Butterflies and Moths: To view Ken Philips fantastic collection of Butterflies and Moths in Alaska look at https://kenphilipcollection.alaska.edu/category/collection/

/sites/default/files/BumbleBee.GuideWestern.FINAL.pdf

Charlotte without a web (crab spiders) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Climate change and its effects on insects and how to help look at this issue of Wings by the Xerces Society

Climate change and its effects on insects in Alaska by Derek Sikes

For more information by Derek look at https://accap.uaf.edu/insects

This paper appear to be one of the most informative ones on the effects of climate change on insects https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Development of a Macroinvertebrate Biological Assessment Index for Alexander Archipelago Streams – Final Report

Diamesa by Hanson and Cook

Dragons in the Ponds by Robert Armstrong, John Hudson, Marge Hermans

Dragonfles of Alaska by John Hudson and Robert H. Armstrong

For a great article on Dragonflies in Alaska look at: /sites/default/files/STALKING%20DRAGONS%20by%20Michael%20Engelhard.pdf

Draft Checklist of the Nonmarine Arthropods of Alaska http://www.akentsoc.org/the_fauna/checklist

/sites/default/files/Enjoying%20Dragonflies%20in%20Alaska%20with%20embeds%20March%2018.pdf

Flies -- for a great website look at http://www.diptera.info/news.php

Flies -- a great resource on the behavior of flies is Johathan Balcombes book Super Fly for a review of this book look at /sites/default/files/NYTBR%20-%20Super%20Fly%2011July21.pdf this Book can be ordered at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606176/super-fly-by-jonathan-balcombe/

Honey Bees the Problem with

Honey Bees -- How Bees Make Honey

Insects and Diseases of Alaska's Forests

Insect Loss Worldwide Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss

Insect Pollinators in Alaska

Invertebrate Surveys on the Mendenhall Wetlands in Juneau, Alaska by Mary Willson and Aaron Baldwin

Leave the Leaves to Benefit Wildlife

Living in two Worlds (Dragonflies) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Moths of Alaska -- a checklist (2012) by Ferris and others

Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society with the article Bugs in Winter and Pollination, pilfering, and predation in an orchid pollinator
network in the Juneau area of Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles and Bob Armstrong

Orchid Pollinators and Visitors in Juneau, Alaska

Orthoptera of Alaska: A photographic key, new records, and synonymy of Melanoplus gordonae (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids)

Overwinter occurrence of Caddisflies by Ellis

Pollinators by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Rove Beetles in Alaska and Canada /sites/default/files/Klimaszewski2000-Diversity-of-the-rove-beetles-of-Canada-and-Alaska.pdf

Sea Star Wasting disease and static environmental variables drive sea star assemblages in the Northern Gulf of Alaska

Slugs of British Columbia -- a key to http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben320.html

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska Introduction To activate the video download it first and then open in adobe reader or adobe acrobat

Springtails in Juneau, Alaska Where to find them

Springtails why do they come on the snow in winter

Springtails What Eats Springtails in Juneau

Springtails How do Springtails Jump to activate the video download the file and then open it in adobe reader or adobe acrobate

For information about the Hedgehog Arion an invasive slug common in Southeast Alaska look at /sites/default/files/Arion_intermedius_Gastropoda_Stylommatophora_first%20%281%29.pdf

Spittlebugs of Canada

Springtails -- for great information about these tiny creatures look at http://www.collembola.org/

Tardigrades of Alaska: distribution patterns, diversity and
species richness

Tardigrades: Bears of the Moss by Miller

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (Beetles) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Intertidal -- Common Sea Life of Southeastern Alaska a field guide by Aaron Baldwin & Paul Norwood

A Wings issue that has articles about climate change and its effects on insects /sites/default/files/20-016_spring%202020_Wings.pdf

Weevils - Biological observations on Dorytomus imbecillus Faust, 1882, in West Greenland ( Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Ame Fjellberg1 & Jens Bocher2

Weevils - Decline in the diversity of willow trunk-dwelling weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) as a result of urban expansion in Beijing, China Zhimin Su • Runzhi Zhang • Jiangxiao Qiu

