Entomology

Plate from Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1848.

Entomology is the scientific study of insects. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, some dating back around 400 million years. They have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth.

Projects

• AntWeb: leading online database on ants, storing specimens images and records, documenting over 490,000 specimens across over 35,000 taxa.
• BugGuide: as of October 2014, it had 30,774 species pages and over 808,718 images.
• eButterfly: online database of butterfly observations.
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index: database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London.

See also

• Biology

Entomological Societies, Organizations

Lepidoptera: Butterflies, Moths

Alberta Lepidopterists' Guild

• http://www.albertalepguild.ca/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/1506890419583893/

General Entomology

Acadian Entomological Society

• http://acadianes.org/

Aiena (Association of Indian Entomologists in North America)

• https://www.facebook.com/Aiena-Association-of-Indian-Entomologists-in-North-America-170198409665225/

Alaska Entomological Society

• http://www.akentsoc.org/

Amateur Entomologists' Society

• https://www.amentsoc.org/
• https://shop.amentsoc.org/

American Entomological Institute

• http://amentinst.org/

The American Entomological Society

• https://www.entomology-aes.org/
• http://archive.entomology-aes.org/
• http://authors.entomology-aes.org/
• http://taes.entomology-aes.org/

Forums, Databases, Identification

Actias

• https://www.actias.de/

Afro Moths

• http://www.afromoths.net/

Conservation / Protected Areas

Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica

• http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/

Entomological Supplies

Alpha Scents

• https://www.alphascents.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/alphascents
• https://www.instagram.com/alphascents/

Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies

• https://www.angleps.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Mothtraps

TV Shows

Acorn The Nature Nut

• http://www.acornthenaturenut.net/

Universities, Colleges

Texas A&M University

Aggie Women in Entomology

• http://awetamu.weebly.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/AggieWomeninEntomology/