Resources: Websites, Books, Vendors, Organizations, etc.
For Insects and Related Arthropods
BUGS & other critters Websites
(These are some good "starter" sites that will help you get started and undoubtedly lead you to many, many other sites!)
http://www.insectnet.com/
http://www.earthlife.net/insects
http://www.insects.org/
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html
http://www.insectclopedia.com/
http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/insects.shtml
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/insects.html
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/e/entomologist/entomologist.html
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/
http://www.rth.org/entomol/index.html
http://www.insectadventures.com/index.htm
http://www.sitegeist.com/insecta/
http://members.aol.com/YESnetwk/Append.html
http://butterflywebsite.com/
http://www.brucethebugguy.net/
SUPPLIERS of FUN Buggy STUFF (Games, toys, books, etc.)
Insect Lore
1-800-548-3284
www.insectlore.com
Oriental Trading Company
P.O. Box 3470
Omaha, NE 68103-0407
1-800-246-8400
www.orientaltrading.com
Y.E.S. International Entomology Resource Guide
1915 Peggy Place, Lansing, MI 48910
517-887-0499
Acorn Naturalists
17300 E. 17th St., St. J-236, Tustin, CA 92680
Student Science Service
622 W, Colorado St., Glendale, CA 91024
Twin Sisters Productions
(1340 Home Ave., Suite D, Akron, OH 44310-2570; ph. 1-800-248-TWIN)
Insect Net.com Online bookstore
www.insectnet.com
SUGGESTED ANSWER BOOKS AND FIELD GUIDES
Bug Answer Books
The HANDY BUG ANSWER BOOK
By Gilbert Waldbauer; ISBN: 1-57859-049-3
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: QL467.w25 1998
Do Bees Sneeze? And other Questions Kids Ask about Insects
By James K. Wangberg; ISBN: 1-55591-963-4 (pbk.)
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: QL467.2.W36 1997
The BIG Book of BUGS!
Published by Welcome Enterprises 1999 ISBN 0-941807-33-9; QL 467.2.B524
Insect field guides
Garden Insect of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs
Whitney Cranshaw; Princeton University Press 2204; ISBN 0-691-09560-2
LOC # SB605.N7C73 2004
Butterflies of the North Woods
A handy field reference to 61 of our most common northern butterflies 2001;
North Woods Naturalist Series; By Larry Weber;
Kollath-Stensas Publishing, Duluth, MN (218) 727-1731; ISBN 0-9673793-1-8
Dragonflies of the North Woods
A Comprehensive field reference to all 102 species of North Woods dragonflies 2001;
North Woods Naturalist Series; By Kurt Mead;
Kollath-Stensas Publishing, Duluth, MN (218) 727-1731; ISBN 0-9673793-6-9
Spiders of the North Woods
A handy field reference to our most common northern spiders
North Woods Naturalist Series 2001; By Larry Weber;
Kollath-Stensas Publishing Duluth, MN (218) 727-1731; ISBN 0-9673793-4-2
National Audubon Society’s FIRST FIELD GUIDE to INSECTS
1998; Written by Christina Wilson; Scholastic, Inc. New York; ISBN: 0-590-05483-X (PB)
Peterson First Guides INSECTS
By Christopher Leahy, Illustrated by Richard. E. White; 1987 Houghton Mifflin Co.
215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003; ISBN: 0-395-35640-7
Peterson First Guides CATERPILLARS
By Amy Bartlett Wright; 1993 Houghton Mifflin Co.; 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003;
ISBN: 0-395-56499-9
INSECTS: A Golden Guide to Familiar American Insects
By Herbert Zim and Clarence Cottam. Golden Press, New York.
Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, WI.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 61-8325. ISBN 0-307-24055-X.
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
A Golden Guide to More Common American Species, 1987 Edition;
By Robert Mitchell and Herbert Zim. Golden Press, New York. Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, WI.;
LOC Catalogue Card Number: 64-24907. ISBN 0-307-24052-5.
POND LIFE: A Guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes
By George K. Reid, Ph. D. , Edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fishter
Golden Books, Inc. Golden Press, New York. Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, WI.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 67-16477 ISBN: 0-307-24017-7.
Coloring Books
Start Exploring Insects: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book
1991 Edition; By George S. Glenn, Jr. , Illustrated by Helen I. Driggs;
Running Press, Philadelphia, PA; ISBN 1-56138-043-1
To order: Running Book Publishers
125 South Twenty-second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Ruth Heller’s Designs for Coloring Butterflies
1998 Printing; Published by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., a member of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers;
ISBN: 0-448-03149-3
INSECTS: Peterson Field Guide Coloring Books
1993; By Robert Michael Pyle and Kristin Kest;
Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation & the National Audubon Society;
Illustrated by Helen I. Driggs; Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10003;
ISBN 0-395- 67088-8
Butterflies Coloring Book
By Jan Slovak; 1992 Dover Publications, New York;
Published in Canada by General Publishing Co., Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Canada;
ISBN: 0-486-27335-0
Hidden Exoskeletons: Creature Camouflage Coloring Book
MindWare Brainy toys for kids of all ages; ISBN 1-892069-82-2; www.MINDWARE.com
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
Insect collecting equipment (nets, display cases, pins, etc)
Trans-Mississippi Biological Supply
590 cardigan road, St. Paul, MN 55126
(651) 484-4488
1-800-544-5901
www.tmbs.com
BioQuip Products, Inc.,
17803 La Salle Ave., Gardena, CA 90248
Ph. 310-324-0620
www.bioquip.com
Carolina Biological Supply Co.,
Gladstone, OR 97027
www.carolina.com
Ward’s Natural Science Establishment,
11850 Florence Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(716) 334-6174
1-800-962-2660
www.wardsci.com
Gempler’s
P.O. Box 270, 100 countryside Drive, Belleville, WI 53508, Ph. 1-800-382-8473
Suppliers of Critter Containers
Pioneer Packaging
1584 U.S. Highway 41A North
P.O. box 6
Dixon, Kentucky 42409
1-800-951-1551
(502) 639-9142
Superior Enterprise
20141 Lanark St.
Canoga Park, CA 91306
1-800-669-8425
Note: Many pet stores also carry an assortment of “critter” cages
SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
The Coleopterist’s Society, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Rd. at Lakeshore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605
Entomological Society of America, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706 www.entsoc.org
The Lepidopterists Society, 3838 Fernleigh Ave., Troy, MI 48083
Monarch Watch, Monarch Watch c/o O. R. Taylor, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 www.MonarchWatch.org
Sonoran Arthropod Studies, Inc., P.O. Box 5624, Tucson, AZ 85703 www.sasionline.org
The Xerces Society, 10 SW Ash St., Portland, OR 97204
Young Entomologists Society, 1915 Peggy Place, Lansing, MI 48910