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Specific Insect Sites

Bugs: A website devoted to insects with information and photographs

Insect Hotlist: Links to information about all types of insects

Pest World for Kids: Designed primarily for elementary school-age kids and schoolteachers; amazing facts, in-depth information, interactive games, and curricular lesson plans.


All Insects

Arthropods: Photographs, important facts and information, life history, ecology, glossary

Bug Club Home Page: For students with an interest in bugs and creepy crawlers, facts, information, and fun

Bugs in the News: Articles about bugs, creatures great and small, a microscopic look at bugs

Creature World: Click on a continent on the colorful homepage world map, to go to an interactive page introducing animals from the selected habitat. This informative site for young students is part of PBS Kids

Images of Insects and Arachnids: Pictures only=

Insects: A complete study, pictures, insect primer, links to more information about insects`

Insect Primer: Insect anatomy, reproduction, growth and development, classification and identification, ecology

Invertebrate Page: Links to important information about invertebrates of all types

Rainforest Insects: Photographs, important facts and information

University of Florida Book of Insect Records: Insect champions and documentation of their achievements

Virtual Insectary: Photographs, information on what certain insects eat, insect habitats, insects listed in alphabetical order

Wonderful World of Insects: All about insects of all kinds, index, ask an expert, glossary - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Insect Pictures

Entomology Image Gallery: Excellent resource for insect pictures!


Specific Insects
Antlion or Doodlebug

Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology: A collection of resources related to the antlion or "doodlebug"; exclusive videos of antlion feeding behavior and metamorphosis, as well as information on how and where to find antlions


Ants

Ant Farm: Photographs, movies, facts, information

Stranger than Fiction:Facts and information; This small, but fascinating page lists the many social traits ants share with human beings


Beetles

Beetles: Photographs, important facts and information


Bees

Beekeeping Home Page: The scoop on beekeeping, honey, and honey bees

Discover the BumbleBee:  Facts, information, photographs

The Bumble Bee Pages: Information about bumblebees including their lifecycle and anatomy along with photos and diagrams

HoneyBees: Find out facts about the Honey Bee

Silence of the Bees from PBS: Scientists and bee experts featured in the video discuss the crucial role that honeybees, a “keystone species,” play in our economy and ecosystems, as well as bees’ fascinating social organization and what we can do to reverse the decline of nature’s pollinatorshe scoop on beekeeping, honey, and honey bees.

Tales from the Hive:Learn fascinating facts about these social insects, explore the anatomy of their hives and learn how to interpret a bee ballet


Butterflies / Moths

All About Butterflies: A comprehensive on-line hypertext book about butterflies. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension.

>Butterfly Farmer: All About Butterfly Farming; Butterfly Photo Gallery; Students' Guide to Butterflies

Butterfly Images

Butterfly Website: Butterfly gardening; raising butterflies; education; conservation

ButterflySite: Explore 12 butterfly topics with pages packed full of butterfly information. These butterfly pages contain articles written by Master of Science degreed Entomologist Randi Jones as well as fun butterfly links to sites all over the web for EVEN MORE information on butterflies!

Butterfly Zone: Facts, information, photographs, and more

Butterflies: LOTS of links to sites about butterflies

Butterflies - On the Wings of Freedom: Sites with information about butterflies and moths, including endangerment, conservation, and butterfly gardening; Learn where to find butterflies in legends, myths, arts, and literature; advice how to keep butterflies, a trick film about metamorphosis, games, and a quiz

Explore the World of Butterflies Links

Give Me a Home Where the Butterflies Roam: Pictures, Important facts and information

Gypsy Moth in North America:Identification; Life-History; Damage; Approaches to Controlling the Gypsy Moth; The Gypsy Moth Slide Carousel



Cockroaches

Roach World


Dragonflies

All About Dragonflies: Facts, information, photographs

Dragonfly Facts: Facts, information, photographs


Flies

Black Flies:  Photograph, facts, information, life cycle


Garden Snail

All about Snails:  Photograph, facts, information, life cycle


Mosquitoes

Images of Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes: Facts and information about mosquitoes, and the diseases caused by mosquitoes

Mosquitoes in Your Life: Facts and information about mosquitoes


Rainforest Insects

Rainforest Insects:  Facts and information about these rainforest insects: Leaf-cutting ants, army ants,and butterflies


Scorpions

Scorpions: Important facts and information; photographs

Scorpions :Facts and information about individual species of scorpions; photographs


Spiders

Hobo Spider Web Site:  Excellent information on the hobo spider; In addition, the site covers other commonly found poisonous spiders - the brown recluse, black window, and yellow sac; information about bites and stings

Links to Lots of Information about Spiders

Spider Facts: Important facts and information

Spider Information and Pictures: Photographs, important facts and information, links about spiders

