Image Galleries, by Taxonomic Group
Blattodea (cockroaches)
- 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
Coleoptera (beetles)
- Aleocharine Staphylinid Image Database - the photographs, scanning electron micrographs, half-tone drawings and line drawings in this database are being accumulated as potential illustrations for a guide to the aleocharine genera of North America and Mexico
- An Illustrated Atlas of the Laemophloeidae Genera of the World - Illustrations of all the described laemophloeid genera (Coleoptera:Laemophloeidae), with notes on their distribution and number of species.
- Beetle Science - Virtual labs, virtual beetles, videos, carbon dust illustrations, and interactive science features.
- 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.
- Cerambycidae of Florida - Photographic atlas of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) of Florida, with an AutoMontage habitus photo of each species and a Florida distribution map.
- Cerambycids.com - images of nearctic and neotropical Cerambycidae
- Chilean Insects - Universidad Catolica, Chile. South American insect photographs with habitats, links to Chilean entomologists, checklists of Buprestidae and Tenebrionidae
- Coccinellidae of the Indian Subcontinent - images of common species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) found in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian region, and their natural enemies. An annotated checklist of the Indian fauna and an illustrated key to common Chilocorus species of India are also available.
- Common North American Arthropods - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
- Forest Insects and Their Damage - images from the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Slide Series [The Southern Extension and Research Activity-Information Exchange Group-12 SERA-IEG-12)]. Images may be used freely for non-profit educational purposes when accompanied by an appropriate copyright notice.
- Forest Pests of North America - integrated pest management PhotoCD series. Three hundred (300) images in Kodak Photo CD format that can be used to support and assist the implementation of forest IPM in the North America.
- Goliathus - Goliath beetles, some of the largest beetles on earth.
- Goliathus.com : Beetle Breeding Project - Beetle breeding site and image gallery of Cetonidae, Lucanidae, Dynastidae. Over 600 close-up photos of 120+ species of live insects.
- Goliathus.cz: Online entomological experiences and insect museum - Online insect museum of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, including bilateral gynandomorphs.
- Insect Field Collection Photos - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
- Lady beetle pictures - images of ladybird beetles
- Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region - taxonomy, biology, and macrophotography of longhorn beetles of the West Palaearctic region
- Nicrophorus Central - for all those whose research involves nicrophorine species (burying beetles) (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Taxonomy, photo gallery.
- Picture Gallery Of Carabid Beetles - pictures and videos of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) from Europe.
- Quaternary Entomology Laboratory - fossil insects. North Dakota State University
- Stag Beetles of Taiwan - Images, information, and links about stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and various other beetles of Taiwan
- Stored Product Insect Images Database - high quality images of Sitophilus, Tribolium and other stored product pests from the Biological Research Unit of the Grain Marketing and Production Research Center in Manhattan, Kansas.
- Stored Product Pest Images CD-ROM - CD-ROM containing 81 different images of stored product pests commonly encountered. Images are provided in three different sizes and resolutions: print quality, display for large audiences and web-optimized.
- Thais Entomology - two exhibits. Beautiful World of Butterflies and Shapes and Colors from the World of Beetles
- The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States - Contains species checklists, identification keys, species profiles and images, distributions in Florida and eastern U.S., and literature.
Collembola (springtails)
Dermaptera (earwigs)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Diptera (flies)
Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Hemiptera (true bugs)
Homoptera (aphids, scale insects, leafhoppers, cicadas)
- 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.
- 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.
- Insect Field Collection Photos - - - - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
- 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.
- MicroAngela - - - scanning electron microscope images of insects
- Periodical Cicada - Information on 1998 emergences of 17- and 13-year cicadas, with photos, sound samples, and brood distribution maps
Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, bees)
- 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.
- Chrysis.net - cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Image galleries, articles, research, hosts
- Common North American Arthropods - - - - - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
- European Pine Sawfly images
- HANABACHI Japanese Bee Image Database - Each record is composed of family, genus and species
(or subspecies), Japanese name, distribution data,
type locality, type depository, source of the original description,
synonymies, remarks, visiting or associated flowers, references, various
images and distribution map.
- Harlan's Big Bugtography Web Page - - photographs and observations about insects found in Iowa. Nontechnical.
