Educational Resources

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BugGuide

An online source for information and identification help for any insects from the U.S. and Canada

Insects Tree of Life

Insect Home Page at the Tree of Life web site

IPM Education (Kids)
Nature Now Courses

K-12 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Curricula for Teachers (from Maine Dept. of Agriculture)

Online Courses with North Branch Nature Centere

Free Online Course: Bugs 101
Insect Coloring & Activity Pages

Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions (Offered by Coursera)

Created by M.E.S. Member Monica Russo (PDF)

How to Make an Insect Collection

Resource by Purdue University

Collecting & Preserving Insects

This downloadable pdf file is a 68-page guide from the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Resource for Copyright-free Historical Insect Drawings

Maine Forest Service

Maine Forest Service homepage. Click HERE for MFS publications!

Forest Pest Information

Maine Insect and Disease Fact Sheets

Got Pests?
David Reed's Guide to Maine Freshwater Invertebrates

A Maine state guide to identifying plant pests

A guide to Larval Insects and Other Aquatic Invertebrates

Background image by M.E.S. Member Brandon Woo Bembix sp.; 18 July 2014; Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia NP (Hancock Co.)