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Insect websites
Links
| Insects on WWW | a massive list of over 6000 URL's |
| Insects at Yahooligans | wide-ranging list broken down into insect groups |
| Insects Hotlist | links on many angles- a good starting point |
| Entomology sites | from the University of Kentucky Entomology Department & Extension Service |
| Entomology Index of Internet Resources | Iowa State University directory of insect-related Internet resources. |
| Natural Selection | The UK's gateway to high quality internet resources relating to the natural world |
| Creepy Crawlie Resources on the Web | from Gander Academy info plus pictures, teaching resources and links |
| Max Eigenstart | Dutch site with loads of links |
| Diogene's insect links | Wide ranging collection in French |
Asia
| Chiang Mai's insect museum | an amazing private collection from all over the world |
| Indonesian Insects | by Agusyanto Hasan, an Indonesian dealer |
| Insects of Thailand | a few photos of some interesting insects and spiders from National Parks (text in Thai) |
| Forest insect interest group | info from Thai Forestry Department |
| CITES Listed Insects | complete list of Thai protected species |
| Insects are natural resources too | short article in Thai |
| Thai Bug | species diversity of freshwater bugs from Nam Nao National Park (in Thai) |
| Things insect traders should know | be warned ! |
| Protected insects, insect conservation and regulations | Thai Royal Forest Department |
| Insects in Thai postage stamps | insect Postage Stamps |
| Thai Insects Postage Stamps | insect Postage Stamps to publicise and to promote the conservation of endangered Thai insects. |
| Insects in Thai Culture | Thai Royal Forest Department page (featuring a dancing insects) |
| Thai scorpion FAQ | |
| Forest pests | list in English, details in Thai |
| Forest Department images | pictures of a few butterflies, caterpillars and some other insects as well as their habitat |
| Bug World | tropical Malaysian insects: 'Swan song' of a lifetime bug collector |
| Japanese Mantids Site | |
| Stag Beetles of Taiwan | a site about stag Beetles of Taiwan |
| Korean stag beetles | site in Korean (presumably) |
| Cicadas of South-East Asia and the West Pacific | summary of an interesting research paper |
| In harmony with neighbouring insects and spiders | Japanese site: bugs in Japan's culture , pictures and info on common spiders and photos of webs |
| Thailand Black Tarantula | in case you're thinking of rearing your own |
| A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders | by Joseph K H Koh -excellent profiles of many species |
| Ecology Asia | articles, news and links related to Southeast Asia's wildlife, ecology and environment |
| Asia Odonata Site | browsable database of photos taken around Asian countries nd other sources of information |
| F.B. Magpie Homepage | Wayne Hsu's Butterfly, Moth and Beetle Photo Gallery (Taiwan) |
| KI's Homepage | check-a-lists' and photos of some Asian beetles |
| thaibugs.com | Insect photos by a guy who thinks pixels are a kind of leprechaun and doesn't know a Zygaenid from an aardvark. Forget it. |
| Welcome to the Critters Page | some Hong Kong moths and beetles |
| Thailand's tropical insects | photographed around that well-known centre of insect life, Bangkok, by Winston Wu |
| Biosystematics of Insects from Thailand | professor Ole A. Sĉther of particular interest to someone who can read Norwegian |
| Johnny Koh's album | ome really excellent pictures of Singapore bugs |
| A new species of Thai mosquito | good news for all mosquito lovers |
| Critters' Page | David Mohn's Hong Kong insects |
| Save butterfly | Thai butterfly lovers group (in Thai) |
| Update insects of Thailand | rich site by Kosol Charernsom (Kasetsart University) |
| Khao Chong Forest insect ecology research project | Role of Host Plant Specificity and Spatial Dynamics in the Biodiversity of a Tropical Herbivore Guild ie who eats what |
| Exotic butterflies | Oleg Kosterin has some nice pictures of butterflies from Thailand and elsewhere |
| Felix Lin's Taiwanese insects | excellent picture gallery |
| Some Thai Odonata | pictures from a trip to several national Parks in January 2000 |
Europe
| Russian Insects | Database includes type, locality, synonyms, range, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology |
