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Waterstriders (Gerromorpha)

Researcher in Illinois working on water striders. Has links to a checklist, showing some recent (?) revisions of genera. Photos of some species and some discusison on ecology.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 1:38pm

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Halobates - Oceanic Insects

These are the only pelagic (offshore in salt water) insects. Rather an extensive web site--several pages on biology, taxonomy, etc. Looks like North American species should be: 1-Halobates micans, Gulf of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic coast, and offshore. 2-H. sericeus, southern Pacific coast.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 12:46pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Water Striders (Gerridae)

Water Striders--Bug of the Month

Concise summary of water striders.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 12:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)

Checklist of the Hemiptera of Oklahoma

Extensive checklist, with bibliography.

(This is an old link, formerly under Hemiptera, a classification no longer used here.)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2007 - 8:15am

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Newly emerged cicada

a very friendly newly emerged cicada from the end of summer 2008

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Contributed by Martha Ramirez on 13 June, 2009 - 3:02pm

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Billd's Florida Insect Page.

This is my entomology page with photos and links about insects. I hope you use this page for science and education.

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Contributed by Bill D. on 15 April, 2009 - 12:21pm

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Say--American Entomology

Full title:
American entomology : a description of the insects of North American, with illustrations drawn and colored after nature / by Thomas Say ; edited by John L. LeConte ; with a memoir of the author by George Ord.
A lovely historical work. High resolution scans of individual plates (at the end of each volume) can be downloaded as JPEG2000 files. (Use a utility such as IrfanView to view them or convert them to other formats.) Many of the plates are lovely, and it is fascinating to see the fir

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Contributed by Cotinis on 4 April, 2009 - 11:06pm

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U. of Florida and Dep. of Agriculture Website

Has a lot of information on a lot of bugs.

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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 25 May, 2008 - 4:08pm

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