The DRC is structured hierarchically and is searchable by order, family, and genus. Input the desired organism into the search bar at the head of the webpage to display an auto-populated alphabetical list of the members of a taxa group that are currently included in the DRC. While the initial digitization effort has focused primarily on larval insect stages, the DRC includes multiple life stages (e.g., larvae, pupae, and adult) of some taxa. Various life stage images of a given taxa are searchable by selecting the desired tab within the life stage search bar. An adjacent search bar allows the user to search by photographic perspective (e.g., dorsal or anterior) of a specimen. Once a desired taxa is located within the system, simply select a thumbnail of that specimen (located adjacent to the search bar) to go directly to the complete image set for that taxa.