| The Garden Safari | delightful Dutch site featuring the Heineken fly (I'm looking forward to seeing the Carlsberg fly too) |
| Edinburgh Butterfly and insect world | See their live animal collection next time you're in Scotland |
| Spiders of NW Europe | a reassuring site for arachnophobes |
| Beetles of Europe | over 1000 pictures by Mr Hasek |
| Odonata of Europe | another of Mr Hasek's sites |
Americas
| Insectarium de Montreal | Guide to the museum plus articles |
| Virtual exhibit on Canada's Biodiversity | |
| Featured creatures | This site provides in-depth profiles of insects, mites, nematodes, and other organisms from the University of Florida |
| Elytra & Antenna | dedicated to those enthusiasts who love Beetles,Walking Sticks, Grasshoppers, Mantids, and other insects |
| The Bugwood Network | University of Georgia pages mainly about pests |
| Singing Insects of North America | o enable users to identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico |
| Stinging Insects in the Garden | grammatically ambiguous but entomologically interesting |
| Bug Guide | Identification, Images, & Information For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin For the United States & Canada |
| Forest pests | know your enemy |
| North American insects and spiders | catalog of over 4,000 high-resolution close-up pictures of live, wild insects |
| American Insects, Spiders and other Arthropods | photo galleries of insects of different parts of America, including Vietnam |
| Insects of the USA | field guides from enature.com with useful pictures of a wide range of insects |
| Nomina Insecta Nearctica | a complete synonymical checklist of the 90,000 species of insects of North America |
Australia
| AICN Home page | Australian Insects Common Names |
| Insects & Things | pictures culled from various sources including the famous Witchety Grub |
| Australian Spider and Insect Bites | only three Australian spiders have bites which alone are capable of causing death. I guess that's meant to sound reassuring |
| Insekten Australiens | good pictures of termite mounds including Magnetic Termite mounds which are aligned in a north-south direction |
| Spiders | some nice projects by a class of 10 year old children |
| Brisbane Insects and Spiders | a very nice site full of pictures and info from the Chew family |
| Insects and spiders of New Zealand/Aotearoa | |
| Australian museum fact sheets | quite useful for a small selection of insects and spiders |
| Insect reference collection database | lots ofpictures |
| Australian National Insect Collection | all about it |
| Conservation and Biodiversity of Australian Insects | from the Australian museum |
| Western Australia Department of Agriculture | over 100,000 specimens in the database and massive collection of pictures |
Insects in
general
| Big Big Bugs Exhibit | from the Pacific Science Center |
| Bugbios: insects in human culture | fascinating topic from a great site |
| Bugbios: entomological database of very cool bugs | informative and really well designed |
| The Minibeast world of insects and spiders | sponsored by the Young Entomologists Society |
| The Wonderful world of insects | mega site packed with info pictures and links from the University of Exeter |
| U of Florida book of insect records | the biggest, fastest, weirdest etc |
| Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net | invaluable links to singing cicadas and others |
| U of Arizona Arthropoda | taxonomic info, images and references |
| Bioquip Products | equipment supplies and books for entomology |
| Entomology at Iowa State University | image gallery, zoo, pest management info and more |
| Animals of the rainforest | lots of good insects pictures and info |
| Virginia Tech Entomology | undergraduate lectures beautifully presented notwithstanding |
| Nearctica insects main page | masses of info and pictures |
| The Virtual Insectary | images of some common insects, information on the foods they eat and the habitats where they can be found |
| Smithsonian: Entomology | huge collection of searchable databases |
| Insecta | Images and info form The Entomological Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. |
| Insecta Inspecta World | join our Insecta Inspecta team and enter the amazing world of insects! |
| University of Kentucky Department of Entomology | includes excellent sections for kids |
| Alien Empire | big hi tech multimedia site |
