Insect identification and monitoring equipment

Resources by category

Sweep nets

• Great Lakes IPM Inc.
• Pro Metal
• Solida

Monitoring equipment, lures and traps

• Great Lakes IPM Inc.
• Solida

Disposable footwear

• Fisher Scientific
• Uline

Magnifiers

• Lee Valley
• Indigo Instruments
• Solida

Insect keys

• Common flea beetles of North Dakota – Gerald M. Fauske

Books and web resources

• Field crop and forage pests and their natural enemies in Western Canada : identification and management, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network
• Field Scouting Guide – Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
• Canola Encyclopedia – contains a chapter on pests of canola
• Bugs of Alberta by John Acorn and Ian Sheldon, Lone Pine Publishing, ISBN 1-55105-146-X, General Insects, Common Insects of Alberta

Preserving and collecting insects

• Pests, weed, disease – Oregon State University
• Collecting and Preserving Insects and Mites: tools and Techniques, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service