This web site features an online publication (ca. 40 pages) detailing the history of forest entomology, from 1901 to 1982, in the area from the Northern Rocky Mountains to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Malcolm Furniss provides a concise history, supplemented with fine black-and-white photographs of forestry laboratories, pest outbreaks, and some of the characters who contributed to forest entomology in this area. Several retired employees provide personal reflections on their employment with the forestry laboratories from 1951 to 2005. This is a great resource for educators interested in the history of forest entomology and its local flavor. It is downloadable as a PDF.

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William Kirby's text on entomology, first published in 1828, is available in PDF format from Internet Archive. Kirby is often called the "Father of Entomology" and his book is considered the first text on entomology published in English. The PDF files are large.

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Chapters 5-10 of a World Health Organization PDF on medical pests of importance in PDF format. Chatpers 5,6 cover Cockroaches and House flies respectively, remaining chapters go on to discuss guinea worm, fresh water snails, and proper pesticide application. These are extremely thorough control strategy texts with a great deal of information.

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This article, succinctly written by the late Charles Hogue, was taken, with permission, from the 1987 Annual Review of Entomology. It provides an excellent explanation of cultural entomology, along with examples of the influence insects have had on art, folklore, history, literature and language, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, and other areas of culture from around the world. To delve more deeply into cultural entomology, the original 1987 article should be consulted for a listing of many specific references to the subject.

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An online publication in PDF form from USDA Forest Service collating all records of mammalian ectoparasites in New Mexico. There is a brief description of the life history, diseases vectored, and control of fleas, sucking and chewing lice. There is a host list with a useful guide to the checklist. Appendix A lists ectoparasite species and their hosts found in New Mexico, listed by host families. Appendix B gives the ectoparasite speices list by county.

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This site provides an online article by R. K. D. Peterson, with references, discussing the devastation of Napoleon's Grand Armee by typhus, the causative agent of which is transmitted by human body lice. The article puts to rest the commonly held belief that the Russian Winter drove the largely intact army from Moscow. Instead, Napoleon's troops were devastated by typhus.

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A chapter from a 1997 World Health Organization publication on medical and veterinary Entomology. The text is extremely thorough and illustrated with line drawings. The vectors of malaria, leishmaniasis, filariasis, onchocerciasis, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases are covered here.

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This is the best online textbook teaching IPM for various audiences. The chapters were contributed by internationally recognized experts. The goal for the online textbook is to "eventually have hundreds of chapters relating to integrated pest management in the broad sense (not just insect pest management)."

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Chapters 2-4 of a World Heath Organization medical entomology publication from 1997 in PDF. The text is very thorough covering everything from biology, disease transmission, recognition of disease symptoms, and finally, control of the vectors.

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