Weevils - Importance for Birds Look at page 124 THE HUNGRY BIRD: dORYTOMUS WEEVILS...... 124 Dave Leatherman

Weevils - Connections with willows

Weevils - Learning about Willow Weevils in Juneau, Alaska

Western Blackheaded Budworms article in Juneau, Empire

Western Blackheaded Budworm Annotated Bibliography

Lichens

Lichens around Mendenhall Glacier

Mammals

A Prickly Tale (Porcupine) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Alexander Archipelago Wolves

Alexander Archipelago Wolves by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bats - for some fascinating information about bats in Southeast Alaska look at The Milieu Souterrain Superficiel (MSS) as hibernation
habitat for bats: implications for white-nose syndrome by Karen M. Blejwas, et.al.

Bats at Fish Creek Park in Juneau, Alaska

Beavers and their benefits to healthy watersheds

Beavers by the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska

Beaver Institute an excellent website to learn about beavers https://www.beaverinstitute.org/education/links-resources/

Beaver Restoration Guidebook

A good beaver reference for children and many adults https://www.flipsnack.com/LaurelCreekBeavers/who-s-beaver-s-best-friend....

Black Bear in Southeast Alaska by John Schoen and Lily Peacock

Brown Bear in Southeast Alaska by John Schoen and Scott Gende

Dogs, Wildlife and Wildlife Viewing

Dogs in Brazil and their affects on wildlife

Game Transplants in Alaska by Thomas Paul

Importance of beaver ponds to coho salmon production by Pollock, M.M., G.R. Pess, T.J. Beechie, and D.R. Montgomery. 2004

Keen Critter in Southeast (deer mouse) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

MAMMALS from Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska

Mountain Goat Feeding Habits

Mountain Goat Habitats

Northern Flying Squirrel

Nuts about Truffles (squirrels) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Prince of Wales Wolves by Audubon Alaska

Red Squirrel with Ticks in Juneau -- article by Mary Willson

Sea Otters and Kelp Forests

Sea Otter Protecting a Harbor Seal

Sitka black-tailed deer by John Schoen and Matt Kirchoff

Whistlers on the Mountains (marmots) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Other Natural Things

Chilling Out How Warm-Blooded Animals Survive Southeast Winters by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Common Tracks of Southeast Alaska by Richard Carstensen

Extinction A Fate Worse Than Death by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Help--I've Been Slimed! (slime molds) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Lookin' at Lichens by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Steaming lakes and thundersnow by Scott Denning

To Freeze or Not To Freeze by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Overall

Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 2015. Alaska wildlife action plan. Juneau.

For good information on Southeast Alaska and elswhere look at this website by Mary Willson https://onthetrailsjuneau.wordpress.com/author/onthetrailsjuneau/

First Comprehensive List of Non-Native Species Established in Three Major Regions of the United States

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b911a5ce4b0702d0e808588

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska Facts and Discussion

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Photography

A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects

An Evaluation of the Panasonic FZ-200 and FZ-300 Camera

Tips on Using the Panasonic FZ-300 camera by Dan Kehlenbach

Beginning Wildlife Photography by Dan Kehlenbach

Depth of Field -- an excellent resource https://www.photopills.com/calculators/dof-table

Enjoying Nature in Alaska through Video by Bob Armstrong and Doug Jones If the links to the videos do not work download the file and open in Adobe Reader.

Ethical Wildlife Photography for good information look at https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/when-photographers-get-too-close-wildlife-pays-the-price/

Ethical Photography of Birds /sites/default/files/Overeager%20Photographers%20Harm%20Birds%27%20Health.pdf

/sites/default/files/Armstrong_1990_Photographing_Insects_In_Flight-1.pdf

Photographing Arctic Bristletails at Night

Photographing Creatures in Winter with bare hands and fingers

Photographing Nature in Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong

Testing the Sony RX10 iv for photographing insects/sites/default/files/Testing%20the%20Sony%20RX%2010%20iv%20Camera%20for%20Photographing%20Insects.pdf

