Michigan Odonata Atlas website is up

As mentioned in an earlier post, the Michigan Odonata Atlas is getting off the ground. We have a website up at http://mos-atlas.blogspot.com/. It is not entirely complete, but here are some important things you can find there:

• What it's all about. We're basing the publication on specimens currently in the Michigan Odonata Survey database, but are asking volunteers to help us fill in gaps in our knowledge as we work up species accounts.
• The reasoning behind the fact that for nearly all species, vouchers are required. For some species, photo records are permissible, but the photos have to be curated at Odonata Central and submitted on the same spreadsheet as your physical vouchers.
• Thus, we have a whole page on how to collect, prepare, and submit voucher specimens, and we include a template for the spreadsheet.

We'll be updating the database to include 800 new records from 2011, adding county checklists, and posting our "wants" as the season progresses. Go bookmark the site today!