| Aerodynamics of insects | from the Aeronautics Internet Textbook |
| Bugbios | "shameless promotion of insect appreciation" |
| Forensic Entomology | an introduction to how insects can help in crime solving |
| Buggy software | Insect and Insect-Related Software from the U of Florida |
| Colorado State Entomology Page | extensive links plus information on entomological meetings, jobs, publication and various insect images |
| The Natural History Museum The British Museum | impressive site with bookshop, picture library and educational materials |
| Bug identification | an "experimental" online key which aids in the identification of adult insects to order level. |
| Insect orders | excellent overview of insect taxonomy. |
| Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight | Cape Town Museum many interesting insect articles and images |
| U. of Florida insect pages | lots of help in identifying insects |
| A list of migratory insects | from University of Toronto |
| Giant insects | Impressive beetles and other specimens for sale from around the world |
| Arthropod.net | variety of beetle specimens for sale |
| Systematic Entomology | masses of resources |
| California Academy of Sciences: Entomology | |
| Insect jokes | 'what did the earwig say as it fell off the cliff?' and even more sophisticated ones |
| More bug and insect jokes | |
| Bug animations | |
| Insect cartoons | |
| Entomological Christmas Cards | also Hasti-notes and Insect Awareness Posters |
| Peregrine Productions | coloured insect identification plates. |
| Amateur Entomologists' Society Homepage | |
| Songs of Crickets and Katydids of the Mid-Atlantic States | digitally mastered audio CD |
| Songs of Crickets and Grasshoppers from Japan | with Realaudio sound and pictures |
| Terra Typica | German site with many pictures and biological info |
| Wings & Things | includes field guide, rearing guides and beautiful illustrations |
| Entomology- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station | very rich site, especially good for butterflies and dragonflies |
| The Xerces Society | dedicated to protecting biological diversity through invertebrate conservation |
| French entomology | an amazing collection of nearly 2000 photos mainly of lepidoptera and coleoptera. |
| Laurent Lecerf's Amateur Entomologist home page | see some nice animations |
| Koday's Kids Amazing Insects! | lots of kids' oriented info and pictures |
| That Gunk On Your Car | this must win the prize for the most disgusting insect-related site on the net |
| Insecta | Il Primo Portale in Italia dedicato ad Insetti e Ragni - nice photos |
| Social Insects Web | scientific papers, images and databases |
| killer insects | the detrimental affects of venomous insects |
| Movies of Insects and their Relatives | from Colorado State University |
| Biocontrol Network | biocontrol issues and questions |
| Insects and Caves | tiger beetles and cave insects |
| Hein Bijlmakers, Home Page | insect anatomy and metamorphosis |
| Clemson University CE sheets | a wide range of insect related topics |
| Books on entomology | amazing selection |
| Insectnet | "a convenient, low cost forum for entomologists, insect collectors, insect hobbyists, traders, and dealers" |
| Arthropod Trivia | |
| British Entomological and Natural History society | gets my prize for the least accessible insect site |
| Intraspecific Sexual Mimicry in Insects | |
| Insectclopedia | species, habitat, control and lots more |
| Scientific illustrations by Stephanie Korschun | impressive |
| Skap's bug stamps | over 3300 bug stamps online |
| Insect photo gallery | a virtual insect collection |
Insect behaviour
| Intraspecific Sexual Mimicry in Insects | |
| Secret of Firefly's Light Show Is Illuminated | For centuries, firefly enthusiasts have asked, "How do they do that?" Scientists may finally have found the answer. |
| First All-Female Species Discovered | imagine a female-only world where all newborns are clones of their mothers |
| Female Promiscuity | a subject of interest to many |
| Migrating Monarch Butterfly | these insects fly distances of up to 2200 miles |
| Insect migration | links from the Radar Entomology website |
| Migration and Dispersal of Insects and Other Biota | |
| Monarch Watch (University of Kansas) | |
| Monarchs and Migration (Science Museum of Minnesota) | |
| Desert Locust Information Service | information on this major pest whose migrations span two continents |