- Insect Field Collection Photos - - - - - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
- Japanese Ants Image Database - taxonomy of Japanese ants
- Myrmecology - the scientific study of ants. Habitat, biology, image gallery, and recommended reading
- Symphytos - web forum for sawfly and horntail (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) workers
- The Ants of Cachoeira Nature Reserve - by Jochen H. Bihn. Information on ecology and taxonomy of ants from Cachoeira Nature Reserve, Brazil.
Isoptera (termites)
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)
- Atlas of caterpillars from Europe and Asia Minor - photos of caterpillars of butterflies and moths from Europe and Asia Minor
- 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.
- Borboletas GaÚchas - fotos de borboletas (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) de Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
- Butterflies and Moths - biology and ecology of butterflies and moths with basic information about differences between the two, hearing, communication
- Butterflies of North America - distributional data, thumbnails, and checklists
- Butterfly Info in the Netherlands and Surrounding Areas - brief description and plates of each Dutch butterfly species, as well as a literature listing and butterfly-related poems
- Butterfly Pictures - by Philip Greenspun
- Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
- CATE Sphingidae - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
- Caterpillars of La Selva - images of caterpillars in a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica
- Colour Atlas of the Siberian Lepidoptera - by Eduard Berlov
- Common North American Arthropods - - - - - - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
- Forest Insects and Their Damage - - images from the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Slide Series [The Southern Extension and Research Activity-Information Exchange Group-12 SERA-IEG-12)]. Images may be used freely for non-profit educational purposes when accompanied by an appropriate copyright notice.
- Forest Pests of North America - - integrated pest management PhotoCD series. Three hundred (300) images in Kodak Photo CD format that can be used to support and assist the implementation of forest IPM in the North America.
- Goliathus.cz: Online entomological experiences and insect museum - - Online insect museum of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, including bilateral gynandomorphs.
- Harlan's Big Bugtography Web Page - - - photographs and observations about insects found in Iowa. Nontechnical.
- Images of New Zealand Lepidoptera type specimens - combined multi-page checklist and image collection. Provides images of type speciemens for the vast majority of New Zealand Lepidoptera species.
- Images of the Furman University Collection of North American Lepidoptera
- Indian Butterflies - Basic photographic guide to the birds and butterflies found in India.
- Key to Butterflies of the Lake Baikal Region - almost 2000 high resolution full-color digital images of all 197 Baikalian species and many of its caterpillars and pupae. Includes pictured key to butterfly families and pictured keys to all species. Detailed information of every species (in Russian). HTML format for Macintosh or PC. First version 31 Dec 2001. Price: $30.00 US (incl. postage). For more information, contact olegberlov@narod.ru.
- Lepdiopterology.com - Butterfly and moth news, glossary, directory, electronic museum, almanac
- Lepibase - Butterflies of Europe. Author is Antti Roine from Finland. Includes high resolution photos of almost all European butterflies and many caterpillars as well as distribution maps.
- Lepidoptera Larvae (caterpillars) of Australia - images, biology, behavior and life history of over 1300 species, both butterflies and moths
- Lepidoptera.Net - butterflies of Georgia and butterflies and moths from around the world
- Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images - photographs of over 300 moth species from Ottawa, Canada
- Moth Photographers Group - Hosted by Mississippi Entomological Museum. Plates for both living moth photos and also for spread specimens, for more than 5,500 species found in North America. Collaborative effort among those who photograph moths with more than 200 contributors.
- Moths in a Connecticut Yard - photographs and comments on the various moths appearing in John Himmelman's yard in Connecticut
- Moths of North Dakota - identification guide, photos of adults and larvae
- Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Torticidae) of the Plum Brook NASA Station - photographs of the adult of 58 species along with male genitalia if needed for identification. Ohio, U.S.A.
- Schmetterlingsfotos auf CD - European Butterflies. Two PhotoCDs. CD 1: Nymphalida, Papilionidae, Pieridae. CD 2: Lycaenidae, Nemeobiidae, Danaidae, Satyridae.