Spiders: All about arachnids, important facts and informationr

Tarantulas: Photographs; anatomy; life cycle; species

Tarantulas.com:Provides general comments on each species temperament and general location with color photos of each tarantula discussed. General care instructions for keeping tarantulas as pets are also provided


Worms

Earthworms

Worm Facts


Insects as Food

Eating Bugs

Insect Recipes:Preparing insects for cooking


Animal Challenge

Animal Trivia Games: Many categories of animal trivia; Difficulty level listed


Animal Encyclopedia

NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life: A source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United] States and Canada; in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common] plants and animals


Animal Games

Animal Games: Appropriate for kids ages 6 up


Animal Encyclopedia

Animal Bytes: From the San Diego Zoo; Animal Profiles, Animal Games, Animal Videos,and Panda, Polar Bear Ape and Elephant Cams

NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life: A source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United] States and Canada; in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common] plants


Animal Pictures

Animal Pictures Archive - SEARCHABLE by keyword


Online Field Guide

eNature.com: From the National Audubon Society:A MUST FOR RESEARCH! Includes a large thumbnail image, description, and varying additional information. about Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Fishes,Insects, Mammals, Reptiles, Seashells, Seashore Creatures, Spiders, Trees, Wildflowers PLUS Ask an Expert message board, Habitat Guides- SEARCHABLE by keyword


Zoo Links

exZOOberance: Sections on animal photo gallery, animal news, animal web cams, quotes, zoos and aquariums for all 50 states (with links to actual sites if available), and much MORE

Smithsonian National Zoo Park Home Page: Photograph and information library

Zoos and Aquariums: A comprehensive directory of zoos and aquariums

ZooWeb: Zoos and Aquariums: A comprehensive, educational site that does more than list

Animal Challenge

Animal Trivia Games: Many categories of animal trivia; Difficulty level listed


Animal Encyclopedia

NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life: A source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United] States and Canada; in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common] plants and animals


Animal Games

Animal Games: Appropriate for kids ages 6 up


Animal Search Engine

Animal Search: The Internet Search Engine for Everything Animal; Use this search engine to find links to animal information


Animal Pictures

Animal Pictures Archive - SEARCHABLE by keyword


Online Field Guide

eNature.com: From the National Audubon Society:A MUST FOR RESEARCH! Includes a large thumbnail image, description, and varying additional information. about Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Fishes,Insects, Mammals, Reptiles, Seashells, Seashore Creatures, Spiders, Trees, Wildflowers PLUS Ask an Expert message board, Habitat Guides- SEARCHABLE by keyword


and aquariums; includes zoo cams, informative articles, photographs, and MORE


Animal Challenge

Animal Trivia Games: Many categories of animal trivia; Difficulty level listed


Animal Encyclopedia

NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life: A source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United] States and Canada; in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common] plants and animals


Animal Games

Animal Games: Appropriate for kids ages 6 up


Animal Search Engine

Animal Search: The Internet Search Engine for Everything Animal; Use this search engine to find links to animal information


Animal Pictures

Animal Pictures Archive - SEARCHABLE by keyword


Online Field Guide

eNature.com: From the National Audubon Society:A MUST FOR RESEARCH! Includes a large thumbnail image, description, and varying additional information. about Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Fishes,Insects, Mammals, Reptiles, Seashells, Seashore Creatures, Spiders, Trees, Wildflowers PLUS Ask an Expert message board, Habitat Guides- SEARCHABLE by keyword


Other KID INFO animal pages:

Aquatic Life

Endangered Animals

Prehistoric Animals

Barnyard Animals

Insects

Reptiles / Amphibians

Birds

Pets

Wildlife



Educational Science Powerpoints

Educational Science Animal Videos

Discovery Channel Science Videos

Discovery Channel Videos include the categories of News, Science, Tech, Space, and History. Index is SEARCHABLE by subject AND news subject.


Reference Sites to Help in Your Research
 

1upinfo.com: A free encyclopedia to use for researching topics - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE


**You might want to check out our Endangered Animal Page for information about Endangered Insects.


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...the person who studies insects is called an entomologist?
...the weight of the insects found on earth plus their larvae is greater than the weight of all the other animals on earth put together?
...there are 200 million insects for each person on earth?
...a cockroach can live for up to 10 days without a head?
...a millipede (meaning "thousand-footed") also known as a diplopod, can have as few as 8 legs?
...only female mosquitoes bite because they need the protein from blood to produce their eggs?
...there's an environmentally safe way to control ants? Make barriers of cayenne pepper or lemon juice; rub doorsills with oil of cloves or petroleum jelly; put cucumber, coffee grounds, or crushed mint near places where ants enter your house?
...a spider travels 1.17 miles per hour?
...one beehive can contain up to 80,000 bees at one time?
...spiders can regrow missing legs or parts of legs?


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