| Australian Plague Locust Commission | Locust control and research in Australia |
| Why do fireflies flash? | fascinating firefly flashing facts |
| Insect behavior and chemical ecology lab | U. of California Riverside, outlines of research |
Photography
| Pan Photo | virtual insect safari |
| Photovalet | masses of pictures by Werner Krutein |
| insecta | Finnish site with lots of nice pictures |
| Entomolgoy Image Gallery | Iowa State University |
| Nelson Ned Bohart Insect Photograph | stunning pictures |
| Insects featured on postage stamps | some surprisingly ( for the non philatelist) interesting info and pictures |
| Oklahoma State University | Image Resources for Entomology |
| A Special Technique for Photographing Small Creatures | useful tips from W. Tracy Parnell |
| W.Tracy Parnell photography | xxcellent pictures of butterflies and other insects plus tips on macrophotography |
| Mark Cassino's photo Galleries | some stunning insect pictures |
| Simard photo | lots of insect pictures and discussion of techniques |
| Dave Britton's insect Photos | many good pictures, mostly from Australia |
| 3-D INSECTS - Alexei Sharov | virtual Insects. CAVE Insects. Stereoscopy. |
| Steve Hoffman's amazing insect macro pictures | |
| Hawaian insect photos | |
| Robert Thompson's photography | includes dragonflies, butterflies, moths and caterpillars |
| Troy's Photo Gallery | lots of excellent pictures of insects and spiders from the Americas |
| Nature Photo Index | huge collection of links |
| Agricultural Research Service information | |
| DLC Photography | superb macro pictures of tiny bugs plus technical info |
| Nature Photographers Net | stunning wildlife pictures including insect macros |
| Poul Beckman's stunning coleoptera images | an amazing collection of studio pictures |
| macrophoto.com | beautiful macro pictures by Jan van Bodegraven |
| The Entomology Department at Virginia Tech | collection of video clips |
| SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS | awesome |
| Insects! Photography, Facts, & Neurobiology. | |
| Nelson Bohart Bug Gallery, insect photography | interestingly arranged under camouflage, mimicry, pollination etc |
| Insect Photography of Ken Whedbee | |
| Dima Fisher Arthropoda Photography Page | some impressive real close-ups |
| Roger Eritja's place in the web | stunning pictures of insects and technical information about macrophotography |
| The Nanoworld Homepage! | amazing electron microscope photography |
| Insect Photography from 'Environmental Issues' | |
| thaibugs.com | strictly for connoisseurs of out of focus badly composed photographs |
| Dennis Kunkel Microscopy and Stock Photography | |
| Randy Emmitt Nature Photography! | superb photos include many butterflies, dragonflies and beetles plus helpful biological info |
| Simard Photo | sensational pictures of insects in flight and interesting Frenglish. |
| Brantacan Nature Photo Galleries | some good photographs of a range of insects with interesting scientific observations |
| Photographing Insects | from PhotographyTips.com |
| insect photos from About Environmental issues | |
| ГАЛЕРЕЯ НАСЕКОМЫХ | insect gallery from Russia |
| Wildlife and natural history images and video | by FotoGrafica |
| Insect Photo Gallery | a wide range of insect pictures from Scott Camazine |
| Digital Video Clips | Urban, Agricultural and Forest Pests and Beneficial Insects |
| Common North American Arthropods | a catalog of over 700 high - resolution close-up digital photographs |
| Insects in Motion | Virginia Tech collection of video clips of insects feeding and life stage development |
| Butterfly pictures | Free Butterfly Pictures |
Insect sounds
| Insects and bug sounds | sound effects for sale |
| Insect sounds | Doug Von Gausig's gallery of wav files Iowa State Entomology Index: Insect Sounds |
| Iowa State Entomology Index: Insect Sounds | lots of good links |
| Bug Bytes | 70 amazing insect sounds |
| Biohaven's insect resources | small gallery of sounds |
| Matija's Bioacoustic pages | some wonderful Asian and Slovenian cicada sounds including one from Doi Suthep |
| Singing Insects of North America | identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico by the sounds they make |
| INSECT SOUND WORLD | SONGS OF CRICKETS AND KATYDIDS FROM JAPAN |
| Cicada songs from Borneo | some great sound files and sonograms |
