Insect Identification Resources
Key to Adult Insects, provided by The Amateur Entomologists Society - advanced, technical, dichotomous key. General audience
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Introduction to the Identification of Insects and Related Arthropods, by Choate. General audience - This is a collection of websites for specific insect orders, etc.
Insect Identification Key, by Charlotte Dotson, Mary-Jo Germain, Amanda McCreless, Renee Millard, and Sara Michell
Elementary Audience - A more elementary presentation keying insects to order with easy questions.
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases of Virginia, provided by the Virginia Department of Health
General Audience - Available as a PDF.
An Introduction to Insect Orders, provided by Eco Sapien (4:09 minutes)
General audience - Provides a nice description on insect nomenclature+.
A Google search, of “classification of insects with pictures” and/or “insects for kids” will provide a number of files, some of which might be useful.
Why Support Insect Museums, by Daniel Rubinoff, Entomological Society of America (2:52 minutes)
General audience - Provides an explanation on why insect collections and museums are important+.
Bugging Out: 10 Insect Museums Worth Planning a Whole Trip to Visit
General audience - Not a video, but a good reference article; contains lots of ads!
Welcome to the Wonderful and Fascinating Insect Booth!
Since there is a wealth of wonderful information about insects available on the internet, we wish to share some of it in this exhibit. To do so, we have selected insect-inspired topics and information that you might find interesting and that also may provide an opportunity to explore additional links suggested by the YouTube format. Our goal is to share information that is available, and we have attempted to provide credit for the authors and organizations that have posted the information. We hope you enjoy!