- Thais Entomology - - two exhibits. Beautiful World of Butterflies and Shapes and Colors from the World of Beetles
- Tortricid.net - photo database of tortricid moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
- UKmoths - photographic database of moths in the UK displayed in their natural resting position. About 1500 of the 2400 UK moths are featured
- Web Images of North American Moth Species - links to images of over 3000 species
- Wisconsin Butterflies - Field guide with photos and maps for Wisconsin butterfly species.
- Woolly Bears: Arctiidae Caterpillars - tiger moth identification and rearing
Mantodea (mantids)
Mantophasmatodea (heelwalkers)
Mecoptera (scorpionflies and hangingflies)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Neuroptera (lacewings, ant lions, dobsonflies)
Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)
- 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 Odonata Found in Oregon - checklists, county record maps, photographs, links to Odonata sites, Odonata-related projects in Oregon, notes on commercial nymph harvesting for fishing bait, notes on dragonfly migrations
- Common North American Arthropods - - - - - - - - Extensive catalog of copyrighted high-resolution arthropod photographs.
- Digital Dragonflies - digital images of dragonflies with instructions on how to make your own
- Dragonflies and Damselflies of India - Photographic guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies found in India.
- Fossil Dragonflies - photos of fossil dragonflies
- Iowa Odonates - Dragonflies and Damselflies of Iowa. Photos, maps, and checklists of dragonflies and damselflies recorded in Iowa.
- Odonata Central - Searchable county level database to the dragonflies and damselflies of the south central U.S., including maps and photographs. Texas checklist.
- Ray Bruun Photography - Pictures of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies).
- Swedish Dragonflies - dragonfly photography, folklore, list of Swedish dragonflies, key, rearing information
- Wisconsin Dragonflies and Damselflies
Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)
Phasmida (stick insects)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Phthiraptera (lice)
- MicroAngela - - - - - scanning electron microscope images of insects
Plecoptera (stoneflies)
- American Stoneflies - Plecopteran photos
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
Psocoptera (psocids)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
- Insect Field Collection Photos - - - - - - - Arizona Crop Information photos 2000-2003
Siphonaptera (fleas)
- Fleas - (Siphonaptera) taxonomy, morphology, distribution, host-association and ecology, scanning electron micrographs. Hosted by Zoological Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- MicroAngela - - - - - - scanning electron microscope images of insects
Thysanoptera (thrips)
Trichoptera (caddisflies)
- BugGuide.Net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - community site with user-submitted images for identification, information on insect groups
General
- Agriculture Western Australia Insect Reference Collection Database - 250,000 specimens
- Animal Diversity Web: Insecta - large image gallery of insects as well as a few sounds.
- Arthropa - insects and other terrestrial arthropods. French
- BIODIDAC - some digital resources for biology teaching. Diagrams and images of insects
- Bug Pictures - high quality pictures of bugs, insects and spiders
- Bugs In Cyberspace - Pictures and information for various North American backyard bugs, and guides for keeping them in captivity.
- Bugscope - students control a scanning electron microscope to view insects over the web. From the University of Illinois
- California's Endangered Insects - exhibit at the Essig Museum of Entomology
- Cirrus Digital Imaging - high resolution digital photographs of butterflies, moths and other insects
- DPDx - identification and diagnosis of parasites of public health concern. Parasites and parasitic diseases, including an image library and a review of recommended diagnostic procedures. CDC
- eNature.com - species accounts with color photos of insects and spiders from the National Audubon Society Field Guide Series. Users can email photos and species accounts to friends and setup lifelists
- Entomology Image Gallery - from Iowa State University
- Entopathogenic Nematode Taxonomy - how to identify entomopathogenic nematodes
- Entopix Vol. 1 - over 1000 images and 7 video clips of plant parasitic arthropods and their natural enemies
- Exploring California Insects - web-based field guide to more than 700 insects with over 2000 photographs. Downloadable curriculum
- Florida Insect Photo Gallery - Florida State Collection of Arthropods
- Florida Vegetable Pest Photographic Gallery CD-ROMs - Three CD-ROMs in HTML format contain over 260 high quality images of vegetable pests and their damage. Pests are common to Florida. However, many are common throughout the U.S. and the world. Images are provided in three different sizes and resolutions: print quality, display for large audiences and web-optimized.
