The Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES), founded in 1935, is one of the UK's leading organisations for people interested in insects. The society produces four publications (Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society, Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, Bug Club Magazine, and Invertebrate Conservation News) and supplies some online resources (articles and the online publication Beetle News). The Bug Club is for youngsters (5-15 approximately) interested in insects and other minibeasts. The web site gives also some general information about insects for beginners. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The aims of the Ancient Yew Group are described as follows: To raise public awareness of the national and world wide importance of our ancient Yews; to survey, record and monitor the health of our ancient Yews; to highlight potential threats; to research and collate all modern and historical references of our ancient Yew heritage; to provide advice to help people protect their ancient Yews; to campaign for better protection and seek government support; and, to bring together Yew tree enthusiasts, providing an opportunity to discuss, enthuse and help towards achieving the above aims. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
This site offers a large selection of pictures of Natural History objects, mostly British in origin. The images are presented to illustrate biodiversity and as an aid to identification. While pictures alone are generally NOT sufficient for identification, by showing different stages, states and views of the organisms more information can be offered than is available in field-guides. How to find your way around: BioImages is arranged in the normal biological classification (or at least my interpretation of it.) This is a hierarchical system with species grouped in genera, genera in families, families in orders and so on up to kingdoms and superkingdoms. 'Living Things' takes you to the top of the classification tree. If you just want to browse, Shortcuts takes you to a list of links to groups of organisms. You can then go directly to the group your are interested in. Then follow the links down to the species you want to see. On the left of each page in the classification hierarchy is a column of links to take you back up the hierarchy. Using these and the subtaxon links in the body of the page you can navigate sideways. This is a large site containing (Mar 06) 53,000 images depicting 4,600 species. The images include habitat shots, close-ups, macro shots and microscopy. Enjoy! ... [Information of the supplier]
Biology.ie was set up in September 2005 to collect Nature’s Calendar (or phenology) data from the public. This data (sightings of natural events such as the first appearance of leaves) is placed on a map of Ireland for all users of the site to view. The Aims & Objectives of Biology.ie are: To collect Nature's Calendar sightings from the public into one central database. / To increase awareness of Ireland's biodiversity and in so doing to increase awareness of the value of habitats for the plants and animals. / To maintain a web site that allows the public to contribute their experience of the natural world via maps and blogs/forums. Enjoy the site, and most of all, enjoy your observation of Ireland’s landscape, habitats and its biodiversity. ... [Information of the supplier]
True bugs (Hemiptera) are one of the major groups of insects found in the UK, comprising nearly 2000 species. The website provides an opportunity for interested parties to pool their images of British Hemiptera, with the intention of illustrating as many species as possible as an online identification guide. With the help of the systematic lists and the gallery you can check the details for more then 500 native species. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
This private web site deals with insects, which larvae mining leafs. It is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mining fauna which occur in Britain. The leaf mining fauna includes Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Symphyta (sawflies) and Lepidoptera (moths). The web site deals with 517 species which are presented with short information about host plant, phenology, and mostly with some pictures. Also the National Leafmining Lepidoptera Scheme is presented. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
A gall is an abnormal growth produced by a plant or other host under the influence of another organism. Most galls are caused by fungi or invertebrates. Prominent among the latter are aphids (Aphidae), mites (Acari), psyllids (Psyllidae), gall-midges (Cecidomyiidae), gall-flies (Tephritidae), gall-wasps (Cynipidae) and sawflies (Symphyta), but a wide range of other invertebrates are included. Galls can also be caused by viruses, bacteria and phytoplasmas. The British Plant Gall Society (BPGS), founded in 1985, aims to encourage and co-ordinate the study of plant galls, with particular reference to the British Isles. The society publishes the journal Cecidology. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The pages provide information on all species which have officially occurred in a wild state in Britain and Ireland, along with a few species that escape regularly from bird collections (so might be seen). Where possible, the accounts derive from information from BTO surveys and links are given to the relevant survey pages for each species. Full accounts are provide for the 258 commonest species, i.e. those which breed in Britian, or occur regularly in winter or on passage. Shorter accounts are provided for the remaining species, which are mostly rare visitors to Britain, or only encountered as escapes from bird collections. ... [Information of the supplier]
Buglife-The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. The trust pledge itself to saving Britain's rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, and spiders to snails. Buglife was registered in December 2000. On the web site presents some conservation projects and campaigns. Furthermore there are sites for young people with activities and general information about invertebrates. Some chosen species were presented as bug of the month with an informative leaf let. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Butterfly Conservation (BC) was founded in 1968 in response to a growing awareness of the plight of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) during the post-war period. Nowadays the BC manages over 30 nature reserves covering over 674 ha. On the web site the conservation programs, nature reserves and recording schemes of the BC are presented. Also some fact sheets about some butterfly and moth species and educational resources for children and teacher are provided. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]