Directories of Links
Entomology
on the World Wide Web(WWW) (Colorado
State University)
Mega site
with an alphabetical
listing of
entomology
sites from
around the
world. It
also includes
links to
publications,
job listings,
meetings,images,
and entomology
departments
in the US.
Entomology
Index of Internet Resources(Iowa
State University)
A searchable
site that
indexes databases,
companies,
directories,
full-text
publications,
images, collections
and organisms,
job listings,
and topics
such as beekeeping,
medical entomology,
pests and
pesticides,
and IPM.
Insects
on World Wide Web (Virginia
Tech)
Mega site
by Jun Fan,
that contains
alphabetical
listing of
links to
specific
species,
as well as
general topics
of interest
about insects.
It includes
links to
entomology
databases,
universities,
worldwide
entomolgical
societies,
and a number
of links
to insects
pests
Insectlopedia
Useful site
with wide-ranging
insect
information.
Includes
databases,
resource
data, manufacturer
contacts
and links.
Nearctica:
Natural World of North America
A major site
covering
systematics,
natural history,
ecology,
conservation,
paleontology,
geophysics,
and physical
environment
of all plants
and animals
in North
America.
Searchable
by keyword.
Yahoo
Directory of Insects
A select
list of Internet
sites on
insects chosen
by Yahoo.
List includes
popular,
educational,
and research
links.
Forest Entomology
Exotic
Forest Pests.org
A cooperative
database
that provides
access to
detailed
profiles
of identified
exotic North
American
pests.
Warnell
School of Forest Resouces-Forest
Entomology
Contains
information
on everything
for Gypsy
Moths to
Bark Beatles
and houses
the Bugwood
Network
Forest
Insect and Disease Leaflet
- USDA Forest Service
The Forest
and Insect
Disease Leaflets
Master Directory.
A compilation
of full-text
documents
with access
to ordering
out of print
leaflets.
Gypsy
Moth at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute
A useful
site that
combines
solid background
information
and illustrative
slides with
more specific
IPM and other
research
projects.
Includes
an international
gypsy moth
contact list.
Gypsy
Moth in North America
Provides
an overview
of gypsy
moth and
its history
with specific
pages dedicated
to topics
including:
defoliation,
management
and life
cycle. Includes
numerous
illustrative
photos and
relevant
links.
Gypsy
Moth in Wisconsin
Focuses on
the impact
and control
of gypsy
moth in Wisconsin.
Includes
information
on spraying,
fact sheets
and links.
Insect Models For Teaching
Tobacco
Hornworm project
Outlines
educational
activities
for both
students
and educators
that focus
on the life
cycle of
the Tobacco
hornworm,
Manduca Sexta.
Features
include a
teaching
manual, lesson
plans, live
webcam, and
forum.
Insect Pests
USDA
Animal & Plant
Health Plant Inspection Service (USDA-APIS)
The site
includes
a searchable
database
of information
about plant
pests.
Illinois
Natural History Survey - Center
for Economic Entomology
Provides
information
and literature
on insect
pests and
biological
control;
emphasis
is on soybeans,
therividae,
western corn
rootworm,
and the control
of purple
loostrife.
Insect
Pests and Management (Virginia
Tech)
Link to section "Insect
Pests" to
find sites
on individual
pests, management
techniques,
and hosts
including
household,
garden, turf,
fruit and
vegetables
hosts.
Integrated Pest Management / Biocontrol
Biological
Control: A Guide to Natural
Enemies in North America (Cornell
University)
biocontrol
guide provides
photographs
and descriptions
of control
agents of
insect, disease
and weed
pests in
North America.
Includes
natural parasitoids,
predators,
pathogens,
and weed
feeders.
Biological
Control Virtual Information
Center (North
Carolina State University)
Links to
biological
control agencies
and facilities
including
federal,
state, non-profit,
and international
organizations,
research
laboratories,
and programs.
Center
for Integrated Pest Management
(CIPM) North
Carolina State University)
The site
contains
descriptions
of the center's
projects,
databases,
and links
to CIPM web
sites and
other IPM
sites.
Ecological
Database of World's Insect
Pathogens (EDWIP) (Illinois
Natural History Survey)
Provides
a searchable
database
for insect
pathogens.
Entomology
Index: Integrated Pest Management (Iowa
State University,Dept. of Entomology)
A list of
IPM Internet
sites
IPMnet (Consortium
for International Crop Protection)
Dedicated
to promoting
economically
efficient
and environmentally
sound protection
practices
in developing
countries.
Links to Database
of IPM Resources
(DIR),
an information
retrieval/referral
system and
a compendium
of directories
of worldwide
IPM information
resource;
to a textbook
and other
publications
on IPM.
National
Integrated Pest Management
- Northeast Region
Northeastern
US IPM regional
site with
job listings,
projects,
reports,
and calendar.
