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Entomology (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 , entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and , -logia
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
) is the scientific
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
 study of insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
s. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms,date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. It is a specialty within the field of biology
Biology

Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment ....
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Entomology (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 , entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and , -logia
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
) is the scientific
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
 study of insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
s. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms,date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. It is a specialty within the field of biology
Biology

Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment ....
. Though technically incorrect, the definition is sometimes widened to include the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod
Arthropod

Arthropods are animals belonging to the Scientific classification Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others....
 groups or other phyla
Phylum

A phylum "Phylum" is adopted from the Greek phylai, the clan-based voting groups in Greek city-states. is a taxonomic rank below Kingdom and above Class ....
, such as arachnid
Arachnid

Arachnids are a class of Arthropod invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, but some exceptions are of some species having the first pair legs convert to sensory function and harvest mite larvae have only 3 pairs of legs....
s, myriapods, earthworm
Earthworm

Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. The earthworm is the most known worm in America, and other countries....
s, and slug
Slug

Slug is a common non-scientific word, which is often applied to any gastropod Mollusca whatsoever that has a very reduced shell, a small internal shell, or no shell at all....
s.

Like several of the other fields that are categorized within zoology
Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. The most common pronunciation of "zoology" is ; however, an alternative pronunciation is ....
, entomology is a taxon
Taxon

A taxon or taxonomic unit is a name designating an organism or a group of organisms. In biological nomenclature according to Carl Linnaeus, a taxon is assigned a taxonomic rank and can be placed at a particular level in a systematic hierarchy reflecting evolutionary relationships....
-based category; any form of scientific study in which t definition, entomology. Entomology therefore includes a cross-section of topics as diverse as molecular genetics
Molecular genetics

Molecular genetics is the field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a Molecule level. The field studies how the genes are transferred from generation to generation....
, behavior
Behavior

Behavior or behaviour refers to the action s or reactions of an object or organism, usually in Relational theory to the environment. Behavior can be conscious or Unconscious mind, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary....
, biomechanics
Biomechanics

Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms. This includes bioengineering, the research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms and the application of engineering principles to and from biological systems....
, biochemistry
Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry processes in living organisms. It deals with the structure and function of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules....
, systematics
Systematics

Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of life on the planet Earth, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time....
, physiology
Physiology

Physiology is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. Physiology has traditionally been divided between plant physiology and animal and all living things physiology but the principles of physiology are universal, no matter what particular organism is being studied....
, developmental biology
Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, cellular differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to biological tissues, organ s and anatomy....
, ecology
Ecology

Ecology is the science study of the distribution and Abundance of life and the interactions between organisms and their nature environment ....
, morphology
Morphology (biology)

The term morphology in biology refers to form, structure and configuration of an organism. This includes aspects of the outward appearance as well as the form and structure of the internal parts like bones and organs....
, paleontology
Paleontology

File:Geological time spiral - sharper.pngPaleontology from Greek: pa?a??? "old, ancient", ??, ??t- "being, creature", and ????? "speech, thought" is the study of prehistory life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments ....
, anthropology
Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
, robotics
Robotics

Robotics is the science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, and application. Robotics has connections to electronics, mechanics, and software....
, agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
, nutrition
Nutrition

Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with good nutrition....
, forensic science and more.

History of entomology


Entomology is rooted in nearly all human culture
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
s from prehistoric times, primarily in the context of agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 (especially biological control and beekeeping
Beekeeping

Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in beehives, by humans. A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect honey and beeswax, for the purpose of pollination agriculture, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers....
), but scientific study began only as recently as the 16th century.

The list of entomologists
List of entomologists

The following is a list of entomologists, people who have studied insects.See also List of zoologists...
 through recorded history is enormous, and includes such notable figures as Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin Royal Society was an English people natural history who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolution over time from common descent, through the process he called natural selection....
, Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a Multilingualism Russian-American novelist and short story writer.Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian language, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist....
, Karl von Frisch
Karl von Frisch

Karl Ritter von Frisch was an Austrian ethology who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz....
 (winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Physiology or Medic...
), and two-time Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
 winner E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson

Edward Osborne Wilson is an United States biologist, researcher , theorist , naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, a branch of entomology....
.