| Songs of Crickets and Katydids of the Mid-Atlantic States | digitally mastered audio CD |
| Songs of Crickets and Grasshoppers from Japan | songs of crickets and grasshoppers in japan with Realaudio sound and pictures |
| wildlife sounds at thaisounds.com | birds, insects, mammals, frogs, tuk-tuks and toilets |
Particular
insects
Beetles
| Homepage to the Asian Ladybird Beetle | all about the discovery of the insect in Pensylvania |
| Coleoptera | lots of taxonomic info |
| www.coleoptera.org | huge range of resources plus Coleoptera discussion list etc |
| Czech coleoptera | Beetle breeding pages |
| Jewel Beetles | |
| Beetles Online | The Coleopterist Home Page by Maurizio Gigli |
| Family SCARABAEIDAE | an educational web site dedicated to scarab beetles |
| Shapes and colors from the world of beetles | |
| Illustration of beetles by D.R.Maddison | very nice watercolours |
| Jewel Beetles | designed for the amateur entomologist, with information for collectors and photographers, and links to other beetles pages |
| Stag Beetles of Taiwan | collecting methods, breeding and rearing, and conservation |
| Dung Beetle Hub | a must for the dung beetle enthusiast |
| Tiger Beetle World | information about tiger beetle biology, ecology, identification, and more |
| The Carabus | morphology, habitat and systematics of this genus with photos |
| World Water Beetle Collection & Research Center | the Vienna Natural History Museum houses the world's most comprehensive collection of water beetles |
| Clemson University anthropod collection | virtual museum |
| Stag Beetle Helpline | 24/7 helpline for stage beetles in trouble |
| Cerambycinae | informative site on Malaysian beetles |
| beetle breeding and insect museum | |
| Exotic coleoptera | gallery with good pictures; text impenetrable unless you understand Czech |
| Goliathus | gallery, news, breeding list and links |
Cicadas
| Cicada mania | news pictures articles and postcards all cicada related |
| Cicada songs from South East Asia | acoustic samples in wav, au and mp3 format |
| Phantastic songs of the S.E. Asian cicadas | |
| Cicadas of South-East Asia and the West Pacific | Institute for Biodiversity, Zoological Museum Amsterdam |
| Cicada sounds form New Jersey | |
| Cicada sounds from Slovenia | |
| Cicada songs from Borneo | some great sound files and sonograms |
| Cicadaville | how cicadas are poised to take over the world |
| Massachusetts Cicadas | dedicated to the Study of the Cicadas of Massachusetts and New England |
| Cicadas of the Mid Atlantic | maps, reports, info on cicadas that are not afraid to get their feet wet |
| Cincinatti cicada page | cicada events, cicada jokes, limericks, recipes, 17 uses for a dead cicada, in fact everything |
| Cicada cartoons | by Jim Borgman |
| Cicadae in Japan | list, photos, songs |
| Cicada pictures | what it says, plus lots of info |
| Japanese Auchenorrhyncha Image Gallery | excellent images of planthoppers, leafhoppers, cicadas and spittlebugs from Japan, Sabah and South America |
| Cicada central | designed to be a center for the exchange of scientific information concerning cicadas of the world |
Grasshoppers, mantids and stick insects
| Mantis online | German site- "Translation is still in work... " |
| An Illustrated Catalog of Orthoptera | complete taxonomic and synonymic catalog of the superfamily Tettigonioidea |
| Orthoptera Species File Online | a complete taxonomic database of the orthopteroid insects (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids etc.) of the world. |
| Praying mantids site | |
| Phasmids in Cyberspace | |
| Bruno's Phasmids | a French site with info on rearing stick insects |
| Sticklist | Stick Insects Mailing List |
| Katydids | An interactive key to Katydids of La Selva, Costa Rica |
| Orthoptera Species File Online | |
| Amazing Grasshopper Facts | excellent collection of grasshopper facts, poems and recipes but music needs a health warning |
| Russian grasshoppers and crickets | |
| Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West | U of Wyoming electronic "grasshopper encyclopedia" |
| Orthoptera Species File | taxonomic database of the world's orthopteroid insects |
dragonflies
| ODONATOLOGY WEBSITE | great dragonfly info, pictures and links |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies | George at Hanslope, UK helpful descriptions and help with id |
| Worldwide Dragonfly Association | News, database and links |
