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Invertebrates
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Virtual Insects (3-D)
http://www.ento.vt.edu/~s
harov/3d/3dinsect.html
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Virtual insects and spiders can be viewed as a movie or VRLM.
Copyright information:
This is an educational website, the site does not allow any commercial use of their materials. The user is encouraged to make links to the web pages, bitmap images, and movies if acknowledged. See web site for further details.
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The Virtual Nematode (3-D)
http://www.ppws.vt.edu/~s
forza/nematode.html
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The Virtual Nematode uses 3-D animations and virtual reality environments as visual teaching aids for several concepts in plant parasitic nematology. The end product is intended to supplement a lecture.
Copyright information:
No information on permitted use.
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Explore Cornell
http://explore.cornell.ed
u/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle%
20Science
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Explore Cornell is a multimedia web magazine about Cornell University in Ithaca. This website offers images from beetle science which includes accurate morphological illustrations created using a carbon dust technique, portraits of beetles, rotatable images of beetles and moving images of beetles. The images from this website are designed to be viewed only.
Copyright information:
The images on this website are copyright protected and must not be downloaded or saved for any purpose without written permission from the contributor, for which a fee may be required.
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Marine Invertebrate Larvae from the University of Saskatchewan Archives
http://scaa.usask.ca/gall
ery/lacalli/
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A small collection of images of marine invertebrate larvae including light micrographs of live specimens and scanning electron micrographs that show surface detail. The majority of the collection are transmission electron micrographs.
Copyright information:
The images on this website an be downloaded for academic or personal use only. Permission must be requested if they are to be used for a commercial purpose.
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Arthropod Images Archive from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
http://insects.ummz.lsa.u
mich.edu/Images.html
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A large collection of images of insects arranged alphabetically by latin name. This resource is easy to use and contains some good quality images although there is no text provided.
Copyright information:
The images on this website are available for personal and academic use.
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Monarch Watch from the University of Kansas entomology program
http://www.monarchwatch.o
rg/
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This site is a well-rounded site that has excellent organisation. There are many different resources for Monarch butterflies including an image gallery, with photos and artwork. There are resources on biology, migration and conservation of the butterflies which is targeted at all ages. Some of the information is particularly targeted at school children with advice on rearing monarchs in the classroom and watching their lifecycle. A most interesting and educational site.
Copyright information:
The images on this site are copyright cleared for educational purposes. See http://www.monarchwatch.org/about/terms.htm for information.
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Insect images
http://www.insectimages.o
rg/
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This site has a huge selection of high quality images of insects and related organisms which can be freely accessed to size 768x512. Larger images can be obtained if you are a registered user. Registration is free. Each image is accompanied by a latin name, common name and description. This site is an invaluable resource for insect images, it is well rounded and well organised.
Copyright information:
The images are copyright cleared for non-profit purposes provided suitable credit and copyright notices are also included. See http://www.insectimages.org/about/index.cfm for details.
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AntWeb
http://www.antweb.org/ind
ex.jsp
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This site integrates several sources of information about ants; taxonomic files, specimen data, and images taken using Automontage and a Leica microscope. The images are of high quality, but are difficult to find. Information and images are available on world ants, Californian ants and Madagascan ants. Each species has information on its natural history and distribution. Lots of information to be found on this site but it is not so well organised.
Copyright information:
The images are available for educational and academic use.
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Digital Guide to Moth Identification
http://facweb.furman.edu/
~snyderjohn/leplist/micro
leps1.htm
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This is a virtual field guide to the moths of North America. It has been compiled by the Moth Photographes Group at the Mississippi Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University. There are hundreds of images of moths and their larvae, along with links to other sources of information on the web, where these are available.
Copyright information:
Copyright to the images is held by the photographer, who is listed alongside the image. For permision to use the image, contact the photographer.
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