Entomology

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Ticks and Lyme Disease Selected links to web information, chosen and annotated by the NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences.

U.S. and State Government agencies Links to US and state agricultural agencies, directories, and search engines.
General Agriculture web browsers and indexes Links to major agriculture directories and search engines.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online "Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth."

• Entomology Index of Internet Resources: Iowa State University Entomology Department indexed directory and search engine of insect-related Internet resources.
• Entomology on the World-Wide Web Colorado State's directory of web researces.
• Insects on the WWW: Virginia Tech Entomology Department directory of web resources.
• Systematic Entomology: a Guide to Online Insect Systematic Resources. Produced by North Carolina State University as a partner of the AgNIC agricultural resources network.
• Bees and Pollination site Selected web resources about honeybees, beekeeping, and pollination by bees. Maintained by Ohio State University as a partner of the AgNic agricultural resources network.
• Insects Home Page: Educational site full of natural history and insect biology information maintained by Earth-Life Web productions.
• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Search their Biological Resources, Insects/Invertebrate page for information on insects of the Great Plains, including checklists, distribution maps, species descriptions, regional overviews, and other materials and databases. Includes among many other online resourses:
  • Insects and related arthropods of North America
  • Moths of North America
  • Introduction to Ants
  • Fleas of North Dakota
  • Stoneflies of the United States
  • Dragonflies and Damselflies the United States
  • Mayflies of the United States
  • Tiger Beetles of the United States
  • Giant Moths of North Dakota

• Bee Briefs ..."short articles provide essential information about various aspects of beekeeping." Topics include swarm removal, nectar and pollen substitutes, varroa mite infestation, and Africanized honeybees in California. From the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis.
• The Hive and the Honeybee. A collection of thirty classic apiculture books published prior to 1925. The texts in this digital collection are fully searchable. Hosted by Cornell University; titles are selected from the E.F. Phillips Beekeeping Collection of Cornell's Mann Library.
• Academy of Natural Sciences--Entomology Department. Includes interactive database Orthoptera Species File containing complete taxonomic and synonomic information for all species and genera of Orthoptera, (grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets), including text, images and sound recordings.
• Digital Dragonflies Photos ofselected specimens of dragonflies from central Texas.Sponsored by The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
• Florida State Collection of Arthropods - Museum of Entomology Includes indexes to the Museum of Entomology collections, links to the Museum's publications, the online journal Insecta Mundi, and computer-based databases including type and specimen inventory . The collections of the Museum are world wide in scope, and open to researchers from all over the worldAlsoth Florida insects are the main focus, the museum also includes
• American Museum of Natural History Entomology Authoritative site focusing on spiders, and social insects. Anatomy, morphology, terminology, keys, systematics, distribution and links to collections around the world are included. Extensive bibliographies, and images.
• Sustainable Agriculture
  • Sustainable Agriculture Network(SAN) SAN is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program funded by USDA. Their site includes tip sheets, information of programs and publicatons, funding opertunities, and educational materials.
  • National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Pest Management USDA information service arm of ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas). The site includes information and other technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States.
• Smithsonian Institution Dept. of Entomology Includes an interactive collection of databases (ants, spiders, Carabidae, aquatic Coleoptera, fruit fly, etc) including a wealth of information on curated specimens, links to experts, and links to other entomological sites.
• The Natural History Museum of London: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (Lepindex) "...The Index currently contains a total of 223,214 names ...The site is quite comprehensive... LepIndex links to other sections of the NHM and its Department of Entomology including other databases, information about staff, and more." [description exerpted from Scout Report for the Life Sciences, April 16, 2004]
• Tree of Life: Insecta Bibliographies and electronic resources in a phylogenetic arrangement. Under construction, with over 1300 pages on computers in four countries.
• Insects, Disease and History Produced by Montana State University, this site focuses on the influence of insect-borne disease on world history.
• Plant & insect parasitic nematodes home page

• Entomological Society of America:  Official site of the Society including information about membership, meetings, publications, etc.
• NDSU Entomology Department NDSU Entomology Department information, staff, and program

Search Internet Scout Report for reviewed and selected web pages
Search Librarians Index to the Internet for reviewed and selected web pages.

Selected Entomology Reference resources at NDSU

• Agricultural chemicals, by W.T. Thomson. v. 1. Insecticides and acaricides (REFERENCE SB951 .T47)
  
• Agricultural entomology by Dennis S. Hill (SB931 .H448 1994)
  
• American insects : a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico by Ross H. Arnett. 2nd ed. (QL474 .A76 2000)
  
• Audubon Society field guide to North American insect and spiders (REFERENCE QL473 .M54 1980)
• Butterflies of North America : a natural history and field guide, by James A. Scott.(REFERENCE QL548 .S38 1986)
• Butterflies of North Dakota : an atlas and guide, (new edition)by Ronald Alan Royer.(REFERENCE QL551.N63 R69 2003)
• Crop protection chemicals reference : CPCR.(REFERENCE SB950.9 .C76)
• Farm chemicals handbook (REFERENCE S633 .A5)
• Dictionary of entomology by G. Gordh.(REFERENCE QL462.3 .G67 2001)
• Encyclopedia of insects by Vincent H. Resh (QL462.3 .E485 2003)
• Encyclopedia of pest management also in print edition (SB950.7 .E63 2002)
• Grzimek's Animal life encyclopedia, Bernhard Grzimek, 2d.ed.; v. 3. Insects (REFERENCE QL3 .G7813)
• The Ortho problem solver (REFERENCE SB603.5 .O78 2003) Agricultural chemicals for house and garden plant pests and diseases.

For biological aspects of entomology, browse our stacks areas: QL434(Arthropoda) QL451 (Spiders) QL460-QL999 (Insects)

For agricultural aspects of entomology, browse our stacks areas: SF 518 (Bees) SF818(Agricultural Entomology)

Library resource pages for NDSU Entomology classes

• Entomology 210