Biological Databases & Search Engines

Aquatic

• Odonata Central - John Abbott - UT
  • Odonata Central Google Maps Distribution Viewer
• Ephemeroptera specimen collection database - INHS
• Mayflies of Texas, County lists - USGS
• Plecoptera specimen collection database - INHS
• Stoneflies of Texas, County lists - USGS
• Trichoptera specimen collection database - INHS

Orthoptera

• Orthoptera Species File Online - The Orthopterists' Society

Lepidoptera

Texas

• County Checklists - Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
• TX-Butterfly Listserv archives - University of Houston

US & Canada

• Species Search - Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA
• Moth Photographers Group - Mississippi Entomological Museum at the Mississippi State University

Western Hemisphere

• Season Summary - Lepidopterists' Society
• Butterflies & Moths of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Janzen and Hallwachs

World

• Caterpillar Hostplant Database - The Natural History Museum, London
• Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society
• Lepidoptera - Markku Savela
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index - The Natural History Museum, London
• Lepidoptera Barcode of Life - International Barcode of Life
• Leps-L - Yale, Peabody Museum

Neuroptera

• Neuropterida Species of the World - A Catalogue of the Species-Group Names of the World - John D. Oswald

Coleoptera

• Cerambycidae Search - Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World
• The Coleopterists Bulletin (PDF) - Complete Bibliography (plus most abstracts) as of 25 July 2003 - The Coleopterists Society
• California Beetle Project - Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
• Scarab Workers (past and present) - World Directory - University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum
• Cerambycidae Holotypes of the Smithsonian Institution
• Tiger Beetles of Texas, County lists - USGS
• Western Hemisphere Caraboidea - Smithsonian

All Entomological Taxa

• BugGuide - Iowa State University Entomology
  • Advanced Search
• Type Database - Museum of Camparative Zoology, Harvard
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• NatureServe Explorer
• Woody Ornamental Plants and their Insect Pests - TAMU
• Entomo-L Mailing List Archives
• Caribbean Insect & Plant Database - Harvard

Botanical

Texas

• Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas - TAMU

• Flora of Texas Database - Plant Resources Center
• Native Plants of South Texas - AgriLife
• Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group 
• Texas Vascular Plant Checklist - Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group 
• Texas Native Shrubs - Benny Simpson

USA

• USDA Plants Database - USDA
• Native Plant Database - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
• Flora of North America
• NatureServe Explorer - Nature Serve

International

• Caribbean Insect & Plant Database - Harvard
• Caterpillar Hostplant Database - The Natural History Museum, London
• Caterpillar Food Plants of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Janzen and Hallwachs
• International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
• W³TROPICOS - Missouri Botanical Garden - Includes mapping option
• All Databases - Missouri Botanical Garden

Journals

• The Coleopterists Bulletin (PDF) - Complete Bibliography (plus most abstracts) as of 25 July 2003 - The Coleopterists Society
• Florida Entomologist - Search v.1: no. 1 (1917 ) to present
• Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society
• Google Scholar - Advanced 

Books

• Botanicus Digital Library - Missouri Botanical Garden

• Google Print - About Google Book Search - Advanced Book Search 

• New & Used Book Search Engines:

  • www.BookFinder.com - Compare prices on over 125 million books for sale

  • www.abebooks.com

  • www.alibris.com

  • www.nhbs.co.uk

  • www.merlioshop.co.uk/pemberley

  • www.pensoft.net

Taxonomic Specialists

• List of Entomologists - Wikipedia
• Scarab Workers (past and present) - World Directory - University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum
• World Taxonomist Database - ETI BioInformatics

Web Archive

• Wayback Machine - Internet Archive

Texana

• The Handbook of Texas Online

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