Virtual Collection:  Introduction

The Virtual Collection contains thousands of images and covers 29 of the 30 North American insect orders. Two of the 3 non-insect hexapod orders are represented (Protura is missing). Spiders and related organisms are also included as well as some small vertebrates that commonly represent insect predators. Many more images are also on the way.

Links to images for each order are provided to the left of every index page.

Mouse over the order names at the left to see a brief description.

Click the links to see an index of thumbnails for each order.

Click the thumbnails to see an enlarged image and details of each insect.

Some images may load slowly.

Additional links were added to enable convenient browsing of the virtual collection as an online slide show.