Bugbotherer's Links

Entomological Sites

Coleopteran links

• Coleoptera home page For Entomologists who work on Coleoptera / Beetles, and others who are interested in Insects, Beetle collecting, Wildlife and Nature...For Researchers and Museum Workers, Ecologists, and Environmentalists
• The Coleopterist is the leading journal for students of the beetle fauna of the British Isles.
• UK Ladybird Survey
• The Coleopterist Society an International Society Devoted to the Study of Beetles
• Ground Beetles of Ireland with images
• Ladybird Beetles of Ireland
• Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Europe
• Tiger Beetles (Cincindelidae)
• Pest Coleoptera
• Iberian (European) Coleoptera. This site also has reference pictures of most major insect groups

Dipteran links

• Dipterist Forum - The UK forum for Diptera
• The Hoverfly Recording Scheme. A wealth of information on UK hoverflies
• Blackflies (Simuliidae) of the UK
• The Tachinid Recording Scheme
• The Drosophila virtual library
• Asilidae Homepage by Fritz Geller-Grimm (also has links to other information on Diptera )
• Cranefly Pests of the Pacific NorthWest: Information, Resource, Research and Issues Forum
• General international Diptera site (Diptera.info)
• Information on European dipterists

Arachnid Links

• The British Arachnological Society (BAS)
• The European Socity of Arachnology. The European Society of Arachnology supports the study of arachnology, promotes the development of this science and facilitates exchanges between researchers or institutes.

Myriapoda and Isopoda Links

• British Myriapod and Isopod Group. The Group aims to promote the study of myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, pauropods and symphylans) and isopods (woodlice and water-slaters) by providing information and support to members and holding field meetings.

Hymenopteran Links

• BWARS - The UK bee, wasp and ant recording scheme. Superb site.

Orthopteran Links

• Cricket Science - resource with some sounds of Orthoptera
• Locust Neurobiology at the Zoology Department of the University of Cambridge)

Trichopteran Links

• International Trichoptera Home Page
• The Trichoptera Recording Scheme run by Dr Ian Wallace at Liverpool Museum. UK Trichoptera

Odonata Links

• British Dragonfly Society. The aim of the British Dragonfly Society is to promote and encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and their natural habitats, especially in the United Kingdom

Lepidopteran Links

• Butterfly Conservation UK
• UKMoths, a guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland
• ATROPOS; the journal for buterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts
• National Moth night (UK)

Heteropteran Links

• The Bug Gallery. Most European heteroptera are illustrated
• Mirid Bugs
• Het News. The site is for anyone interested in the True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the British Isles. This is a free service provided by the UK Land Bug Recording Scheme and the Water Bug Recording Scheme.
• Guide to the Subfamilies of Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)

Taxonomy, recording schemes and general entomology

• The Lancs and Cheshire Entomological Society (LCES)
• Staffordshire Ecological Record (SER)
• Cheshire rECOrd. Local Biological Records Centre serving Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral
• BugLife: The invertebrate conservation charity
• Biological records centre UK RECORDING SCHEMES
• Expert Centre for Taxonomic Identification (ETI)
• The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies, other organizations, and taxonomic specialists cooperating on the development of an on-line, scientifically credible, list of biological names focusing on the biota of North America

All images ©D.R.Skingsley