Explore the data-set of 40511 insects on bugguide.net! At present, the API only delivers the common name, genus, species, family, order, bugguideid, and bugguide.net URL information.

👋 Hey folks! As mentioned above, the data-set is from bugguide.net. Data can be parsed as JSON. Access to the bugs.verfasor.com doesn't require a token-based authentication. Please use it for development and testing only. And kindly avoid sending too many requests to Vercel, who's hosting the REST API. 👉 Visit https://github.com/verfasor/Insecta 👇 Example queries White space between the words are fine, mmkay. 🔐 General query GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?q=Soldier%20Beetle. 🔐 Query a Common Name GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?q=Soldier%20Beetle 🔐 Query a Genus GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Genus=Chauliognathus 🔐 Query Species GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Species=pensylvanicus 🔐 Query a Family GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Family=Cantharidae 🔐 Query an Order GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Order=Coleoptera. 🔐 Query a Bug Guide ID GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?BugGuideID=438 🔐 Query combination and filter GET https://bugs.verfasor.com/api?Order=Coleoptera&q=beetle 🐍 Python script I've created an example Python script to fetch random data at once. Available at: https://github.com/verfasor/Insecta/blob/master/random-bug.py 🐜 Disclaimer The Insects JSON REST API is actually in the alpha stage, which implies that "bugs" and issues may still remain undiscovered until this phase of testing is complete. The alpha stage also means that the data may be corrupted, is not 100% validated or complete, and is subject to change. Finally, services may have downtime and the API schemas and calls are subject to change

@verfasor congratulations on the launch and thanks for sharing your work! I'll launch VSC and give this a go later. :)

What kind of details about insects would I expect from API? because the Github and JSON response doesn't say much to me.

This is a great product that will help people learn about insects. It is very user friendly and has a lot of great features.

Cool concept guys!! Congratulations!!

What a lovely project!!

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