Places to Start: Lists, Gateways, and Links
Entomology on the World Wide Web
http://entowww.tamu.edu/entoweb/
(list and gateway to many entomological
sites geared towards
teachers)
Entomology Index of Internet Resources - Web Sites Iowa State University
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/
(huge list and gateway to the majority
of entomology resources on the internet - very comprehensive, great links
- connects to almost all other major entomological sites)
Entomology on the WWW
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/
(list and gateway to many
entomological sites on the internet. Not as colorful or complete as Iowa
State)
Fon's Bug World
http://www.sirius.com/~fonzilla/insect.htm
(many links to other
entomological sites and to insect
pictures - the homepage is strange but information and pictures are worth
the stop)
Iowa State University
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~entomology/
(main features pertain to the
Entomology Dept.'s
programs, but there is a link to the use of insects as food that includes
recipes)
University of Kentucky - Entomology Youth Facts
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm
(a site
designed for teachers,
4-H'ers and anyone interested in insects that has great information and
ideas on insects)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/Entomology/home.html
(insect drawings and links
to other entomology related resources and information)
Web Lift to any Taxon of Organism
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html
(web lift to information
on any organism by scientific name and common name)
Yahoo List of Entomology Sites
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Entomology/
(assorted list of
entomological sites on the internet)
More Specific URLs
Ants: Myrmecology
http://members.aol.com/dinarda/ant/index.html
(information on ants,
references, and links to other sites)
Entomology on the Internet
http://members.aol.com/dinarda/ant/ento.htm
(a good site for colorful
information on entomology with an emphasis on ants and contains great
links and pictures)
Ant Exhibition: Living with Ants
http://133.25.20.32/Harvard/ANT_MC2.html
(a tour through the
Harvard University Museum of Natural History including pictures
and detailed descriptions of the life history of ants)
Ant Lions and Lacewings
The Antlion Pit - a doodlebug anthology
http://www.antlionpit.com
(everything
you would want to know about antlions including culture, art,
mythology, and more)
Neuroweb
http://entowww.tamu.edu/research/nruropterida/neuroweb.html
(information
on the order Neuroptera and links to other sites)
Bees
Gears - Bee Information
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/
(contains information on current research
at the Carl Haden Bee
Research Center and a variety of information and pictures on many species
of bees)
Beekeeping
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/bee.html
(information an keeping bees
from the University of
Washington)
Beetles
Glowworms
http://www.rfhsm.ac.uk:81/golly/glowworm.html
(pictures and description of
firefly larvae and adults)
Butterflies:
Monarch Watch
http://www.MonarchWatch.org
(a network of students, teachers, and
researchers interested in investigating and monitoring the annual
migration of Monarch butterflies. E-mail: monarch@falcon.cc.ukans.edu)
Butterflies of the United States
http://www.npsc.nbs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
(information and distribution maps of
American butterflies)
The Butterfly Web Site
http://mgfx.com/butterfly
(information on butterflies and butterfly
gardening)
Crickets and Grasshoppers
The Orthopterists Society
http://www.viceroy.eeb.uconn/OS_Homepage
(information on the
society and Orthroptera, great links to more entomology on the www)
Cockroaches
Cockroach World
http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/index.html
(a fun site with a wide range
of information on
cockroaches)
Hissers/Blattodea Culture Group
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/roach.html
(general information, rearing
instructions, pictures and links to other roach sites)
Dragonflies
British Dragonfly Society
http://www.rfhsm.ac.uk:81/golly/bds.html
(information on dragonflies and
links to many organizations and clubs)
Dragonflies
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/odonata.html
(information on dragonflies
and damselflies and links to other related sites on the web)
Flies
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/diptera.html
(great information on all of
the major fly families with many links to other sites with more information)
Mantids
Mantid Home Page
http://ns9000.furman.edu/~dksargen/PM.htm
(great pictures of mantids,
rearing information, good leads for general information, and insect
stories and facts)
Mosquitos
New Jersey Mosquitoes
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/njmos.htm
(wonderful section on
mosquito biology and sections on diseases vectored by mosquitoes)
Insects as Food
Fun Insect Ideas
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood1.htm
(creative
cooking to simulate eating insects i.e. using raisins or nuts in food)
Dr. Frog's Recipe Page
http://frog.simplenet.com/froggy/recipes.shtml
(cultural foods from
around the world that use insects)
Insect Recipes
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/insectsasfood.html
(collection of insect
recipes)
Archi McPhee Edibles
http://www.mcphee.com/edibles/index.html
(a fun site with insect candies
and other interesting things sold through the McPhee catalog)
More Insect Recipes
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood2.htm
(more
insect recipes)
General Insect Information
Amazing Insect Project
http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/SCHOOLS/groveland/insect.proj/insects.html
(networking among K-12 classes, lesson plans, and activities)
Book of Insect Records
http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~tjw/recbk.htm
(detailed facts on insect feats
and records)
Creepy Crawlies Bibliography
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/itl/1/creepy/index.html
(a bibliography of
entomology books for a variety of ages compiled by H. Mifflin)
Cultural Entomology Digest
http://www.insects.org
(a collection of current projects and educational
materials with lots of articles on insects in human culture including a
bibliography)
Entomation
http://members.aol.com/entomation/entomation.html
(entomation clip
art for the computer)
Insect Drawings
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/Entomology/insectgifs.html
(excellent pictures
and drawings of insects that were used as teaching tools at the University
of Illinois Department of entomology 50-60 years ago,
historical and great for teaching about insects)
Popular Classics in Entomology
http://www.Colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/readings.html
(a bibliography
of nontechnical books on the natural history of insects and the personal
experiences of the entomologists who work on them)
Young Entomologists' Society, Inc.
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/YES/YES.html
(includes information
about the club as well as interesting ideas and links to other sites).
Address: 1915 Peggy Place, Lansing MI 48910-2553; Phone/fax: 517-887-0499
E-mail: YESbugs@aol.com
Other Arthropods
American Tarantula Society Home Page
http://concentric.net/~Dmartin/ats/index.shtml
(information on ATS and
basic care for tarantulas)
Scorpion du jour
http://wrbu.si.edu/www/stockwell/du_jour/scorpion_du_jourt.html
(information and pictures of scorpions; scorpion-enthusiast mailing list)
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute
http://www.azstarnet.com/~sasi/
(information on SASI and
arthropods of the Sonoran Desert detailed with lots of pictures and a
nature trail)
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