This is an excellent site for a brief overview of skin arthropod parasites. The information is accurate, succinct and easily accessible. It provides information on flies, lice, fleas, bed bugs, mites, scabies and other insect parasites. When clicked on the photos are enlarged and more easily viewed; however, I did have one photo that did not enlarge (in the scabies section).

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Introduces delusional parasitosis, a relatively common disorder in which the sufferer holds a delusional belief that they are infested with parasites, typically insects. This is an excellent site for a brief overview of delusional parasitosis. The information is accurate, succinct and easily accessible. It provides information on the history, clinical manifestations, diagnostic protocols, treatments and services, among other things. The site also includes a useful list of references for those with additional inquires.

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Definitions of terms commonly used when discussing biological control, a type of insect management. These definitions are tailored to a lay or general audience.

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Focuses on antlions (Mymerleontidae). Includes information on classification, habitat, distribution, behavior, life cycle, and how to capture and observe antlions. Also includes videoclips of various antlion behaviors.

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For each insect, the following information is presented: host plant, photographs, damage information, life cycle, and management recommendations. This is an excellent collection of tree pests, and the species accounts are accurate, well-laid out, informative, and well illustrated. However, in the table of contents, white pine aphid and white pine weevil are mis-placed under "sawflies," and the heading for "Honeylocust Insect Pests" and the link for "Honeylocust Plant Bug" are transposed.

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