| Oregon Dragonfly and damselfly survey: links | 400 plus other interesting pages |
| Odonata pictures | also lots of info especially of Australian and New Zealand |
| British Dragonfly Society | checklist, news, online booklets and more |
| Hong Kong Dragonflies | |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies of India | run by F. K. Kakkassery |
| Dragonflies at Hiroshima University | |
| Odonata of Japan | |
| Odonatology | Ppctures, articles, links and an animated Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans) |
| University of Puget Sound | masses of info, pictures and resources mainly on the Americas |
| Ode News | newsletter about dragonflies and damselflies in southern New England |
| Damsels and Dragons - the Insect Order Odonata | |
| CALIFORNIA DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES | |
| Digital dragonfly museum | excellent pages with great pictures, info and video |
| Dragonflyblue WebRing | for dragonfly lovers -for natural history, dragonfly experiences, poetry and graphics |
| Roy Beckemeyer's Odonata Page | miscellaneous info, biodiversity, US dragonflies and damselflies, links |
| Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata Information Network | guides and useful links to other sites in the field and a Web based taxonomic key of North American dragonflies |
| International dragonfly fund | includes world species list |
| Dragonfly Ireland | Excellent pictures and descriptions make this my favourite dragonfly site and the pictures are unrivalled |
| Digital dragonfly museum | based in Texas |
others
| Malaysian fireflies | "Fireflies is synonymous with Kuala Selangor" |
| Lantern bugs | from Animals of the Rainforest |
| CyberBee | all about bees and beekeeping |
| Allpet Roaches (Blattodea) | for the roach enthusiast; "the aspiration of the author is to provide info and photos on all the roach species available in the hobby." |
| Robber flies | all you could ever want to know about them and a lot more besides |
| Robber fly pictures | see them in their full glory |
| Leaf & Stick, Lice, Mantids | a useful collection of resources |
| Control of Lice on Humans | Outbreaks of lice on humans are historically associated with periods of social upheaval, such as wars.... |
| Lice pictures | human head lice head close-up and other exciting pictures of lice |
| Mosquito Movies | video clips of various mosquito behaviors |
| Ant colony | The definitive source for ant enthusiasts |
| Termites in cyberspace | including the beneficial uses of termites |
| Australian ants online | "No one can live in or visit Australia without having personal contact with ants"- another reason to stay away? |
| The Cockroach homepage | including recent articles by cockroaches |
| The world of Hoverflies (Syrphidae) | Bastiaan Wakkie's site with photos, checklists, range maps, keys, and resources for hoverflies (Syrphidae) around the world |
| Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae | 'A site about true bugs' |
Arachnids
| A Wolf in the shadows | The Largest Wolf Spider Resource On The Internet |
| Scorpion photos | many species from the US, Mexico and Africa |
| Scorpion cartoons from Brazil | great fun for those who want to see the lighter side of scorpions |
| Singapore scorpion page | lots of info and pictures |
| Scorpions from the Chihuahuan Desert Region of Mexico | and ...the United States (some are suspected of entering illegally) |
| THE ARACHNOLOGY HOME PAGE | The Arachnological Hub of the World Wide Web |
| Kari Mc West's site | checklist of scorpion fauna of the USA |
| Scorpion du Jour | The purpose of this page is to provide a little non-technical information about individual species of scorpions |
| Scorpions | fascinating website from a collector of scorpions and unusual scorpion paraphenalia |
Butterflies and moths
Asia
| Butterflies of Singapore | great site with excellent pictures and lots of info on individual butterflies |
| Butterflies in Singapore | lots of photos from the Butterfly Interest Group plus the BIG Forum |
| Butterflies of Japan | hundreds of photos and useful info on Japanese butterflies |
| Chin's Butterfly Gallery (Malaysia) | well established site with good photos of a wide range of insects and lots of interesting info |
| The Guangdong Butterflies Website | nice photos of local butterflies and biological info |
| Butterflies of Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam) | checklist of 203 butterflies |