- Forest Pests of North America - image database from the Bugwood Network
- Forestry Images: The Source for Forest Health, Natural Resources & Silviculture Images - Forestry Images provides users with access to more than 62,000 quality, reviewed images on topics and subjects related to forests and ornamentals, and is operated by The Bugwood Network, University of Georiga’s taxonomic, relational database system. All images are available educational use at no-cost as long as appropriate credit is given. Insects are a significant portion of the images available, although Forestry Images also includes images on other forest pests and damage agents, trees and plants encountered in forests, silvicultural practices and urban forestry. The overall objective of Forestry Images is: to provide an accessible and easily used archive of high quality images related to forest health and silviculture, with particular emphasis on educational applications. Forestry Images is a global resource.
- Images of Goldenrod visitors - images of insect vistors to goldenrod (Solidago) and neighboring flowers
- Insect Drawings - drawn as a Works Progress Administration project during the Great Depression. From University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
- Insect Illustration - Scientific illustration of insects and other invertebrates.
- Insect Images - from the Clemson University-USDA joint project
- Insect Images: The source for entomology images - A fully-relational, taxonomically-based web information system operated by The University of Georgia Bugwood Network that makes over 24,000 quality images on a broad array of entomological subjects, subdisciplines, program types, damage symptoms and identification characteristics on more than 4,700 subjects available for download or other no-cost educational uses. The overall objective is to provide an accessible and easily used archive of high quality images related to insects and entomology, with particular emphasis on educational applications. Images are available from more than 80 countries and from across North America and are used in all levels of educational programs and uses.
- Insect Macrophotography - providing an intimate exposure to the behavioral wonders of insects.
- Insect Macrophotography by M. Plonsky - Very large collection of insect and spider images with lots of extreme closeups.
- Insect Photo Gallery - Virtual collection of various insects.
- Insect Photography Search - Search thousands of entomological images and species, all at one site. Browsing through the archive is free, and there are no access charges, registration requirements, or usage limits. It is a great source for reference or entertainment.
- Insect Photos From Southwest Michigan - by Mark Cassino
- Insects of Southeast Iowa - Photographic images of butterflies and other insects commonly found in southeast Iowa
- Macrophotography - photography of many European arthropods. Close-ups of heads and details for certain species. In French.
- Most Wanted Bugs - insect microscopy by Dennis Kunkel. Includes rap sheets.
- Nanoworld Image Gallery - scanning electron micrographs of insects
- Pan Photo - insect images. British Columbia, Canada
- Photo Album of Entomologists - photographs of over 100 entomologists from around the world
- Primary Type Specimen Database - insect primary types in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Data on more than 28,000 types, representing 29 orders, 565 families, and 7,578 genera of insects. It also includes high quality images of types. Virtually all types of Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Tettigoniidae, and a large portion of Formicidae.
- Public Health Image Library - includes images, illustrations and animations of insects of medical importance
- South African Insect Photography - Non-commercial site with many photographs and articles on South African insect life
- Spiders in Australia - pictures and information about spiders found in Queensland, Australia
- Spiders in Northwestern Europe - pictures of over 100 species and information about spiders
- Thailand's Amazing Insects - over 1800 photographs of insects from Northern Thailand; audio files of insect sounds; video clips of insects in their natural surroundings; articles on insects in Thailand and Thai culture, the results of a survey on Thai people's attitudes to insects, insects in Thai proverbs, insects on Thai postage stamps
- The Virtual Insectary - pictures of insects with links to their food plants and habitats
- UIUC Entomology Insect Illustrations - Provides around 20 illustrations of various insects.
- Uniramous Arthropods Exhibit - at the UC-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
- Veterinary Parasitology Images Gallery - Arthropoda:Insecta and Acari. Arthropods of medical veterinary importance. Built along Marcelo de Campos Pereira's professional career as veterinary parasitologist and amateur photographer
- Veterinary Parasitology Images Gallery - Arthropoda:Insecta and Acari. Arthropods of medical veterinary importance. Built along Marcelo de Campos Pereira's professional career as veterinary parasitologist and amateur photographer
- Wildlife and Macro Photography - Images of Insects - Boris Krylov's photographs of insects and other wildlife.
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