Coleoptera
Images, bibliography, links, and more.
www.coleoptera.org
Coleopterists Society
International society devoted to the study of beetles in the insect order Coleoptera. Includes news, member directory, and resources.
www.coleopsoc.org
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Contains information about the insect's threat to North American trees.
www.asian-longhorned-beetle.com
Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
Brown-black flying insect that kills a variety of spruce trees. Introduced to Nova Scotia, Canada in the late 1980s.
www.brown-spruce-longhorn-beetle.com
Thais Entomology
Images of butterflies, beetles, and spiders (also in Italian).
www.thais.it/entomologia/default_uk.htm
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory: Coleoptera
Provides information on leaf chafer scarabs, palearctic flea beetles, and Elaphidiinis, as well as the collection at the National Museum of Natural History.
www2.sel.barc.usda.gov/Coleoptera/col-home.htm
BUGS
Database of British and Northern European Coleoptera, including information on habitat, distribution, and fossil occurrence, along with their bibliographic references.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/insect.html
Jewel Beetles: The Buprestid Home Page
Entomological page focused on jewel beetles (Coleoptera buprestidae), specifically dedicated to amateurs.
utenti.romascuola.net/bups
Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, An
About the anatomy, development, and life cycles of beetles around the world; their 250-million-year evolution; and the human fascination with beetles throughout history.
www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8890.html
Goliathus
Devoted to some of the largest and heaviest of living beetles, the genus Goliathus of tropical Africa.
www.naturalworlds.org/goliathus
Influences of Ungulate Carcasses on Coleopteran Communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA
Investigation testing the hypothesis that the local occurrence, richness, and abundance of carrion taxa are not affected by the presence of large, vertebrate carcasses.
virgin.msu.montana.edu/Ynpmsweb/ynpmsin.htm
Family Scarabaeidae
Educational website dedicated to scarab beetles.
naturalworlds.org/scarabaeidae
Beetle Ring, The
Collection of web sites about beetles to assist coleopterists, beetle breeding hobbyists, and the general public in easily locating beetle-related sites.
www.naturalworlds.org/beetlering
Cerambycidae: Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) of the West Palaearctic Region
Explores their bionomy, ecology, taxonomy, and macrophotography.
www.uochb.cas.cz/~natur/cerambyx/index.htm
Explore Cornell: Beetle Science
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Multimedia primer includes carbon dust illustrations, virtual beetles, videos, and virtual labs.
explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle%20Science