Great Insect-Related Websites
Aussie Bee Website – a comprehensive website with lots of great photos and info on Australian Native bees.  Discover which bees live in your area & you can even start your own native stingless bee hive!
www.aussiebee.com.au

Australian Entomological Supplies – suppliers of everything you need to catch, collect, study & keep insects.
www.entosupplies.com.au/

Australian Mothology Collection – brilliant photographs of North Queensland moths, showing their incredible diversity & beauty.  Check out the amazing digital artworks made from the wings of various moths.
www.leapfrogoz.com.au/LeapFrogOz/The_Australian_Mothology_Collection.html

Australian Museum – The Bugwise page is a great resource for schools, allowing them to explore the world of invertebrates and engages students in real science in local environments.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bugwise

Bugs for Bugs - a great website for learning more about biocontrol – using insects to control pests in our crops.  It includes some amazing close up photos of pest insects & their enemies in action.
www.bugsforbugs.com.au/

Butterfly Plants for Poverty – an inspiring local butterfly plant nursery whose profits go towards funding community projects in third world countries.  If you plan on purchasing any plants to add to your butterfly garden, make this your first port of call.
http://www.butterflyplantsforpoverty.org/

CSIRO Entomology – learn about the latest exciting insect research projects, download fact sheets and access the Australian Insect Common Names database (great for identifying insects).
www.csiro.au/org/Entomology.html

DPI Fire Ants – learn all about fire ants, why they are a pest and how we are trying to get rid of them from our environment.  Great free school resources available.
www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/4790_4538_ENA_HTML.htm

Entomology Australia – hosts information on Entomology Curriculum Australia (ECA), a series of tertiary level subjects in entomology available via distance education to anyone anywhere in Australia, as well as featured research, news, and useful entomology education links for primary and secondary teacher.
www.entomology.edu.au

Greening Australia – create your own native garden complete with butterfly host plants and other insect attracting species.
www.qld.greeningaustralia.org.au/GAQOTSASP/default.asp

Mount Glorious Biological Centre – breeders of Australian butterflies & stick insects; suppliers of entomological equipment & makers of beautiful insect display cases.
www.mountgloriousbutterflies.com/

Museum Victoria Bugs – play the fantastic online Bug Catcher game, where you can go behind the scene and explore, collect and sort bugs for the Museum’s insect collection.
www.museum.vic.gov.au/bugs/

Queensland Museum – great fact sheets about insects, spiders and other animals.
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Learning+Resources/Resources

Tamborine  Mountain Glow-worm Caves
Come on an underground adventure to see insects who think the sun shines out of their bums (literally!).
The million dollar Tamborine Mountain Glow-worm Caves were built to allow people to see these incredible glowing insects without impacting on their natural habitat. Learn about conservation and the importance of the natural world. Perfect for school groups investigating the amazing world of insects!
www.cedarcreekestate.com.au (follow 'glow-worm' links)

Tree of Life – learn all about how insects fit into the tree of life.  Find out about their close relatives, explore the different groups of insects and learn all about the diversity of insects. Beautiful photos and hand-drawn images.
http://tolweb.org/tree/

 

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