Entomology in popular culture

Gil Grissom
Gil Grissom

Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, Doctor of Philosophy is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the American TV crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
 on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
 TV show is an entomologist, who is played by actor William Petersen
William Petersen

William Louis Petersen is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American actor and producer, best known for playing Gil Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
. Similarly, entomologist Jack Hodgins
Jack Hodgins

For the fictional character from Bones see Jack Hodgins Jack Hodgins is a Canada novelist and short story writer.Born in the Comox Valley, British Columbia, he attended the University of British Columbia, where he was encouraged by Earle Birney....
 of Bones
Bones (TV series)

Bones is an United States Dramatic programming television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensics and police procedurals in which each episode focuses on an Federal Bureau of Investigation case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
 helps his team by analyzing insects and "particulates" near to or attached to decomposed victims, often identifying the precise location a murder originally occurred; he is also an expert in botany and mineralogy.

In Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
's story, The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Detective fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serial in the British Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set mainly on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country....
, the villain is a naturalist
Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research that is published in magazines than in academic journals....
 who collects butterflies, making him an "evil" entomologist.

There are numerous science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 books which have plots based on humans becoming smaller and having to deal with insects at their level. Some examples are The Insect Warriors by Rex Dean Levie, Atta
Atta

Atta is a genus of New World ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae....
 by Francis Rufus Bellamy
Francis Rufus Bellamy

Francis Rufus Bellamy was an American writer and editor.He was born in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was editor of Outlook from 1927 to 1932, and was executive editor of The New Yorker in 1933....
, Bug Park by James P. Hogan
James P. Hogan (writer)

James Patrick Hogan is a United Kingdom science fiction author....
, The Micronauts series by Gordon Williams, and The Forgotten Planet
The Forgotten Planet

The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel by Murray Leinster. It was released in 1954 in literature by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies....
 by Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning United States writer of science fiction and alternate history ....
. The Forgotten Planet's plot is twisted in that the insects are the size of men (or larger) on a planet "seeded" to prepare it for human habitation. Robert Asprin
Robert Asprin

Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy authors best known for his humorous MythAdventures and Phule's Company series....
 wrote The Bug Wars
The Bug Wars

The Bug Wars is a 1979 science fiction novel by Robert Asprin.Asprin credits the song "Reminder" by Robert Coulson as his inspiration for the novel....
, a novel about war between reptiles and insects on an interplanetary scale.

Identification of insects

Most insects can easily be recognized to order, such as Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants) or Coleoptera (beetles). However, insects other than Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 (butterflies and moth
Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
s) are typically identifiable to genus or species only through the use of Identification key
Identification key

An identification key is a printed or computer-aided device that aids the identification of biological organisms or other type of entity . Traditionally identification keys have most commonly taken the form of single-access keys ....
s and Monograph
Monograph

A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually also by a single author. It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book, journal article, editorial or written rant....
s. Because the class Insecta contains a very large number of species (over 330,000 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of beetles alone) and the characters separating them are unfamiliar, and often subtle (or invisible without a microscope
Microscope

A microscope is an Laboratory equipment for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or unaided eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy....
), this is often very difficult even for a specialist.

Insect identification is an increasingly common hobby, with butterflies
Butterfly

A butterfly is an insect of the Order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual Biological life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form....
 and dragonflies
Dragonfly

A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera....
 being the most popular.

Taxonomic specialization

Beetle Collection
Many entomologists specialize in a single order or even a family of insects, and a number of these subspecialties are given their own informal names, typically (but not always) derived from the scientific name of the group:
  • Apiology
    Apiology

    Apiology is the scientific study of honey bees, a subdiscipline of melittology, which is itself a branch of entomology. Honey bees are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems....
     (or melittology) - bee
    Bee

    Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. Bees are a monophyly lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila....
    s
  • Coleopterology - beetle
    Beetle

    Beetles are the group of insects with the largest number of known species. They are placed in the order Coleoptera , which contains more described species than in any other order in the animal, constituting about 25% of all known life-forms....
    s
  • Dipterology - flies
  • Hemipterology
    Hemiptera

    Hemiptera is an order of insects, comprising around 80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm, and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts ....
     - true bug
    Hemiptera

    Hemiptera is an order of insects, comprising around 80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm, and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts ....
    s
  • Lepidopterology
    Lepidoptera

    Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
     - moth
    Moth

    A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
    s and butterflies
    Butterfly

    A butterfly is an insect of the Order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual Biological life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form....
  • Myrmecology
    Myrmecology

    Myrmecology is the science study of ants, a branch of entomology. Ants are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems....
     - ant
    Ant

