References

There is quite a wealth of information on the wildlife of New Jersey, dating back to the very earliest times of natural history discovery in America; gradually a great number of books have been written, bringing us up to modern times, when websites started to replace books as identification resources. This site has drawn heavily on the work of others, but hopefully will be seen as being unique in pulling so many other resources together into a single location, and thus saving anyone seeking to identify wildlife in South Jersey from having to search in many different places for a possible answer.

Many books, websites and other resources were used in the making of this site and all such resources considered to be worthy of consultation are recognized, thanked with gratitude and listed here.



Regional field guides

Barlow, A. E., D. M. Golden & J. Bangma, 2009. Field Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of New Jersey. PSI, Flemington.
Beadle, D. & S. Leckie, 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
Capinera, J. L., R. D. Scott & T. J. Walker, 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids & Crickets of the United States. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca.
Conant, R. & J. T. Collins, 1998. A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Covell, C. V., 2005. A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Virginia.
Dunkle, S., 2000. Dragonflies through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America. Oxford University Press, New York.
Eaton, E. R. & K. Kaufman, 2007. Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Evans, A. V., 2008. National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America. Sterling, New York.
Glassberg, J., 1999. Butterflies through Binoculars: The East. Oxford University Press, New York.
Gosner, K. L., 1978. A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Lam, E., 2004. Damselflies of the Northeast. Biodiversity Books, New York.
Murie, O. J. & M. Elbroch, 2005. A Field Guide to Animal Tracks. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Schwarz, V. & D. M. Golden, 2002. Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey. New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, Trenton.
Wagner, D. L., 2005. Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Whitaker, J. O., 1980. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals. Knopf, New York.


Specialist identification guides

Arnett, R. H., 2000. American Insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Cech, R. & G. Tudor, 2005. Butterflies of the East Coast: an observer's guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Cranshaw, W., 2004. Garden Insects of North America: the ultimate guide to backyard bugs. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Duff, A. & A. Lawson, 2004. Mammals of the World: a checklist. A. & C. Black, London.
Eiseman, C. & N. Charney, 2010. Tracks & Signs of Insects and Other Invertebrates: a guide to North American species. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg.
Paulson, D., 2011. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Wagner, D. L., D. F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan & R. C. Reardon, 2011. Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press, Princeton.


Short papers, journals and other literature resources

Brady, A. R. & K. S. McKinley, 1994. Nearctic species of the wolf spider genus Rabidosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). The Journal of Arachnology. 22:138-160.
Buck, M., S. A. Marshall & D. K. B. Cheung, 2008. Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. No 5.
Martinez, E. L., 2010. A revision of the new world species of Donacaula Meyrick and a phylogenetic analysis of related schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Dissertation to the Mississippi State University.
Pavulaan, H. & D. M. Wright, 2000. The biology, life history, and taxonomy of Celastrina neglectamajor (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. Volume 2 Number 5.
Pavulaan, H. & D. M. Wright, 2005. Celastrina serotina (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a new butterfly species from the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. Volume 6 Number 6
Sabourin, M., W. E. Miller, E. H. Metzler & J. T. Vargo, 2002. Revised identities and new species of Aethes from midwestern North America (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society: 56(4), 216-233.
Shorter, D. A. & W. A. Drew, 1976. Syrphidae of Oklahoma (Diptera). Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 56: 75-94.
Wright, D. M. & H. Pavulaan, 1999. Celastrina idella (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a new butterfly species from the Atlantic coastal plain. The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. Volume 1 Number 9.


Web resources

BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Moth Photographers Group: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/
Moths of Maryland: http://www.marylandmoths.com/index.html
North American Moths http://www.nearctica.com/moths/
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification: http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/ejournal.html
Dragonflies & Damselflies of New Jersey: http://www.njodes.com/default.htm
Robber Flies: http://www.giffbeaton.com/Robber%20Flies.htm