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 clients include:

  • Conservation and Environmental Organizations -- surveys or evaluations of insects and other
        invertebrates

  • 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
    pest control/management companies

  • Individuals -- identification of pest arthropods and/or the conservation of invertebrate biodiversity on
         their property
Mid-Atlantic Invertebrate
Field Studies (MAIFS)
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.
What is new:

July 27, 2010 -- Added photograph of the Net-winged Beetle Calopteron reticulatum.

July 26, 2010 -- Added Caroline County dragonfly record of a Royal River Cruiser
Macromia taeniolata thanks
      to Dave Czaplak.

July 25, 2010 -- Added photographs of Burgundy Bluet
Enallagma dubium and Blackwater Bluet Enallagma
      weewa
damselflies.

July 20, 2010 -- Updated and corrected eastern shore records of dragonflies and damselflies mostly due to Hal
      White's records.

July 17, 2010 -- Added photograph of a Rattler Round-winged Katydid
Amblycorypha rotundifolia.

July 15, 2010 -- Added photograph of Elm Finger Mite Galls
Eriophyes parulmi

July 13, 2010 -- Added photograph of the Witch Hazel Gall Aphid Hamamelistes spinosus.

July 11, 2010 -- Added the Four-spotted Pennant dragonfly
Brachymesia gravida to Queen Anne's County
   (Maryland) records thanks to Mike Ostrowski.

July 8, 2010 -- Added photograph of a Dun Skipper
Euphyes vestris.

July 4, 2010 -- Added Banded Pennant
Celithemis fasciata, Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata, Slender Bluet
   
Enallagma traviatum and Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata to Allegany County (Maryland) records
   thanks to Rick Cheicante.

July 3, 2010 -- Added photograph of a Clouded Sulphur
Colias philodice.
Last update:  July 27, 2010