We provide sample results as hand written lab bench sheets or as computer generated reports. Reports are written in standard scientific format and include information on field and laboratory methods, data analysis procedures, data summary tables, taxonomic lists, and a list of references. You can obtain all or part of each report in a variety of electronic formats, e.g., spreadsheets with data summary fields or taxa by sample matrix. Occasionally, we modify our standard methods to meet particular needs. For example, we will determine invertebrate biomass or organic matter ash free dry mass of samples.
| Taxon or Taxa group | BugLab's Current Standard Taxonomic Level |
Northwest Bioassessment Work Group Minimum Standard Taxonomic Effort |
| Annelida | ||
| Hirudinea | Genus/species |
Genus |
| Oligochaeta | Order | Family |
| Arthropoda | ||
| Hydracarina | Family/Genus/species | Order |
| Crustacea | ||
| Anostraca | Genus/species | Genus/species |
| Cladocera | Genus/species | |
| Copepoda | Genus/species | |
| Decapoda | Genus/species | Genus |
| Ostracoda | Order/Family/Genus | |
| Amphipoda | Genus/species | Genus |
| Isopoda | Genus | Genus |
| Collembola | Order | |
| Insecta | ||
| Coleoptera | Genus/species | Genus |
| Except Curculionidae,
Heteroceridae, Ptiliidae |
Family | Family |
| Diptera | ||
| Atherceridae | Genus/species | Genus |
| Blephariceridae | Genus/species | Genus |
| Ceratopogonidae | Genus | Subfamily |
| Chaoboridae | Genus | |
| Chironomidae | Subfamily | Genus |
| Culicidae | Genus | |
| Deuterophlebiidae | Genus/species | Genus |
| Dixidae | Genus | Genus |
| Dolichopodidae | Family | Family |
| Empididae | Genus | Genus |
| Ephydridae | Family | Family |
| Muscidae | Family | Family |
| Pelecorhynchidae | Genus | Genus |
| Psychodidae | Genus | Genus |
| Ptychopteridae | Genus | Genus |
| Sciomyzidae | Family | |
| Simuliidae | Genus | Genus |
| Stratiomyidae | Genus | Genus |
| Tabanidae | Genus | Family |
| Tanyderidae | Genus | Genus |
| Thaumaleidae | Genus | Genus |
| Tipulidae | Genus | Genus |
| Ephemeroptera | Genus/species | Genus |
| Ephemerellidae | species | species |
| Hemiptera | Genus/species | Genus |
| Lepidoptera | Genus | Genus |
| Megaloptera | Genus/species | Genus |
| Odonata | Genus/species | Genus |
| Plecoptera | Genus/species | Genus |
| Pteronarcyidae | species | species |
| Taeniopterygidae | Family/Genus | Family |
| Trichoptera | Genus/species | |
| Coelenterata | Class | Class/Order |
| Mollusca | ||
| Gastropoda | Family/Genus/species | Genus |
| Pelecypoda | Order/Family/Genus | Genus |
| Sphaeriidae | Genus/species | Family/Genus |
| Nematoda | Phylum | Phylum |
| Nematophora | Phylum | Phylum |
| Porifera | Phylum | Phylum |
| Turbellaria | Class | Class |