Bugs@Home
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The following links are provided to help amateur entomologists of all ages increase their knowledge of insects and provide useful links to specialty areas. More links will be added as we become aware of them. General Information about insects and how to identify themVisual Key to the invertebrates - a very helpful and easy key to use to help you identify insects and invertebrates to Order developed by CSIRO.
Discover Life -- Insect orders identification - Visual keys are used to help identify insects to order. Each order has detailed information, photos and links. Museum of Victoria Infosheets - descriptive fact sheets on specific species and types of insects Museum of Victoria Bug Page - comprehensive information on a variety of insect topics including: diversity, adaptations, food chains, beneficial insects Queensland Museum Insect Information - Information about identifying, collecting, preserving and keeping live insects Natural History Museum of London - interesting articles and videos about a variety of common insects
Insect Pest InformationA-Z Insect Pest list for Queensland and Northern NSW from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries Bugs for Bugs - primarily aimed at farmers and horticulturalists; provides information on integrated pest management and biological control. Insect CollectingInsect Photos
Brisbane Insects and Spiders - a collection of insect information and photos from the Brisbane area presented by the enthusiastic Chew family.
Insect Photos This page contains photographs of medically important arthropods
Close-up images of many insects including many species of ants, bees, beetles, and butterflies.
Other useful sites: Wikimedia commons or Flickr
Higher level information on specific topicsPlant Biosecurity Toolbox - The Plant Biosecurity Toolbox (PBT) provides detailed, web-based diagnostic information to assist with the rapid identification of exotic plant pests and diseases in the event of an incursion. The comprehensive resources of the toolbox include: Information on biology and taxonomy of the pest, Diagnostic morphological, biochemical and molecular tests, and Images of the pest, host symptoms and damage. Ants Down Under - information all about ants from the CSIRO
Dung Beetles Australia - primarily aimed at pastoralists, but provides detailed information about dung beetles and how they are useful in agriculture.
Decomposition - This graphic site describes the processes of decomposition including information on the insects that aid decomposition and how they can be used in forensic evidence.
Council of Heads of Australian Entomological Collections - Links to Entomological Collections in Australia and New Zealand; provides contact details for entomological collections as well as contacts for collecting permits
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