About

"Sam's Bugs" is a tiny personal project.

Why does this wiki exist?

I grew up using the internet of the early 2000s. If you were searching for information on any animal you had seen in the wild back then and your search engine was doing a good job, you would stumble upon personal websites of people either researching that one animal for a living or collecting information on all sorts of animals in big databases, accompanied by, sometimes pretty poor, photos. Those were some of the best websites to discover interesting things you had never heard of. I always wanted one of those databases for myself, just a place where I can log every animal I have ever seen.

This is it. This is my little database. All the pictures were taken by me and once there are actual entries about the species, these texts will also be written by me. I created this database and keep it running, stocking it with ever new entries whenever I spot something alive.

"Sam's Bugs" was born on October 2nd 2025 and has been growing daily since.

Can I contribute?

Are you me? Then no, only I can contribute to this wiki. I may or may not add a mailadress later to which you can send corrections to entries I have made.

More questions, more answers

Can I use these pictures?

All photos on this wiki are under the CC BY-NC-ND license. That means you may use them in non-commercial projects as long as you distribute them under the same license without modifying them in any way. You must also name the photographer, that is me. You find all of the necessary information in the details of the picture you may want to use.

I also grant permission outside of the above mentioned license to use my photos in any scientific context and they may be modified (cut, zoomed in, etc.) for that purpose alone. You may publish your findings illustrated with said pictures commercially. You must give credit mentioning the photographer. I will be thrilled if you let me know if my photos contributed to your science project or study. If you've got any questions on how to give appropriate credit in that context, just ask me.

If you use my pictures for reference and make art drawing or painting from them, that is totally fine. Go, get that art piece done! Use the mailadress linked above if you'd like to show me what you made!

These photos may NOT be used to train LLMs and other "AI". If I can prove, my photos went into your environment destroying plagiarism machine, there will be legal consequences.

Can I donate?

I am still thinking about that. Maybe later. For now, all costs are covered by me personally. If anyone asks you for money to keep this wiki going - that's not me.

Who are the people in the photos?

Most of them are me in various stages of my life. You may see my face, my hand, my fingers, my feet or parts of me an animal is near or sitting on. That's just how it goes when you love animals, take photos of them and can't keep your grubby little fingers to yourself. It is not always ideal or advised to touch animals. In fact conservationists will tell you, it is rarely ever advised to touch any wildlife. So of the animals I touch in pictures may bite or sting and some are venomous. So do as I say, don't do as I do: Don't touch wild animals.