    Ants are Eusociality insects of the family Formicidae, and along with the related wasps and bees, they belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolution from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and Evolutionary radiation after the rise of flowering plants....
    s
  • Orthopterology
    Orthopterology

    Orthopterology is the scientific study of grasshoppers, cricket and other insects of the order Orthoptera....
     - grasshopper
    Grasshopper

    Grasshoppers are insects of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish them from Tettigoniidae, they are sometimes referred to as short-horned grasshoppers....
    s, cricket
    Cricket (insect)

    Crickets, family Gryllidae , are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to Tettigoniidae . They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antenna ....
    s, etc.
  • Trichopterology
    Trichoptera

    Caddisflies, sedge-flies or rail flies are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous insect wing. They are closely related to Lepidoptera which have scales on their wings, and the two orders together form the superorder Amphiesmenoptera....
     - caddis flies


Organizations

Like other scientific specialties, entomologists have a number of local, national, and international organizations. There are also many organizations specializing in specific subareas.
  • Amateur Entomologists' Society
    Amateur Entomologists' Society

    The Amateur Entomologists' Society is a UK organisation for people interested in insects....
  • Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
    Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

    The German Entomological Institute is a Germany entomology society devoted to the study of insects. Founded in 1886, the society has an extensive library and insect collections....
  • Entomological Society of America
    Entomological Society of America

    The Entomological Society of America was founded in 1889 and today has more than 6,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agriculture departments, health agencies, private industries, colleges and university, and state and federal governments....
  • Entomological Society of Canada
    Entomological Society of Canada

    The Entomological Society of Canada or Soci?t? d?Entomologie du Canada is one of Canada's most historical scientific societies. The society was founded in Toronto on April 16, 1863....
  • Royal Belgian Entomological Society
    Royal Belgian Entomological Society

    The Royal Belgian Entomological Society is based in Brussels is devoted to the study of entomology. The official website is is in English and as yet incomplete.There is a section on Type ....
  • Royal Entomological Society of London
    Royal Entomological Society of London

    The Royal Entomological Society of London is devoted to insect study. It has a major national and international role in disseminating information about insects and improving communication between entomologists....
  • Société Entomologique de France
    Société entomologique de France

    The Soci?t? entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832....
  • Netherlands Entomological Society
    Netherlands Entomological Society

    The Netherlands Entomological Society was founded in 1845 for the purpose of improving and promoting entomology in the Netherlands. The society has more than 600 members....
  • Entomological Society of Japan
    Entomological Society of Japan

    The Entomological Society of Japan was founded in 1917 for the purpose of improving and promoting entomology in Japan....


Museums

Here is a list of selected museum which contain very large insect collections.

Africa

  • Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa


Europe

  • Natural History Museum, Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum
    Naturhistorisches Museum

    The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover 8,700 m?, and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....
  • Natural History Museum, Paris Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

    The Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle is the France national museum of natural history....
  • Natural History Museum, Berlin Humboldt Museum
    Humboldt Museum

    The Museum f?r Naturkunde , widely known as the Naturkundemuseum, occasionally as the Humboldt Museum of Berlin. It has a massive collection of more than 25 million zoological, paleontological, and minerological specimens, including more than ten thousand type specimens....
  • Natural History Museum, London Natural History Museum
    Natural History Museum

    The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
  • Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels Royal Museum for Central Africa
    Royal Museum for Central Africa

    The Royal Museum for Central Africa is an ethnography and natural history museum in Tervuren in the suburbs of Brussels, Belgium. It was first built to show off Leopold II of Belgium Congo Free State for the 1897 World Exhibition....
  • Natural History Museum, Leiden Natural History Museum, Leiden
  • Natural History Museum, Sweden Swedish Museum of Natural History
    Swedish Museum of Natural History

    The Swedish Museum of Natural History , in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg....
  • Natural History Museum, St. Petersburg Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science
    Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science

    The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg, on Universitetskaya Embankment....
  • Natural History Museum, Geneva
  • The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Zoologische Staatssammlung München
    Zoologische Staatssammlung München

    Zoologische Staatssammlung M?nchen or ZSM or The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology is a major Germany research institution for Zoology systematics....


