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Places To Go
The following are some places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out more about the amazing world of insects.
Abbey of Our
Lady of the Holy Trinity
Weber County bees make the best honey! You can visit the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in beautiful Huntsville, Utah. The monks at the abbey sell 14 flavors of honey at their gift shop.
Weber County bees make the best honey! You can visit the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in beautiful Huntsville, Utah. The monks at the abbey sell 14 flavors of honey at their gift shop.
The Carl Hayden
Bee Research Center
This site, sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, has some bee-yootiful photos and a lot of information on bees.
This site, sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, has some bee-yootiful photos and a lot of information on bees.
Children's
Museum of Utah
Interested in watching bees at work? The Children's Museum of Utah has an enclosed hive where you can view bee activity.
Interested in watching bees at work? The Children's Museum of Utah has an enclosed hive where you can view bee activity.
Hogle Zoo
Hogle Zoo has a beautiful butterfly garden. You can visit the website to find out zoo times and admission prices.
Hogle Zoo has a beautiful butterfly garden. You can visit the website to find out zoo times and admission prices.
Insect Zoo
The Insect Zoo is located in the Entomology Department at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Check the webcam to see what crawling creatures is currently being featured.
The Insect Zoo is located in the Entomology Department at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Check the webcam to see what crawling creatures is currently being featured.
Insecta Inspecta
World
Insects, they're everywhere. They inhabit all the continents, roam your backyard, and are even in the spaces between the walls of your home. Join the Insecta Inspecta team and enter the amazing world of insects!
Insects, they're everywhere. They inhabit all the continents, roam your backyard, and are even in the spaces between the walls of your home. Join the Insecta Inspecta team and enter the amazing world of insects!
Iowa
State University Entomology Image Gallery
Insects and plant disease pictures, divided into the categories: lice; beetles; butterflies, moths, and caterpillars; cicadas and leafhoppers; flies and mosquitoes; grasshoppers and crickets; true bugs; ticks; plants; and plant diseases.
Insects and plant disease pictures, divided into the categories: lice; beetles; butterflies, moths, and caterpillars; cicadas and leafhoppers; flies and mosquitoes; grasshoppers and crickets; true bugs; ticks; plants; and plant diseases.
Public Library
Your local public library has nonfiction insect books, insect videos, and magazines like Ranger Rick that contain interesting insect information. Do you want insect fiction? How about James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl? Insect poetry? Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian has whimsical bug poetry and paintings.For an extensive bibliography of bug information, choose the bibliography link from the menu at the top of the page.
Your local public library has nonfiction insect books, insect videos, and magazines like Ranger Rick that contain interesting insect information. Do you want insect fiction? How about James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl? Insect poetry? Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian has whimsical bug poetry and paintings.For an extensive bibliography of bug information, choose the bibliography link from the menu at the top of the page.
Smithsonian
O. Orkin Insect Zoo
Live spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and insects reside year-round in the O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Live spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and insects reside year-round in the O. Orkin Insect Zoo.
Utah
Lepidopterists' Society
This is a group of people who love butterflies! Find out how to join and when their monthly meetings are.
This is a group of people who love butterflies! Find out how to join and when their monthly meetings are.
Utah
Museum of Natural History
Don't miss their invertebrate zoology collection which include around 60,000 arthropods. Visit the museum website for information on museum hours as well as other interesting collections.
Don't miss their invertebrate zoology collection which include around 60,000 arthropods. Visit the museum website for information on museum hours as well as other interesting collections.
Virtual Insectory
The Virtual Insectary provides not only images of some common insects, but also includes information on the foods they eat and the habitats where they can be found. As you visit The Virtual Insectary, take time to follow the links and learn how insects are part of our ecosystem.
The Virtual Insectary provides not only images of some common insects, but also includes information on the foods they eat and the habitats where they can be found. As you visit The Virtual Insectary, take time to follow the links and learn how insects are part of our ecosystem.
Your Backyard
Your own yard can be the best place to observe, study, and appreciate the insects around us.
Your own yard can be the best place to observe, study, and appreciate the insects around us.
Yucky
Roach World
Enter the world of Ralph Roach and get the inside story on what life is like for a cockroach.
Enter the world of Ralph Roach and get the inside story on what life is like for a cockroach.
Online Activities/Hotlists are a listing of internet
sites with fun, interesting, and educational tasks attached to each one.
(You can learn how to use this WWW
Activities tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
- Insects
- Insects - Beneficial or Bothersome?
- Insects - Butterfly Hotlist
- Insects - Classification
- Insects - Cockroaches
- Insects - Flies
- Insects - Giant Hissing Cockroach
- Insects - Hotlist
- Insects - Mealworms
- Insects - Metamorphosis
- Insects - Monarch Butterflies
- Insects - Tsetse Flies
Insects
- Utah's Favorite: The Honeybee