| Oriental butterflies and moths | excellent site from Felix Lin in Taiwan with over 574 species of butterflies and moths illustrated |
| Heterocera Sumatrana Society | |
| Hong Kong Lepidopterists Society | all the latest butterfly and moth news from Hong Kong |
| National Museum of Taiwan Butterflies | |
| Shu Fong Butterfly | Taiwanese butterflies |
| Papilionidae of Pakistan | |
| Sri Lankan endemic butterflies | |
| Save butterfly | Thai butterfly lovers group (in Thai) |
| Thai butterflies and moths | pictures by Roy and Pat Beckemeyer |
| Butterfly's Dream World | Japanese site with photo gallery, info and butterfly related news from around the world |
| Butterflies of India | photos posted in the Butterfly-India Yahoo groups |
| Some Indian butterflies and moths | photographs of about 120 species of butterflies and moths |
| Butterflies of Kerala | lists, photos, tours |
Europe
| Butterflies of Germany and Austria | good pictures of butterflies and moths |
| Europeanbutterflies | strangely enough this site is devoted to the butterflies of Europe |
| The Dutch Butterfly WWW Pages (Benelux) | lots of pictures, info on butterflies and their environment and poems |
| Colour Atlas of Siberian Lepidoptera | |
| Cor Zonneveld- Butterfly Photographs | many excellent pictures of European butterflies |
| Lepidoptech | |
| Moths and Butterflies of Europe | a large iconographic sample of European moths and butterflies with information about foodplants, breeding, life cycle |
| Pierre.Zagatti ''s lepidoptera pages | |
| Captain's European Butterfly Guide | Loads of info on everything to do with butterflies |
Americas
| Butterflies of North America | massive information site with checklists, maps and more |
| David's Butterflies & Moths | nice pictures and info from Ontario |
| The Butterfly Farm, Costa Rica | natural history and farming of neo-tropical butterflies |
| Costa Rica buttterflies | from Philip Greenspun |
| Common Butterflies of Latin America | Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, part of the Children's Butterfly Site |
| Dan Heller's photos | excellent pictures from Costa Rica |
| Andrew Neild's Neotropical Butterfly site | great photos of Latin American butterflies |
| Butterfly Kingdom | promoting small creatures in a big way |
| Butterflies and Their Larval Plantfoods | great photos and information on butterflies |
| The Butterfly WebSite | butterflies from every possible angle-lots of photos and good links |
| Carolina Butterfly Society Homepage | photos, aricles, reports, checklists- a model Butterfly Society site |
Australia
| Butterflies of South Australia | Lots of ecological information, hints on identification and more |
| Butterfly Conservation South Australia | dedicated to promoting awareness of the disappearance of Australia's butterflies |
| The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary | introduction to the sanctuary, which has over 1500 butterflies |
| Butterfly Larvae of Australia | invaluable pictures and info |
| Larvae of Australian moths | and in case you're tired of moths take a look at Don's ballroom dancing pages (personally, I prefer the moths) |
| Museum Victoria's data | on butterflies, snakes and frogs. Butterfly database has about 40,000 records |
General
| Articles about Butterflies | on topics such as using butterflies with Alzheimers patients and how to pronounce butterfly names |
| The Butterflysite | "the most complete and current butterfly information on the Internet"- excellent source of articles |
| Butterfly links Diogene | a small but interesting collection |
| Papilionidae of the World | a pictorial summary |
| Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera | the most complete and comprehensive website on lepidoptera on the Internet! |
| Museo mariposas del mundo | (World Butterfly Museum) Guide to this Argentinian museum |
| The Israeli Lepidopterists | currently in dispute with Hezbollah lepidopterists |
| Butterflies and moths by Jeroen Voogd | biology and ecology of butterflies and moths |
| Factoids on Caterpillars, Moths and Butterflies | amaze your friends with your knowledge |
| The International Lepidoptera Survey | taxonomic Report |
| Endangered Butterflies | he fragile or endangered status of many butterflies worldwide |
| worldleps | butterflies from pretty well everywhere |
| Neotropical butterflies | a site devoted to the study of neotropical butterflies |
