the survey, identification and
conservation of terrestrial and fresh water
invertebrates in the Mid-Atlantic including
Maryland, Delaware, Southern Pennsylvania,
Southern New Jersey, Northern Virginia,
Northern West Virginia, and the District of
Columbia.
(MAIFS) Consulting Service is a specialized
business that provides expertise and field
work on the survey, identification and
conservation of terrestrial and fresh water
invertebrates in the Mid-Atlantic including
Maryland, Delaware, Southern Pennsylvania,
Southern New Jersey, Northern Virginia,
Northern West Virginia, and the District of
Columbia.
MAIFS clients include:
- Conservation and Environmental Organizations -- surveys or evaluations of insects and other
- Federal Agencies -- surveys or evaluations of insects and other invertebrates
- State/County Agencies -- surveys or evaluations of insects and other invertebrates
- Environmental Consulting Firms -- targeted invertebrate surveys
- Private industry -- endangered invertebrate surveys and evaluations -- and pest identification for
- Individuals -- identification of pest arthropods and/or the conservation of invertebrate biodiversity on
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MAIFS provides field surveys, identification, wildlife photography, advice and
analysis for: dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, stoneflies, tiger beetles, bees, ants, grasshoppers,
katydids, crickets, spiders, and most other arthropod groups; federal and state endangered/threatened
arthropods; Indicator species for freshwater wetland/terrestrial habitats and analysis/identification of invasive or
pestilent arthropods.
analysis for: dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, stoneflies, tiger beetles, bees, ants, grasshoppers,
katydids, crickets, spiders, and most other arthropod groups; federal and state endangered/threatened
arthropods; Indicator species for freshwater wetland/terrestrial habitats and analysis/identification of invasive or
pestilent arthropods.
What is new:
May 22, 2012 -- Added photo of the aquatic moth Petrophila species (Crambidae). Also added records of the
American Emerald Dragonfly Cordulia shurtleffii to Washington and Allegany counties in Maryland
thanks to Rick Cheicante and Cave Czaplak.
May 21, 2012 -- Added new Harford County record for Spine-crowned Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus abbreviatus.
Also added photos of the cast skin of the Rusty Snaketail Dragonfly Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis, a
Buck Moth caterpillar Hemileuca maia and a Soldier Fly Stratiomys discalis.
May 13, 2012 -- Added photo of the False Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa juncta.
May 12, 2012 -- Added new Maryland Record for the Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly Sympetrum corruptum.
Also added a photo of a Checkered White Butterfly Pontia protodice.
May 8, 2012 -- Added photo of a cast skin and emerging Cobra Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus vastus.
May 6, 2012 -- Added photo of the cast skin of the Splended Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus lineatifrons.
May 22, 2012 -- Added photo of the aquatic moth Petrophila species (Crambidae). Also added records of the
American Emerald Dragonfly Cordulia shurtleffii to Washington and Allegany counties in Maryland
thanks to Rick Cheicante and Cave Czaplak.
May 21, 2012 -- Added new Harford County record for Spine-crowned Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus abbreviatus.
Also added photos of the cast skin of the Rusty Snaketail Dragonfly Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis, a
Buck Moth caterpillar Hemileuca maia and a Soldier Fly Stratiomys discalis.
May 13, 2012 -- Added photo of the False Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa juncta.
May 12, 2012 -- Added new Maryland Record for the Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly Sympetrum corruptum.
Also added a photo of a Checkered White Butterfly Pontia protodice.
May 8, 2012 -- Added photo of a cast skin and emerging Cobra Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus vastus.
May 6, 2012 -- Added photo of the cast skin of the Splended Clubtail Dragonfly Gomphus lineatifrons.
Last update: May 22, 2012