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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!http://www.aussiebee.com.au
Australian Cicadas – learn all about cicadas, use the fabulous photographs to identify cicadas in your area and listen to recordings of their songs.
http://bacs-s02.bacs.uq.edu.au/sib/ins-info/
Australian Entomological Supplies – suppliers of everything you need to catch, collect, study & keep insects.
http://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.
http://www.leapfrogoz.com.au/LeapFrogOz/The_Australian_Mothology_Collection.html
Bright Minds – lots of great science related activities. Try identifying different minibeasts using specially designed interactive keys.
http://www.brightminds.uq.edu.au/kidsactivities/thechallenge/index.html
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.
http://www.bugsforbugs.com.au/
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).
http://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.
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/cps/rde/dpi/hs.xsl/4790_4538_ENA_HTML.htm
Greening
http://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.
http://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.
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bugs/
Queensland Museum – great fact sheets about insects, spiders and other animals.
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/inquiry/factsheets/
School of Integrative Biology - a fantastic free program that teaches kids how insects and other animals communicate with one another by using sound.
http://bacs-s02.bacs.uq.edu.au/sib/ins-info/biodiversity/Intro.html
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!
http://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/
Web 2 Spider – a great tool for assessing the diversity of web-building spiders in your local area. A fantastic hands-on activity for kids .
http://www.bugwise.net.au/resources/pdf/web2spider_guide.pdf