United States

  • National Museum of Natural History
    National Museum of Natural History

    File:Smithsonian Natural History Museum circa 1926.jpgThe National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.....
    , Washington, DC
  • American Museum of Natural History
    American Museum of Natural History

    The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
  • California Academy of Sciences
    California Academy of Sciences

    The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World . Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States....
    , San Francisco
  • Field Museum of Natural History
    Field Museum of Natural History

    The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, USA. It sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex known as the Museum Campus Chicago....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
  • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park , Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art....
    , Los Angeles
    Los Ángeles

    Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
  • Academy of Natural Sciences
    Academy of Natural Sciences

    The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the United States. It was founded in 1812 by many of the leading naturalists of the young republic with its expressed mission of "the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences." For over nearly two centuries of continuous operations, the Acade...
    , Philadelphia
  • University of Kansas Natural History Museum
    University of Kansas Natural History Museum

    The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is part of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, which is itself part of the KU Biodiversity Institute....
    , Lawrence, KS
    Lawrence, Kansas

    Lawrence is the 6th largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Douglas County....
  • University of Nebraska State Museum
    University of Nebraska State Museum

    The University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, is a natural history museum featuring Nebraska biodiversity, paleontology, and cultural diversity....
    , Lincoln, NE
    Lincoln, Nebraska

    The City of Lincoln is the Capital and the Nebraska#Important cities and towns of the United States U.S. state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County, Nebraska and the home of the University of Nebraska....
  • Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven
  • Museum of Comparative Zoology
    Museum of Comparative Zoology

    The Museum of Comparative Zoology, full name "The Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology", often abbreviated simply to "MCZ", is a zoology museum located on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
    , Cambridge, MA
    Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
  • McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
    Florida Museum of Natural History

    The Florida Museum of Natural History is the State of Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural history museum. Its main facilities are located on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Florida....
    , University of Florida
    University of Florida

    The University of Florida is a Public university land-grant university, sea grant colleges, Space grant colleges major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States....
University of Missouri Enns Entomology Museum, Columbia, MO
Columbia, Missouri

Columbia is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With an estimated population of 99,174 in 2007, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Area, a region of 162,314 residents....


Canada

  • Royal Ontario Museum
    Royal Ontario Museum

    The Royal Ontario Museum, commonly known as the ROM, is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's largest museum of Culture by region and natural history....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
  • Canadian Museum of Nature
    Canadian Museum of Nature

    The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing....
    , Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
  • Montreal Insectarium
    Montreal Insectarium

    The Montr?al Insectarium is a museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring a large quantity of insects from all around the world. It is the largest North American insectarium and among the largest in the world....
    , Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
  • University of Guelph Insect Collection, University of Guelph
    University of Guelph

    The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of achievement in Agriculture and Veterinary Me...
    , Guelph
    Guelph

    Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above...
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Lyman Entomological Museum, McGill University
    McGill University

    McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....
    , Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
  • Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
  • E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, Edmonton
    Edmonton

    Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....


See also

  • List of entomologists
    List of entomologists

    The following is a list of entomologists, people who have studied insects.See also List of zoologists...
  • List of entomological journals
    List of entomological journals

    The following is a list of entomological journals and magazines:...
  • Insects on stamps
    Insects on stamps

    Almost every country has featured insects on stamps. Insect related topics such as the mosquito eradication programme of the 1960s as well as graphic designs based on insects have also appeared....
  • Ethnoentomology
    Ethnoentomology

    Ethnoentomology is the study of the relationship between insects and people. The name is derived from "Ethnology" - study of people and "entomology" - study of insects....


For further reading

  • Chiang, H.C. and G. C. Jahn 1996. Entomology in the Cambodia-IRRI-Australia Project. (in Chinese) Chinese Entomol. Soc. Newsltr. (Taiwan) 3: 9-11.
  • Davidson, E. 2006. Big Fleas Have Little Fleas: How Discoveries of Invertebrate Diseases Are Advancing Modern Science University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 208 pages, ISBN 0-8165-2544-7.
  • Triplehorn, Charles A. and Norman F. Johnson (2005-05-19). Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th edition, Thomas Brooks/Cole. ISBN 0-03-096835-6. — a classic textbook in North America.*Capinera, JL (editor). 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd Edition. Springer. ISBN 1-402-06242-7.


External links

  • Site from France.Extensive photo album sorted by topic.
  • Great entomology Web sites selected by entomologists


Academic institutions
  • at the University of Florida
    University of Florida

    The University of Florida is a Public university land-grant university, sea grant colleges, Space grant colleges major research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States....
  • at Macdonald Campus
    Macdonald Campus

    The Macdonald Campus of McGill University houses its Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, and the McGill School of Environment....
     of McGill University
    McGill University

    McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....


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