Photography
| Butterfly Pictures by Philip Greenspun | a few stunning pictures |
| Foto Reiche | some nice pictures from a Dutch site |
| Lepidoptera Images | a small collection from around the world |
| Natural History Photographs | |
| Wildlife Photography in Siberia and Central Asia | |
| Get the most from your butterfly hunt | by Jakub Jasinski for photonet |
| Jacquie Comboroure's Nature Photography | Interesting selection of wildlife photos |
| Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images | Canadian moths |
| Capturing Butterflies This Summer | article by photographer William Folsom |
| Troy's photo Gallery | some nice butterfly pictures |
Moths
| Chin's Nature Corner: Thai moths | very useful in identifying a number of moths |
| Chin's Nature Corner: Malaysian moths | lots of pictures and info |
| Hong Kong Moths | "investigating the zoogeography & phenology of Hong Kong's moths (Lepidoptera)" |
| Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection | collection consists of over 26,000 individuals representing >1,100 species |
| Saturnia homepage | A web site for Saturniidae and other bombycoid moths |
| Sphingidae of China | excellent site with masses of pictures and info |
| Moths of North America | Checklists, maps, loads of info and pictures |
| UK moths | 919 Species illustrated! |
| The Moths of Southeastern Arizona | numerous pictures of rulers, labels and pinned specimens |
| Moths of Borneo | excellent site by JD Holloway with masses of info and accurate pictures |
| Über das Sammeln von Nachtfaltern in den Tropen Südost-Asiens | moth collecting in SE Asia all in German |
| The Pherolist | database of chemical components in sex glands of females and other chemicals attractive to male moths. |
| Digital box of moths | from Japan |
| More Japanese moths | |
| The Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection | |
| Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic | authoritative site by Pittaway and Kitching: useful links |
| Microlepidoptera of Finland, | the only site I could find with numerous pictures of tiny moths |
Insects as food and medicine
| Thai edible insects in cans | |
| edible insects in North East Thailand | |
| Science For Kids | |
| Bugfood! | University of Kentucky Department of Entomology |
| Welcome to Zack's Bug-Feasting Page | eating insects in Thailand's street market- mouth-watering pictures |
| The Food Insects Newsletter | |
| Insect Snacks from Around the World | |
| Insects as Food | |
| Tasty Insect Recipes | |
| use of insects by the Australian Aborigines | |
| eatbug.com | The bugeating domain |
| THE FOOD INSECTS NEWSLETTER | |
| Entomophogy | Let's eat bugs ! |
| BABES | Bay Area Bug Eating Society |
Fossil insects
| About fossil insects | |
| University of Colorado Eocene fossils | These specimens are adjunct to a larger collection donated to and housed at the USNM-Smithsonian Institution |
| Dead Bug in Amber Club | |
| Dominican Amber Fossils | |
| The Amber Room | stunning pictures of insects in amber |
| Life in Amber |
Wildlife
in Thailand
| sounds of Thailand | lots of wildlife mp3's as well as music, temples, streets, nature etc. |
| Birder's Journal | all in Thai but some excellent bird photographs |
| Thailand Freshwater Explorer | this excellent site will fill you with enthusiasm for freshwater fish |
| Aquatic Animals and Plants | Kasetsart University's database of information on the native fish and corals of Thailand. |
| Welcome to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai | elephant pages |
| National Parks in Northern Thailand | National Park Division info, includes details of all parks |
| Back to Nature | photo gallery of flora and fauna from Thai National parks |
| Ayutthaya Elephant Camp | ensures the preservation and quality of life for captive Asian elephants in the country |
| Elephant Help Project | promoting conservation and welfare projects for Thai elephants. |
| The Living Edens: Thailand | Jewel of the Orient - introduction to the country, its animal inhabitants, and Buddhism. |
| The Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand (WAR) | |
| Thailand's Threatened Wildlife | |
| Wildlife Fund Thailand | |
| Elephant Nature Park | |
| Asian elephant conservation | |
| http://thailand-adventure.com | provides nature discovery tours to Khao Sok National Park and unique destinations throughout southern Thailand. |