| General:
Sites About More Than One Order |
| Orkin: The Resource Reference for all Your Bug Related Needs |
Home page of Orkin Pest Contol; bug guide with information on
termites, roaches, ants, fleas; free homeowner's videos on carpenter ants and
termites; e-mail bug questions which will be answered by Virginia Tech
entomologist; articles on insects archived (links found on the
"feature") |
University
of Florida Best of the Bugs |
Sites judged to be in the top 5% of insect- or
nematode-related WWW sites by a committee of professional entomologists
and nematologists; designed as a way to direct individuals to outstanding
web sites
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Bugscope |
This is an educational outreach program that allows participating
classrooms to control an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope. Insects can be
seen at high magnification through the equipment at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. Examples of proposals for participation in the project as well
as images taken using the microscope are available on the Web site. |
| eNature.com: Bringing Nature to Life |
Commercial site that has great potential for classroom use;
several Field Guides to North America have 4800 species of insects, birds, reptiles,
and more with great photos and information; teachers can establish a classroom
species list to which students can add names as species are observed; site has link
to habitat guides |
| University
of Florida Buggy Software |
WWW Sites developed by the Extension Computer Laboratory
Entomology and Nematology Department of the University of Florida
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| Iowa Insect Information Notes |
Long list of insects with background information on each species listed |
| Entomology Index
of Internet Sources |
Insect links listed by topics such as databases, insect sounds, software;
"Best of the Bugs" calls this the "best gateway to the
world of entomology on the Internet"
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| Insecta Inspecta
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Insecta Inspecta team investigates the science, art and historical connections of
insects; bug cartoons offer unexpected entertainment; site has genuinely
well-researched entomology and was built by Thornton Jr. High School, Honors
Academy under the critical review of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural
History for BugFest 1999; a wonderful example of how students can utilize the power
of the World Wide Web in a cooperative learning experience
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| Digital
Librarian: Insects |
A librarian's choice of the best of the web |
| Entomology Index of Internet Resources: K-12 Educators' Recommended Sites |
A list of links to recommended sites |
| Iowa State's Entomology Image Gallery |
Insect pictures which can be downloaded |
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Thinking Fountain: Fruit Fly Trap |
Page demonstrates how to make a fruit
fly trap using a 2-liter bottle |
| Index of /Depts/IPM/ento/ |
Click on "Ento"; there is a list of numbers which lead to comments about various insects; no way to know what insect will be under discussion at a particular linked number until the user clicks on that link |
| Radcliffe's IPM World
Textbook |
University of Minnesota's electronic textbook of
Integrated Pest Management (IPM); internationally known experts
contributed chapters to the text |
| Biological Control Virtual Information Center |
Site links to information on biological control web sites |
| Images of Insects
and their Relatives |
Photo images of a variety of insects; from Colorado State University |
| The National Park Service Integrated Pest Management |
Lengthy text about various insects and how to manage control of them |
| Movies of Insects and Their Relatives |
List of sites with insect videoclips |
| Kansas
Department of
Agriculture Plant Health Division; Plant Protection Section: Photo Gallery |
Kansas Department of Agriculture site which has many jpeg images of beneficial and injurious insects and other organisms |
| Insects, Disease, and History |
Site devoted to "understanding the impact that insects have
had on world history;" primary focus is on the influence of insect-borne
disease; primarily for high school and college-age biology and history students
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| University of Kentucky Entomology Youth Facts |
Many insect links here including "Bugfood I" and "Bugfood II" (insect-themed recipes), "Make your own compound eye," and other activities; projects are designed for 4-H members but are useful for schools; linked to "A Teacher's
Guide to Six-legged Science" |
| University of Kentucky Department of Entomology |
A direct link to Youth Facts, Ask the Expert, and other information about insects |
| Welcome
to the Wonderful World of Insects |
Good information on insects in text form including the biggest, fastest, smallest, etc., and links to other information including insect anatomy, classification and taxonomy, and insect care sheets |
| The Bug Club |
A club for kids interested in bugs and other creepy-crawlies; the website has a newsletter and pen-pal listing; the site is located in the United Kingdom |
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The Insect Orders |
An introduction to each of the 32 orders of insects |
| Introduction to Insect
Anatomy |
Discusses the parts of an insect and its senses, and uses the ant as an example |
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Beneficial Insects/Organisms Images
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University of Nebraska Lincoln site which has beautiful large images
of several insect species
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PestWeb |
A professional pest-control, industry-wide site,
dedicated to providing useful information about insects and pest control
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| The Nanoworld Image Gallery |
The University of Queensland in Australia has a Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis with images on-line including some of insects; click on "Image Gallery" (takes a long time to load); scroll down to "Insects" |
| Entomology (Biosciences) |
Links to "Images of Insects and Their Relatives," "Movies and Insects and Their Relatives" and "Entomology on the Internet" |
| Insect Drawings at Illinois |
Original drawings used as teaching aids at the University of Illinois |
| The Electronic Zoo |
Click on "Animals"; click on "Start Here"; click on "Invertebrates"; this takes the user to a list of links on insects |
| Insect Identification Laboratory at Virginia Tech |
Gives insect characteristics which the user selects to identify an insect; covers household and outdoor pests |
| University of Florida Book of Insect Records |
"Longest life cycle," "smallest eggs," and "fastest wing beats" are example records; click on a selection and link to text about each type record |
| Bishop Museum's Entomology Homepage |
Site has images of these orders: Coleptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Neuroptera, Onata, and Orthoptera |
| Ohio State University Information for You: Yard & Garden |
Good information in the form of fact sheets on many insects. |
| Clemson University Arthropod
Collection |
Images of various insect and arthropod species; images
take a long time to download but are worth viewing |
| Index of Internet Resources |
Lengthy list of resources which can be found on the Internet; search engine available for finding specific species |
| Index of
/zoo/classics/darwin |
Site located at the University of Bergen in
Germany; Chapters 10 & 11 are on insects; discuss differences
between the sexes in several species; information on why glowworms glow |
| Y.E.S.