National
Integrated Pest Management
Network - North Central Region
North Central
US IPM site
with resources
for pest
problems
including Vegetable
IPM a
database
from University
of Minnesota
containing
pest fact
sheets and
pest infestation
updates for
the upper
Midwest; SIRIC,
Soybean Insect
Resource
Information
Center,
a database
from Illinois
Natural History
Survey, Illinois
Agricultural
Experiment
Station containing
literature
and links
to soybean
literature;
a directory
of North
Central state
contacts.
NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management
UW-Madison
Integrated Pest and Crop Management
programs
Contains
news, articles,
contacts,
and links
to other
Internet
IPM sites.
Intenteded
for the practitioner.
Turfgrass and Urban Entomology
Insects
on the WWW-Turf and Lawn Insect
Pests (Virginia
Tech)
Links to
many web
pages from
academic
institutions
on management,
control and
general information
on turf and
lawn pests.
Site initially
designed
for a course
of Insects & Human
Society at
Entomology
of VT.
Insects
on the WWW-Urban Insect Pests (Virginia
Tech)
Links to
many web
pages from
academic
instituions
on management,
control and
general information
on urban
pests. Site
initially
designed
for a course
of Insects & Human
Society at
Entomology
of VT TECH.
Turfgrass
Entomology (Univ.
of Nebraska)
Descriptions,
images, identification
tools, insecticide
tables, and
bibliography
on turfgrass
insects.
Coleoptera
Aquatic
Coleoptera (Smithsonian)
A searchable
database
of the collections
of adult
and immature
aquatic and
semiaquatic
beetles.
Internet
ResourcesGuide for Zoology,
Coleoptera
A directory
of beetle
Internet
sites produced
by BIOSIS
and the Zoological
Society of
London
Tree
of Life: Coleoptera (University
of Arizona)
The coleoptera
limb of the
Tree of Life
containing
descriptions,
a bibliography,
illustrations,
and Internet
links to
coleoptera
sites. Within
the Tree
of Life,
David Maddison
has also
created a "Beetle
Treehouse" with
fun information
about beetle
parts, beetle
mysteries,
and amazing
beetles.
Diptera
The
Diptera Site
A directory
of diptera
Internet
sites produced
by USDA Systematic
Entomology
Lab,Natural
Museum of
History,
NSF, and
others.
Hymenoptera
Welcome
to Hymenoptera
A directory
of hymenoptera
Itnernet
sites produced
by USDA Systematic
Entomology
Lab.
List
of World Bumble Bees (Natural
History Museum, London)
List of bumble
bees by biogeographic
regions,
species,
or alphabetically.
Lepidoptera
Butterflies
of North America (Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center-North
Dakota)
From the
in The site
includes
butterfly
distribution
maps, species
information
on size,
characteristics,
life cycle,
etc., photos,
and species
checklists
for each
county in
the U.S.
and states
in northern
Mexico.
Moths
of North America (Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center-North
Dakota)
Moth distribution
maps, species
accounts
with information
on size,
identifying
characteristics,
etc., and
species checklists
for each
county in
the U. S.
and state
in northern
Mexico.
Monarch
Watch (University
of Kansas Entomology Program)
Dedicated
to the conservation,
research,
and education
of monarchs.
Insect Collections
Entomology
Index of Internet Resources-Insect
Collections (Iowa
State University)
List of insect
collections
throughout
the world.
Insect
Research Collection University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Extensive
collection
of over one
million pinned
and preserved
insects with
primary geographic
emphasis
on Wisconsin
and the Great
Lakes. Emphasis
is on Lepidoptera,
Coleoptera,
Diptera,
and Hymenoptera.
Other
Entomology Collection Catalogs (UC-Berkeley
Museum of Paleontology)
Links to
insect collections
throughout
the world.
Images
Iowa
State Entomology Index: Images
Alphabetical
listing of
web-based
insect image
collections
from around
the world.
Photo
Gallery of Insect Pests (NC
Department of Entomology)
Site contains
photos of
insect pests.
Google Image Search Comprehensive image search engine.
Systematics
Systematic
Entomology (North
Carolina, AgNIC - Agricultural
Network Information Center)
Contains
information
and Internet
links to
insect families.
Invertebrate
Type Catalog (University
of California Museum of Paleontology)
Invertebrate
specimen
catalog with
data on the
type (published)
specimens
in the collections
and links
to insect
collection
lists and
catalogs
throughout
the world.
National
Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
Smithsonian's
Department
of Systematic
Biology-Entomology
includes
insect databases
and links
to other
government
entomology
sites.
Social Insects
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
Authoratative selection of relevant material intended to inform and refer both lay and academic users in all aspects of bees.
Social Insects World Wide Web (Smithsonian and Ohio State University)
Antbase, includes Hymenoptera Database and other databases, images,news, and projects from around the world.
Insects on the WWW (Virginia Tech - Jun Fan)
Using the left-hand frame, select "Common Insect" to access useful Internet sites on ants, bees, wasps, termites, and other social insects.
Ant Database (Smithsonian)
Smithsonian's ant collection of more than 500,000 specimens representing 4580 named species and subspecies of ants. The database, a work in progress, is produced by Ted Schultz using Bolton's 1995 catalog.