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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.

Aphids of Karnataka - Compilation of fact sheets on the aphid fauna of Karnataka, providing diagnostic and biological information for about 65 species along with colour photographs and line drawings to facilitate easy field identification
Australian Faunal Directory - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
Bibliography of Tobacco and Silverleaf Whitefly - searchable and downloadable
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - Ohio State University
BugGuide.Net - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
Checklist of Cicadas North of Mexico
Checklists and Keys to Australian Planthoppers - (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhynca). From New South Wales Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit.
Cicada Mania - sightings, videos, sounds, and news
Cicadas of Michigan - sounds, photos and a key
Common North American Arthropods - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
Frost Entomological Museum - 700,000 specimens. Pennsylvania State
Greenbug-L - topics related to greenbug, Schizaphis graminum L. biology and management. Managed by Tom Royer (rtom@okway.okstate.edu), Oklahoma State University
Hemiptera - Tree of Life
Hforest - Hypermedia Forest Insect and Disease Knowledgebase and Diagnosis.
Insect Field Collection Photos - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
Insect Sounds from the Forests of Northern Thailand - crickets, cicadas, and even a sampling of "the blessed silence when the cicadas have stopped"
Kids' Cicada Hunt - follow two young brothers as they hunt for cicada nymphs, watch cicadas shed their skins, discover cicada predators, and try to solve cicada mysteries.
Leafhoppers - classification and biology of leafhoppers and their relatives. Directory of leafhopper specialists. Key to major groups.
Massachusetts Cicadas - Website of an amateur of the Massachusetts annual cicada enthusiast
MicroAngela - scanning electron microscope images of insects
New Zealand Arthropod Collection - 6.5 million specimens. New Zealand and pacific islands fauna
North Carolina State University Insect Collection - 1.1 million specimens. Emphasis on North Carolina insects and worldwide Homoptera
Periodical Cicada - Information on 1998 emergences of 17- and 13-year cicadas, with photos, sound samples, and brood distribution maps
Phantastic Songs of the SE Asian Cicadas - mainly from Thailand and Malaysia
ScaleNet - comprehensive information on the scale insects of the world, including queriable information on their classification, nomenclatural history, distribution, hosts, and literature
sci.bio.entomology.homoptera - a homoptera discussion group on Usenet
Singing Insects of North America - to enable users to identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico
Snow Entomological Research Collection - 4.1 million specimens. University of Kansas Natural History Museum
Songs of Cicadas - from Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia
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.
University of Michigan Musem of Zoology, Insect Division - one of the largest university insect collections in North America with 4.5 million specimens. Especially Odonata, Orthoptera, Acari, Coleoptera, and Homoptera
University of Minnesota Insect Collection - 3.3 million specimens
Xylella fastidiosa - University of California-Berkely. Plant diseases caused by the insect-transmitted bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Included are descriptions of the diseases by geography and plant host, vectors and transmission, news, contacts, and references.