ISOPTERA (Termites)
 Termites.
Urban Entomology Program, University of Toronto. This is truly one of
the great entomological sites on the web. If your are interested in termites
for any reason, go here. The site includes detailed systematic information
on termites, including termite phylogeny,the families and genera of termites,
and lists of termite species by geographical region. The site also contains
a wealth of photographs of termites. Termites, however, is just not technical.
You'll find information about termite biology and termite control, termite
movies, and all sorts of articles on interesting a fun facts about termites
(including using termites to prospect for gold). Highly recommended.
Dr. Don's
Termite Page. Don Ewart. Although this site is Australian, it has
a nice introduction to the termites.
Ask
Orkin - Termites. Basic information about pest species of termites
and their control.
Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System. Basic
information and control of termites in Florida (and by extension the southeastern
United States). Drywood
Termites, Dampwood
Termites, and Subterranean
Termites.
MANTODEA (Mantids)
Mantodea.
Ohio State University Extension Factsheet. A fact sheet on the praying
mantis with a figure.
Gordon's
Entomological Pages. Gordon Ramel. This site has a wealth of information
on mantids including a checklist of the world's species and a key to the
mantid genera of the world.
Mantid.
Nice photograph of a praying mantid.
ORTHOPTERA (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids, etc.)
Grasshoppers
of Wyoming and the West. University of Wyoming. This is one of the
truly wonderful natural history sites on the web. Among the many things
you will find here are a field guide to the grasshoppers of western North
America with individual species accounts. But that's not all. There are
maps of species distributions in Wyoming, information on collecting grasshoppers,
information on morphology and biology, grasshopper population dynamics,
and more. Highly recommended.
The
Orthoptera Species File. D. Otte and P. Naskrecki. OSF is a taxonomic
database of the world's orthopteroid insects. It contains full synonymic
and taxonomic information for over 25,000 species and genera (all taxa
described prior to 1997) of the Tettigonioidea (katydids and haglids),Grylloidea
(crickets), Acridomorpha (locusts and grasshoppers: Acridoidea + Eumastacoidea
+ Trigonopterygoidea + Pneumoroidea + Pamphagoidea), Tetrigoidea (pygmy
grasshoppers), and Tridactyloidea (sand crickets), as well as images and
sounds for many species.
Grasshoppers
of Florida. John L. Capinera et al. The Grasshoppers of Florida is
an online manual in the form of a series of Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents.
The manual covers each grasshopper species with color pictures and distribution
maps within the state. Highly recommended.
The
Orthopterist's Society. Links to other Orthoptera sites.
Handbook
of Katydids and Crickets. Thomas J. Walker. This site has a partially
completed manual of the katydids and crickets of North America. The segments
are in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf).
Mole
Cricket Knowledgebase and Tutorials. Thomas Fasulo et al. An online
tutorial on mole crickets, their biology, and their control.
The
Schistocerca Page. An introduction to this important genus of grasshoppers
along with a gallery of photographs.
PHASMATODEA (Walking Sticks)
The
Phasmid Study Group. This subsite, part of Gordon's Entomological
Home Page, has a large collection of pictures of walking sticks. However,
most of them are not from North America.
Mark
Watson's Stick Insect Page. Pictures of walking sticks, most not North
American. Also notes on keeping walking sticks in captivity.
PSOCOPTERA (Book Lice)
Booklice.
Virginia Cooperative Extension. A introduction to the Psocoptera with
a picture.
SIPHONAPTERA (Fleas)
Fleas
of North Dakota. Robert Lewis. A short introduction to the fleas with
distribution maps of the fleas found in North Dakota.
Fleas
(Siphonaptera). Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg. This great site
from the Zoological Institute in Russia contains all sorts of information
about fleas including their biology, morphology, taxonomy, and importance
as disease vectors.
Ask
Orkin - Fleas. An introduction to fleas with frequently asked questions
and advice of flea ridden home owners. |