Using Remote Cameras for Capturing Animal Behavior

Using the JuiceBox Battery with the Panasonic FZ300 Camera

Using the Wingscapes BirdCam Pro cameras for documenting small creature behavior

Plants

Aquatic Plants in Alaska

Cloudberry POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF THE HIGH LATITUDE, DIOECIOUS CLOUDBERRY ( RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS ; ROSACEAE) by Adam O. Brown and Jeremy N. McNeil

Coastal Strawberry The Pacific Beach Strawberry by USDA

Common Dandelions in Juneau

Cottonwood and the Creatures that feed on it

Creatures that use Alder, Cottonwood, and Willow Trees in Southeast Alaska

Creatures that use Alder, Cottonwood, and Willow Trees in Southeast Alaska May 21, 2021

The Common Plants of the Muskegs of Southeast Alaska by O. Wayne Robuck

Fall Colors in Southeast Alaska by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

False Azalea (Menziesia ferruginea) with Tar Spot Fungus to learn about it look at https://www.sitkanature.org/photojournal/2010/10/26/tar-spot-fungus-rhyt...

Highbush Cranberry or Squashberry

Japanese Knotweed

Mosses and Liverworts of the National Forests in Alaska

Native Orchids of Southeast Alaska a field guide by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

Native Orchids of Southeast Alaska the book updated by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

Native Orchids in Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles & Bob Armstrong

For interesting information on the pollination of orchids look at /sites/default/files/Tao%2CBernhardt%20et%20al.%202018.%20Hawkmoth%20Noctuid%20orchid%20pollination%20sub%20alpine%20Chica.%20BotJLinnSoc.pdf

Native Plants of Alaska by the Cooperative Extension Service and UAF

Northern milfoil

Not Just Another Pretty Face (Lupines) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Oddball Plants by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Orchid Pollinators and Visitors in Juneau, Alaska

Orchids in Southeast Alaska by Marlin Bowles and Bob Armstrong

Ouch! It's the Alaska State Tree (Sitka Spruce) by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Plants that eat insects in Alaska

Revegetation of our coastal areas for good information look at /sites/default/files/2013%20Wright%20%26%20Czapla%20Coastal-Reveg_web_v2.pdf

Rove Beetles on Western Heart-leaved Twayblade Orchids

The First Spring Flowers by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Wetland Sedges of Alaska by Gerald Tande & Robert Lipkin

Wild Orchids by Bob Armstrong and Marge Hermans

Willows in Alaska by George Argus

Willows and the Creatures that Feed on Them by Bob Armstrong and John Hudson

Power Point Presentations

These presentations are ones I have made over the years on nature in Alaska. For ease of viewing I have saved them as a video.

Alpine in Juneau

Animals in Action

Arctic Tern and Black Oystercatcher

Amphibians in the Juneau area

Animal Emotions

Appreciating Nature in Juneau

Bald Eagles in Southeast Alaska

Beavers of the Mendenhall Valley you can also use this PDF on Beavers of the Mendenhall Valley

Bobs Most Popular Videos on Nature in Alaska https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGlkPWDBbZHNZlwvvmbwpGTLZMR...

Bugs by Bob

Connections in Alaska's Natural World for information about these connections look at the book Natural Connections in Alaska

Coping with the Weather

Dragonflies of Alaska for more information look at the book Dragonflies of Alaska

Enjoying Nature in Alaska through Videos

Ethical Wildlife Photography

Fish and Game Memories

Forage Fish in Auke Bay

Harbor Seal Behavior

Harbor Seals in Alaska

High Speed Video

Life around Mendenhall Glacier for more information look at Life around the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau Alaska

Mendenhall Wetlands to learn more about this wonderful place look at Mendenhall Wetlands

Mendenhall Wetlands Talk this is about a 10 minute video to view it slower look at Mendenhall Wetlands PDF

Photographing Nature in Alaska to understand the stories behind these photos look at Photographing Nature in Alaska by Robert H. Armstrong

Predator Control Program on Dolly Varden

Southeast Alaska Festivals

Southeast Alaska's Natural World (about the book)

Taking Care of the Kids

The Nature of Juneau's Islands

Those Amazing Crab Spiders

Those Crazy Corvids

Where do birds in Southeast Alaska come from?

Tracking

Common Tracks of Southeast Alaska by Richard Carstensen

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