Young Entomologist's Society |
A nonprofit, entomology youth education organization; information on membership, publications, and services found here
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| Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America |
Cornell University web site with guide which provides photographs and descriptions of major biological control agents |
| The Virtual Insectary |
Site from Virginia Tech that includes pictures of common insects and information on foods they eat and habitats where they can be found |
| Bugs: Cultural Entomology |
Articles from "Cultural Entomology Digest" that
discuss
insects in art; butterfly wing posters; click on: "Insect Macrophotography" to find 63 great color images of insects and spiders |
| Shetland Wildlife Pages--Insects |
Lists major insect groups found in the Shetland Islands; has text and photos |
| A-2-Z Science and Learning Store |
Commercial site; click on product index, room name, and
arrive at "Insects" store offers 2:1 scale model collection of insects
authenticated by the staff at the O. Orkin Insect Zoo |
| Penn State Department of Entomology Insect Image Gallery |
On opening page click on "Insect Gallery"; contains photos put online by Penn State's Department of Entomology
for educational use; cover many insect orders |
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Department of Entomology Texas A&M University: Entomology on the World Wide
Web
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Extensive list of links to insect and spider web sites |
| Insects on WWW |
Site maintained at Virginia Tech University that lists links to
insect sites; topical listing makes narrowing search easier
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| The
Image Gallery |
Site contains images of butterflies, moths, beetles, tarantulas,
scorpions, and many more
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| Index
to Resource Guide to Zoology web files |
Site maintained by the publisher of "Biological Abstracts
and Zoological Record"; lists Internet resources by animal order and links to those
sites listed; wonderful site for links, with brief annotations |
| Bugscope |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign site that
works conducts experiments using Bugscope ESEM Interface; experiments
can be viewed using the Image Observer; site also has some good
close-up images of insect body parts |
| University of
Florida Natural Area Teaching Laboratory |
Contains list of species found in the area; click on Biata, invertebrates, and insects; options then are crickets, katydids, Ichneuman wasps, and Iphecid wasps; "other insects" appears to be a future option |
| Major Insect Pests of Turf in the U.S. |
Discusses the biology of insect pests that injure turf
grasses in the United States and how to manage them |
| Veterinary Parasitology |
Oklahoma State site; deals only with veterinary parasites; has background information and pictures of insects mentioned |
| Mississippi State University Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology |
Site includes interesting facts about insects, career information, beekeeping tips, and articles from Gloworm magazine |
| Entomology for beginners |
Contains simplified drawings that might help some students understand insect anatomy and metamorphosis |
| Get this bug off of me! |
University of Kentucky Youth Facts page which distinguishes
between common insects and insect relatives that are and are not harmful to
people |
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BIOSIS: Smaller Insect Orders
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List of Internet resources on smaller insect orders including Odonata and Orthoptera |
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Welcome to Ortho Online
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Has information about insect problems in homes, lawns, and gardens
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Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS)
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Has master gardener topics and pest management topics including information on beneficial insects
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Mainland Pest Control
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British Columbia site with information about several insect species including carpet beetles, fleas, cockroaches, carpenter ants, bees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets
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The Resource: Insects & Pests
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Articles that contain diagrams, photographs, and good information about commonly
known insects; site maintained by Cooperative Extension at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
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| Index of . . . Case Histories
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Norwegian site which has an English option; has a series of articles on how insects have help solve crimes
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| Images of Insects & Their Relatives
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Images put on-line by the Entomology Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
free for downloading with credit to UNL
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