Thanks Dirt and Calif-Sue for your comments.
Dirt, when i mentioned seeing <<some of those photos on the front page>> or something to that effect, i was referring to your magnificent photos of the hummingbird and plant. In this case the hummingbird does not in anyway detract from the plant and i know how difficult it is to get good hummer photos so i think one of these would be nice to share with the ATP community. Of course a Monarch and flower would be nice too, and the Liatris is stunning.
I think my problem here is that i don't know what people mean when they refer to the "thumbnail" or "main thumbnail". I've been thinking those are the photos from database entries that show up on the first page? but then what would be the "main thumbnail"?
Personally, i favor the idea of a separate bug database over a pollenator d/b that is somehow connected to the Plant d/b. The Plant d/b could add an info line (if it doesn't have one already) for what pollenates a particular plant and the pollenator & flower photos would be in the Plant d/b. A bug d/b wouldn't have to show photos of the new bugs added. Instead there could be a small section of "New Bugs Added" and just list the name of the new bugs. Then people who are interested can look them up or be linked to the bug d/b if they want to see the bug photos. Are we forever to go to DG for our bug information? Also, my experience has been that ATP has some finely qualified bug identifiers. DG has Flapdoodle and C.A. Ivy who are excellent and learned but they are not professionals, and there are additional people who pop up from time to time because they recognize a particular bug.
