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Maine Forest Service Insect Collection - 54,000 specimens. Primarily specimens collected during MFS field work and serves as a reference collection of Maine forest insects.
Skippers of the Northeast - A Guide to Identification - Online video species accounts focusing on identification. Video and voice-over narration focusing on skippers of Northeastern North America.
Solitary Wasps (Aculeata) - Online Video - An online video project of solitary wasps intended as an introduction for naturalist.
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Bee Removal in Sacramento - We do live bee removal and relocation of bees in the Sacramento Valley and Bay Area of California.
Colorado potato beetle bibliography - Over 700 references of peer-reviewed English-language publications on various aspects of the Colorado potato beetle biology and management. The references can be browsed by category or searched using keywords.
Colorado potato beetle website - Website dedicated to the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Includes information on beetle biology, pest status, history, management options, insecticide resistance, as well as a searchable bibliography containing over 700 peer-reviewed English-language publications.
World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) - Includes all taxa described in the family from 1800 to 2000. 1,344 valid species group taxa and 124 genus-group taxa. World bibliography with 1,386 references (including biological, ecological, etc. references). Authors: ROHÁČEK, J.; MARSHALL, S.A.; NORRBOM, A.L.; BUCK, M.; QUIROS, D.I. & SMITH, I. Print version published 2001 by Slezské Zemské Muzeum, Opava, 414 pp.
Insect Zoo, Kansas State University - The Insect Zoo provides an educational experience with exhibits of live insects. Location: next to the K-State Gardens. Hours: Weekdays from 10-4; Saturday from 11-2. Admission: walk-in=$2.00 per person, seniors=$1.50, free=toddlers under 2 years. "Guided Tours" are available; entomologists and trained docents give detailed information and answer questions. Tours must be arranged for at least one week in advance, and are held Monday- Friday, during normal operating hours. Tours cost $3.00 per person, with a minimum of 5 guests required per tour. Phone: (785) 532-BUGS (532-2847).
Carabidae of the World - Database of Carabidae of the World, taxonomy, sinonimy, distribution, filter by country, pdf-library, image gallery, photo of type material, forum.

Almond Moth Bibliography - Bibliography of Ephestia cautella (Walker)
Asilidae predator-prey database - a database containing more than 11,000 prey records of robber flies taken from the scientific literature
Atlas of caterpillars from Europe and Asia Minor - photos of caterpillars of butterflies and moths from Europe and Asia Minor
Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids - Behavioural ecology is a scientific field that tries to understand what sort of optimal behaviours animals should adopt in order to maximise their production of progeny. The aim of the programme is to foster, at the European level, researchers in this filed using insect parasitoids as a biological model.
Bibliography of Pink Bollworm - searchable and downloadable
Biology of Cameraria ohridella - ideo, by Ulrich Zunke and Gerhard Doobe, chronicles the feeding behavior and morphology of the horse-chestnut leaf miner in Hamburg, Germany.
Book of Insect Records - fastest flier, longest life cycle, most heat tolerant, etc.
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - Ohio State University
Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior - laboratory involved in research on controlling insect behavior using semiochemicals. Active in isolation and identification of natural product chemicals that influence insect behavior.
Cicada Mania - sightings, videos, sounds, and news
Cicadas of Michigan - sounds, photos and a key
Colorado potato beetle - Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), an important world-wide pest of potatoes. Life history, a bibliography of about 500 references, and links to related sites
DPLEX-L - a discussion list for Monarch Watch participants and those interested in monarchs and monarch migration
Flybrain: Drosophila nervous system database - atlas and database of the Drosophila nervous system
Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification and Management - comprehensive grasshopper management site containing APHIS' Grasshopper Integrated Pest Management User Handbook, Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers, information on new grasshopper control techniques, and new research findings.
Hawaiian Ant Group - invasive ants in the Hawaiian Islands. Welcomes participation and discussion from persons with other island/invasive ant experiences.
HOSTS - database of hostplants for rearing Lepidoptera
How Grasshoppers Jump - by W.J. Heitler
Insect Behaviour Group - interests ranging from the neural bases of behaviour to the theoretical modeling of mating systems
Iowa Mail-In Deer Tick Survey - free identification of ticks sent in by Iowa residents
MaHiRoSi - An open source roach simulator written in freebasic. Just three species and a bunch of sprites right now but hoping to grow.
Massachusetts Cicadas - Website of an amateur of the Massachusetts annual cicada enthusiast
Meetings and Events of Interest to Odonatists - meetings of dragonfly and damselfly enthusiasts
Michigan Lepidoptera Survey - documenting Michigan moths, butterflies and skippers. Includes checklist
Mole Cricket Knowledgebase - Florida's pest management success story. Mole cricket knowledgebase on all ten species found in the United States, including Hawaii, and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Distribution, description, life cycle, damage, and biological controls. Identification key for these species that makes heavy use of graphics and photographs. Large lists of references in every area. HTML format works on PCs and Macs.
Monarch Butterfly Migration - about the migration patterns of butterflies. Includes observational information about where they have seen monarchs and under what circumstances.
Monarch Watch - including info on monarch butterfly biology, literature and current projects
Noldus Information Technology - software for behavioural research, motion and image analysis
Non-native ants: invasive and exotic species - biology and geographic distributions of invasive ants, as well as other exotic species that may become invasive
North Central Regional Committee on Migration and Dispersal of Insects and other Biota - Research and news about movement and dispersal of biota with a strong emphasis on insects. Primary outlet of information about NCR-148, but also other groups worldwide working with the movement of biota in atmospheric motion systems. Housed at University of Illinois.
Odonata Information Network
Periodical Cicada - Information on 1998 emergences of 17- and 13-year cicadas, with photos, sound samples, and brood distribution maps
Pherobase - database of insect pheromones and semiochemicals
Pherolist - database of sex pheromones of lepidoptera and related attractants by families/subfamilies/tribes, genus, species, or chemical component
Social Behavior of Polistine Wasps - wasps were marked and videotaped. Students use observation skills to study animal behavior.
Stridulation Sounds of Black Fire Ants - Solenopsis richteri in different situations
Tephritid Worker Database - TWD is a directory of tephritid fruit fly researchers and plant protection officers in the world, providing expertise on species and speciality field, and recent publications, bibliographic references, news, directories, meetings, and projects.
The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
The Kansas School Naturalist
The Laphriini Pages - all about the North American members of this tribe of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriini). Many of the members in this tribe are large bumble bee mimics. Includes species-level descriptions and online keys.
The Manduca Project - student explorations of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta
The Periodical Cicada - overview of periodical cicada and current research
TYMBAL - the Auchenorrhyncha website. Cicadas, spittlebugs, leafhoppers, treehoppers and planthoppers.
Volucella - international journal on taxonomy, ecology, and faunistics of palearctic Syrphidae (Diptera)
Woolly Bears: Arctiidae Caterpillars - tiger moth identification and rearing
World Educational Films - entomological videos documenting life histories and parasitic hymenoptera. Some clips available online
Yellowjackets of the Northwestern United States - Yellowjacket biology, systematics, literature and keys.
Zoraptera - Tree of Life