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Further Reading

Websites


Insects

CSIRO Insect Games
http://www.ento.csiro.au/about_insects/for_kids/index.html

The Australian National Insect Collection (CSIRO)
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/

CSIRO Entomology
http://www.ento.csiro.au/

Australian Ants Online (CSIRO)
http://www.ento.csiro.au/science/ants/

Australian Entomological Society
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/myrmecia/reports.htm

Insects – Web in a box (Australian Museum)
http://www.austmus.gov.au/webinabox/insects/

Montreal Insectarium
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/insectarium

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
http://entomology.si.edu/

Insect Pests (NSW Agriculture)
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/pe-insect

Insect Activities (Australian Museum)
http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/activities.cfm

Spiders

Victorian Spiders
/spiders/

The Spider's Parlour
/spidersparlour/

Tarantulas (National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tarantulas/intro1.html

Spiders (Australia Museum)
http://www.austmus.gov.au/spiders

Arachnids (Queensland Museum)
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/

Arachnids (Australian Museum)
http://www.austmus.gov.au/invertebrates/ara/index.htm

Spiders – Web in a box (Australian Museum)
ttp://www.austmus.gov.au/webinabox/insects/spiders/

Aquatic Bugs

Build a Bug
http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au/html/buildabug_02.html

Friends of the Merri Creek
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~fomc/

Streamwatch
http://www.streamwatch.org.au/main.jsp

Waterwatch Victoria
http://www.vic.waterwatch.org.au/

Waterwatch Australia
http://www.waterwatch.org.au/

Waterwatch NSW
http://www.waterwatch.nsw.gov.au

NSW Water Bug Survey
http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au

Dangerous Bugs

European Wasps (Museum Victoria)
/wasps/

Fire Ants (Department of Primary Industries, QLD)
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fireants/

Mosquitoes - The New South Wales Arbovirus Surveillance Program
http://www.arbovirus.health.nsw.gov.au

Stinging Insect Allergy
http://www.allergy.org.au/aer/infobulletins/hp_insect_allergy.htm

Australian Venom Research Unit
http://www.avru.unimelb.edu.au/avruweb/creatable.html


Books


Insects

Brunet, B. (2000) Australian Insects: A Natural History, Frenchs Forest.

Hangay, G. & German, P. (2000) Insects of Australia, Frenchs Forest.

Harvey, M. S., Yen , A. L. & Milledge, G. A. (1989) Worms to Wasps: an illustrated guide to Australia’s Terrestrial Invertebrates, Oxford University Press.

Horne, P. A. & Crawford, D. J. (1996) Backyard Insects, Melbourne University Press.

Naumann, I. D., (ed). (2000, 2nd edition) The insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne (two volumes).

New, T. R. (1996) Name that insect: a guide to the insects of southeastern Australia. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Zborowski, P. & Storey, R. (2003, 2nd edition) A Field Guide of Insects of Australia, Reed New Holland.

Zborowski, P. (2002) Green Guide to Insects of Australia, Frenchs Forest.

Spiders & Scorpions

Brunet, B. The Silken Web: A Natural History of Australian Spiders

Lindsey, T. Green Guide to Spiders of Australia

Walker, K. L., Yen, A. L. & Milledge, G. A. Spiders and Scorpions commonly found in Victoria

Aquatic Bugs

Gooderham, J. & Tsyrlin, E. (2002) The Waterbug Book: A guide to freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia, CSIRO.

Dangerous Bugs

Sutherland, S. K. (1995) Venomous Creatures of Australia: a field guide with notes of first aid Oxford University Press, Melbourne.




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