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:
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.
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