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Blattodea (cockroaches), by Content Type

Bibliographies

Australian Faunal Directory - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
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.

CD-ROM

Myths and Science of Cricket Chirps - hissing cockroach and cricket chirping

Checklists

Australian Faunal Directory - - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
Checklist of the Orthopteroid Orders of Oklahoma

Databases

Blattodea Species File Online - A comprehensive, up-to-date taxonomic database of world cockroaches.
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.

Image Galleries

Allpet Roaches - Cockroaches of the world. Rearing information. Photographs of many species
BugGuide.Net - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Cockroach Home Page - by Joseph Kunkel. Includes cockroach FAQ
Cockroach Images CD-ROM - CD-ROM containing 60 different images of cockroaches commonly encountered or found in culture. Images are provided in three different sizes and resolutions: print quality, display for large audiences and web-optimized.
German Cockroach Mutants - from the Genetic Stock Center for the German cockroach at Virginia Tech
MicroAngela - scanning electron microscope images of insects

Professional Societies

Blattodea Culture Group - The BCG was originally formed in 1986 with the aim of encouraging the study of world cockroaches. Its full colour journal, Cockroach Studies, publishes contributions ranging from non-technical articles about how to rear cockroaches in captivity, reports on collecting trips, etc; to more scientific papers about the biology, ecology and taxonomy of cockroaches.

Software

3-D Insects - Virtual models of insects using the virtual reality modeling language.
MaHiRoSi - An open source roach simulator written in freebasic. Just three species and a bunch of sprites right now but hoping to grow.

Sounds

Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics - Ohio State University
Myths and Science of Cricket Chirps - - hissing cockroach and cricket chirping

Video

3-D Insects - - Virtual models of insects using the virtual reality modeling language.
Insects in Motion - Quicktime video clips of various insects showing feeding behavior and life stage development, including a bee stinging

General

Blattaria - Tree of Life
How to Care for Pet Cockroaches
The Cockroach Forum - Discussion forum about cockroaches.
Veterinary Entomology - biological information on various insect parasites of animals and to some extent humans. Tsetse flies, tabanids, screwworm, fleas and cockroaches