Information on the distribution, description, life cycle, damage, and biological control of all the mole crickets in the U.S. Includes graphical identification key and four tutorials that teach the concepts of mole cricket control through chemical and biological means. Requires a CD-ROM drive and a web browser. The material is easy to navigate and accurate. This is an outstanding resource.

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The Amateur Entomologists' Society website Key to Adult Insects is a simple dichotomous key (49 couplets) with images of each of the orders. Other links include conservation, biodiversity, and insect fact files. The key is based on the Collins Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern Europe by Michael Chinery, as well as the Practical Entomologist by Rick Imes.

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A novel and beautifully done way to identify or learn fly anatomy. Developed by CSIRO Entomology, this atlas uses high resolution digital images of flies to allow users to highlight anatomical parts of a fly to learn the name or click on the part name to identify where it is positioned on the fly. There are four images representing the lower Diptera, lower Brachycera, Acalyptrate and Calyptrate with a dragable lens that allows 1X, 2x and 3X magnification of the regions. Users can click the parts on the image or click on the part name, broken into regions of the fly. The selected part is highlighted in blue to aid easy study. There is a useful help section to guide in the use of this tool. This is an excellent tool for those looking for definitions of Diptera anatomical terms and fly anatomy.

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Interactive predictive model uses years of past weather data and a model of the European corn borer's life cycle under different temperatures to calculate the net benefit of planting Bt corn versus non-Bt corn in a certain geographic area. Great data visualization. Requires Flash. This is an excellent tool incorporating a large volume of data. The tool should be quite useful for IPM classes.

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An interactive connection to a scanning electron microscope viewing insects. Participants are encouraged to arrange a time and send in specimens to be viewed via the internet. Website sections include the science behind microscopy, and classification of insects. Not all sections are complete at time of writing.

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A list of of morphological definitions and word roots useful to Entomology students and teachers. The list contains concise and easily understandable definitions for a number of morphological and physiological terms and specifies where on the insect these terms apply. A good reference for students in introductory entomology or insect morphology classes. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or equivalent software to read .pdf documents.

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The ESA website for professional and amateur entomologists alike. Provides peer reviewed publications, publishes the popular American Entomologist magazine, and handles all the registration for the various regional and national meetings of entomologists across the country. This is a valuable resource for student and professional alike.

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There are several online glossaries, this one from Berkeley, while not perfect, was the most thorough. Use is quite simple, it is a one page list with a clickable alphabet at the top. It is part of a teacher designed set of pages about insects and teaching entomology.

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Two tutorials introduce common butterflies of Florida, including the cloudless sulphur, giant swallowtail, Gulf fritillary, longtailed skipper, zebra longwing, black swallowtail, monarch, viceroy, European cabbage butterfly and Florida atala. Covers both caterpillars and adults. Requires Microsoft Windows. $15.

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Dichotomous key to an extensive number of insect orders as well as a key for classes of Arthropods. Easy to use dichotomous keys with good initial explanation on how to use one. Many black and white and color sketches and color photographs to aid identification. URL - http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/insect_orders_06b.pdf

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The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Pesticide Database is your one-stop location for toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. This is a comprehensive search enabled database of pesticide chemicals and also trade names. An easy to navigate sidebar takes you through toxicity, uses, registration, company, and distributor. Other links take you to less toxic alternatives, and pesticide tutorial and references.

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Knowledgebase of urban, structure, lawn and landscape pests. Includes sections on pest management theory; biting and stinging insects; pests of food, fabric and wood; occasional invaders; lawn pests; landscape pests, and some vertebrate pests. Includes pest identification keys. This is an excellent resource, although much of the material is specific to Florida. Vertebrate pest management sections are also of high quality and interesting. Requires a CD-ROM drive and a web browser. $25.

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from editor: this table doesn't have any link back to the webpage it is linked to, which puts the reader at a dead end and doesn't give the context of the parent site. They should just submit the parent webpage instead of the lists of terms and Orders separately. I already approved the .pdf list of terms, but we should consider just posting the parent site instead: http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/insecpdf.htm.

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External anatomy of the cockroach, presented from various angles with body parts clearly labeled on photographs rather than diagrams. The user can navigate their way through different views of the head, thorax and abdomen sections. There are also close-up views of the legs. The user can download each image. The internal anatomy section is under construction.

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This is a commercial website for the sale of a book with accompanying CD collecting the songs of some 76 insects. A few other products are also available on the page. The main resource useful on the page is a "jukebox" of eight common insect songs including several crickets, a couple of katydids, and two cicadas. The recordings are high quality and unmistakable.

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A good site to learn about tick biology from Cornell University. Aimed at the homeowner this site is a good resource for anyone looking for quick information on ticks in general, and those found in New State in particular. There are good notes on ticks found in New York State including pictures to help identification and diseases they may carry. There are sections that instruct the correct method for tick removal with illustrations, as well as tick bite prevention. A small but good reference section at the end of the site for those who wish to read further. This is a well-written resource which should be useful to teachers and students in much of eastern North America. There are several minor typographical errors that have no bearing on the intent of the content.

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Knowledgebase of pest and beneficial arthropods of woody ornamentals of the southeastern United States. Pests include aphids, borers, chewing insects, galls, lace bugs, leafminers, scales, spider mites, thrips and whiteflies. Other topics include host plant resistance, biologically compatible pesticides, scouting, monitoring and beneficial organisms. Requires a CD-ROM drive and a web browser. $12. This resource is extremely informative and easy to navigate once launched; however, a more intuitive "gateway" would be desireable. The taxa covered by the resource are skewed towards those found in Florida and other parts of the south, but much of the information will be useful in other parts of North America.

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