Photographing a Woolcarder Bee in 2006 is what got me started in photographing insects, thus the username.

Suggestions for photographing larva of Lepidoptera

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/258535#Caterpillars

Most Plusiines cannot be reliably IDed from a larval photo.

Detailed information regarding difficulty of identifying Plusiine Family larvae in "Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America" by David L. Wagner, et al. -- pp 291-293 in PDF version of text (without photos)

• Owlet_Caterpillars_of_Eastern_North_America_Lepido.pdf

Links to filtered searches that I often refer to for help in IDs.

--Larvae and other early stages of North American Lepidoptera
--Plusiinae larva - RG
--World-wide list of moths in Plusiinae Subfamily - with some photos of larva when available (text in German)
--Trichoplusia ni - 82 photos
--Trichoplusia ni - partial life cycle
--Trichoplusia ni - Lepiforum
--Plusiinae Larva - BugGuide
--Tachinid flies
--Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides - Pink-patched Looper Moth
--Enigmogramma basigera (Often found on Lobelia)
--Bugwood - Image Database System
--Syngrapha
--Larvae images of Plusiinae on MPG
--Geometridae larva

---- others misidentifed as Plusiinae larva

Plutella xylostella

• https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126765-Plutella-xylostella/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=6&layout=grid
• https://www.ipmimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=2582&area=91
  
• https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/diamondback_moth.htm

Diaphania hyalinata - Melonworm Moth

• https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/151769
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=151769

Pieris rapae

• https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/imported_cabbageworm.htm
• https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/oregon-vegetables/cabbage-white-butterfly
• https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query
• https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Pieris_rapae
• https://www.ipmimages.org/search/action.cfm?q=pieris+rapae

Diaphania nitidalis

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189039012

Ponometia candefacta

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=228632

Alsophila pometaria larvae - Fall Cankerworm Moth

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=215208
• https://bugguide.net/node/view/35918/bgimage?from=0

Evergestis rimosalis

• life cycle - https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/Vegetable_Pests_III/text/cross-striped_cabbageworm.htm

--Ogdoconta cinereola - Common Pinkband

Bagisara larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=173427

Eustrotiinae larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=122440

Baileya larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=144105

Panopoda larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=143524

Euclidiini larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=121535

Moonseed Moth larvae - sometimes green

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=125475

Herald Moth larvae (looks like there are also some other species in this collection)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=134078

--Hypena larvae (many with 3 pairs of prolegs)

Pangraptinae larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=122474

Orthosia larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=176203

Lithophane larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=143353

Spargaloma sexpunctata larvae (host plant - Dogbane)

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/1594760/bgimage

Isogona snowi larva (Southern Texas - host spiny hackberry)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=464739

Hypsoropha hormos larva (host - Persimmon)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=222116

Anomis larva (mostly southern US)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=119557

Oxycilla malaca larva (Southern Arizona, Texas)

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/2277685/bgimage

Rivula larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=81675

Callopistria cordata larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=215774

Callopistria floridensis larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=143649

Leuconycta larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=177464

Condica larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=174331

Feralia larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=119938

Note for Geometer larvae

• Geometer moths may be easiest to identify in the larval stage, thanks to their unusual appearance. The caterpillars bear just two or three pairs of prolegs near their hind ends, instead of the five pairs found in most butterfly or moth larvae.

Good photo of Geometrid legs

• http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/guide-to-british-caterpillars/caterpillar-anatomy/

Lepidoptera Biodiversity

• http://www.lepidopterabiodiversity.com/home.htm

Micros through Tortricidae

• https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/larva.php?plate=01.0&size=m&sort=h

Plusiinae caterpillars can be identified by their common body characteristics - all have reduced prolegs (typically only three pairs rather than the usual five, though one genera has four pairs) with a gap before the rear prolegs.

Abrostola tripartita larva - four pairs

• https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Abrostola_tripartita#Lebendfotos-Juengere_Raupenstadien

Lepidoptera larvae on Brassica vegetables

• https://extension.usu.edu/pests/research/caterpillar-pests-brassicas
• https://lgpress.clemson.edu/publication/identification-of-common-insect-pests-of-brassica-crops/
• https://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/caterpillars-in-brassica-crops
• https://extension.unh.edu/resource/cabbage-looper-fact-sheet
• https://ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/cilantro-and-parsley/cabbage-looper/
• https://extension.umd.edu/resource/cabbage-looper-vegetables/

Cutworm pests of crops on the Canadian Prairies : identification and management field guide. PDF available on this site. Also a very wide variety of other PDF guides.

