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Insects of West Virginia - Thumbnail galleries assist in identification. Species pages typically include several photographs, plus life history information. This growing site currently focuses on Beetles, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, and Treehoppers.
Macro photo gallery - Macro photo gallery of insects, spiders and other arthropods.
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.
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.
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.
Eversmannia - Entomological Research in Russia and adjacent regions - A Russian-language entomological journal, some issues are available in pdf format.
Brown Recluse Spider - information, pictures and links - Information about the brown recluse spider and its ecology. The site is of scientific nature focusing on information from peer reviewed sources.

Physiology, Biochem., Toxicology, Mol. Biology, by Content Type

Bibliographies

Colorado Potato Beetle Bibliography - about 500 references devoted to the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say
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.

CD-ROM

Global Insecticide Directory - includes biological control agents

Databases

Flybase - database of the Drosophila genome, Indiana University mirror
Mosquito and Moth Cell Lines - cell culture availability database

Directories

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.

Image Galleries

Electron Microscopy of Drosophila Polytene Chromosomes
German Cockroach Mutants - from the Genetic Stock Center for the German cockroach at Virginia Tech

Integrated Pest Management

Laboratory for Pest Control Application Technology - multidisciplinary 5-department, 20-member team focused on developing a better understanding of toxin delivery processes, optimizing pest control systems and reducing human and environmental exposure.

Journals and Newsletters

Resistance Pest Management Newsletter - from the Center for Integrated Plant Systems (CIPS)

Mailing Lists

Electrophy - discussion of insect electophysiology. To subscribe, send a message to electrophy-request@quasimodo.versailles.inra.fr with body text "join". Maintained by marion@versailles.inra.fr.
MICROSAT - exists to exchange information on microsatellite marker investigations for arthropod species

Pesticides

Global Insecticide Directory - - includes biological control agents

Professional Societies

Society for In Vitro Biology - the invertebrate section of the SIVB is devoted to research in vitro using invertebrate cells to study problems concerning growth, development, toxicology, parasites and pathogens, molecular analyses, mass rearing for bioproduction of biological products and insect control

Research Programs

Ephemeroptera Genomics - at the Whiting Lab, Brigham Young University
Laboratory for Pest Control Application Technology - - multidisciplinary 5-department, 20-member team focused on developing a better understanding of toxin delivery processes, optimizing pest control systems and reducing human and environmental exposure.

Software

Ldp Line - program devoted to calculate probit analyses according to Finney (1972), used to illustrate relationship between stimulus and response in biological and toxicological studies

General

Woyke Honey Bee Page - describes genetic expression of body color in different species of honey bees. Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland.