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Behavior and Ecology, by Taxonomic Group

Blattodea (cockroaches)

• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - Ohio State University
• MaHiRoSi - An open source roach simulator written in freebasic. Just three species and a bunch of sprites right now but hoping to grow.
• 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.

Coleoptera (beetles)

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• World Educational Films - entomological videos documenting life histories and parasitic hymenoptera. Some clips available online

Diptera (flies)

• Asilidae predator-prey database - a database containing more than 11,000 prey records of robber flies taken from the scientific literature
• 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.
• Flybrain: Drosophila nervous system database - atlas and database of the Drosophila nervous system
• 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 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.
• Volucella - international journal on taxonomy, ecology, and faunistics of palearctic Syrphidae (Diptera)

Hemiptera (true bugs)

• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• 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.

Homoptera (aphids, scale insects, leafhoppers, cicadas)

• 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.
• Cicada Mania - sightings, videos, sounds, and news
• Cicadas of Michigan - sounds, photos and a key
• Massachusetts Cicadas - Website of an amateur of the Massachusetts annual cicada enthusiast
• Periodical Cicada - Information on 1998 emergences of 17- and 13-year cicadas, with photos, sound samples, and brood distribution maps
• 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 Periodical Cicada - overview of periodical cicada and current research
• TYMBAL - the Auchenorrhyncha website. Cicadas, spittlebugs, leafhoppers, treehoppers and planthoppers.

Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, bees)

• 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.
• Hawaiian Ant Group - invasive ants in the Hawaiian Islands. Welcomes participation and discussion from persons with other island/invasive ant experiences.
• Non-native ants: invasive and exotic species - biology and geographic distributions of invasive ants, as well as other exotic species that may become invasive
• 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
• 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.
• 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.

Isoptera (termites)

• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - - - - - - Ohio State University

Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)

• Almond Moth Bibliography - Bibliography of Ephestia cautella (Walker)
• Atlas of caterpillars from Europe and Asia Minor - photos of caterpillars of butterflies and moths from Europe and Asia Minor
• 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.
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• DPLEX-L - a discussion list for Monarch Watch participants and those interested in monarchs and monarch migration
• HOSTS - database of hostplants for rearing Lepidoptera
• Michigan Lepidoptera Survey - documenting Michigan moths, butterflies and skippers. Includes checklist
• 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
• Pherolist - database of sex pheromones of lepidoptera and related attractants by families/subfamilies/tribes, genus, species, or chemical component
• 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 Manduca Project - student explorations of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta
• Woolly Bears: Arctiidae Caterpillars - tiger moth identification and rearing

Neuroptera (lacewings, ant lions, dobsonflies)

• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - - - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.

Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)

• 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.
• Meetings and Events of Interest to Odonatists - meetings of dragonfly and damselfly enthusiasts
• Odonata Information Network

Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)

• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - - - - - - - - Ohio State University
• 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.
• How Grasshoppers Jump - by W.J. Heitler
• 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.
• 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.

Thysanoptera (thrips)

• 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.

Zoraptera (angel insects)

• Zoraptera - Tree of Life

General

• 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.
• Book of Insect Records - fastest flier, longest life cycle, most heat tolerant, etc.
• 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.
• 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
• Noldus Information Technology - software for behavioural research, motion and image analysis
• 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.
• Pherobase - database of insect pheromones and semiochemicals
• The Kansas School Naturalist

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