• https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.834174
  /publication.html

Cutworm photos - Agrostis ipsilon plus others on additional link

• https://extension.umn.edu/corn-pest-management/black-cutworm

--Featured Creatures - UF/IFAS

Insects of the World

• https://insecta.pro/

LepIntercept

• https://idtools.org/id/lepintercept/fact_sheet_index.html

Caterpillar Morphology

• https://wiki.bugwood.org/Archive:Caterpillars/Morphology

Rearing caterpillars

• https://www.prairiehaven.com/?page_id=30468

The Caterpillar Lab

• http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/guide-to-british-caterpillars/caterpillar-anatomy/

BugGuide Contributor

• https://bugguide.net/user/view/6391

Lepidoptera Superfamilies - Guide

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/57

Superfamily Gelechioidea - Twirler Moths and kin

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/43909

Tortricid.net

• http://www.tortricidae.com/default.asp

Unidentified microlep larva

• hints on identification - https://bugguide.net/node/view/891151

Wingless female moths

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/1174869

Caterpillar Identification

• https://www.caterpillaridentification.org/

Lepidoptera eggs

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=eggs-egg-coverings-of-terrestrial-invertebrates&taxon_id=47157

Key to caterpillar ID

• https://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/lso/entomol/ncstate/caterkey.htm

Pyralid and Crambids - Australian guide

• https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/the-caterpillar-key/index.html

Unidentified immature Coleoptera

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/418162

Caterpillars - MPG

• http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/LarvaeIndex.shtml

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America - Excellent book
but out of print. Information about online access

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7s756

Lepidoptera

• LepWiki - https://lepiforum.org/

Moths of Europe and East Africa

• https://www.leps.it/

--Butterflies and Moths larvae - RG only

Noctuina larva - RG - USA

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=320201

Leaf-roller larvae - ID hints

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/420639

Casebearers - larva

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=85704

Bucculatrix - pupa

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=173276

Butterflies and Moths - pupa

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=47157

Illustrated Guide to the Immature Lepidoptera on Oaks in Missouri (free PDF publication) plus many other publications.

• https://www.bugwood.org/publications.cfm

Catocala larva - RG

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=83842

Oak Leafroller Moths

• https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/pinellasco/2010/04/19/oak-leafroller-and-leaftiers-caterpillars/

Flower Moths

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&taxon_id=124020&view=species

Bucculatrix - pupa

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=173276

Bagworms, Clothes Moths and Allies - larva

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=61414

Household Casebearer - larva

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=363376&verifiable=any

"Fern balls"

• https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1302

Octagonal Casemaker Moth - Homaledra octagonella

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=538226&locale=en

Commonly Observed Moth Eggs

• https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/83021-commonly-observed-moth-eggs

Subfamily Cryptocephalinae - Case-bearing Leaf Beetles - unidentified immatures

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/427537/bgimage?from=0

Commonly Observed Bug Eggs

• https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/eggs-egg-coverings-of-terrestrial-invertebrates/journal/82290

Arthropod Pathogenic Fungi

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/230781

Insect Destroyers

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=55115

Metarhizium (fungus)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=328137

Beauveria (fungus)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?page=2&place_id=any&taxon_id=328139

Things mistaken for eggs

• https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/eggs-egg-coverings-of-terrestrial-invertebrates/journal/82165

Common Mummy Wasps - pupa

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=1&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=250685

Free pdf download

• aleiodes guide to parasitoids pdf

Copidosoma

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=250287&locale=en

Meteorus pupae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=250222

Campopleginae pupae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=338596

Microgastrinae pupae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=244423

Euplectrus larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=250188

Hover Flies - larva

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=49995

Syrphini

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=121991

True Weevils - larvae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=48736

Aphid Mummy Wasps

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&taxon_id=354557

Sawflies, Horntails and Wood Wasps

• larva - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1&project_id=insect-larvae-grubs-caterpillars-maggots-etc&taxon_id=84643

Euthyatira pudens - Dogwood Thyatirid (larva resembles sawfly larva)

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/14807/bgimage

Sterictiphora

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=495035&locale=en

Leafminers - Wisconsin

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=32&project_id=leafminers-of-north-america&verifiable=any&view=species

Hyperparasitoids

• https://bugguide.net/node/view/2123257

European Lepidoptera

• http://www.pyrgus.de/index_en.php

Rare, Declining, and Poorly Known Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of Forests and Woodlands in the Eastern United States (available as download on this site)

• https://www.bugwood.org/publications.cfm

Insecta Images

• https://www.ipmimages.org/browse/taxsubject.cfm?class=104

Stereomita andropogonis

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117376273

Food Plant Database

• http://www.tortricidae.com/foodplants.asp

FUR

• https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/responses#addid
• https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-more-ids-on-observations-with-private-locations/50757

iNaturalist Help

• https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/home

How to Use iNaturalist's Search URLS

• https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-1-of-2/63

Link multiple observations of same individual over time

• https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/29431-link-multiple-observations-of-same-individual-over-time

Similar Observation Sets (under construction...)

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&q=%22observation%20set%22&subview=grid&user_id=woolcarderbee

(comments)
Plusiine larva IDs
inaturalist.org/observations/12095962
inaturalist.org/observations/100089178

How to search leafminers on iNat by host species

• https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/33778/journal/90480

Mochas - Pupae

• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=any&project_id=pupae&taxon_id=81652

(larva hanging from trees, threads, etc.)
inaturalist.org/observations/83192706

HTML tags

• https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/useful-html-tags-for-inaturalist-comments-and-other-text-wiki/6198

List of added annotations

• https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/annotationvalues
• https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/91456-new-evidence-of-presence-values-added#summary

--Maverick IDs

Stats

• https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2023/woolcarderbee