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Fishesofaustralia.net.au. Birds of Darwin - Denise Goodfellow. Aussie Bee & Australian Native Bee Research Centre. Australian Reptiles Online Database. Bugs, Museum Victoria, Australia. Atlas of Living Australia. FieldData software | Atlas of Living Australia. See also: What is FieldData? FieldData (also known as the BDRS, Biological Data Recording System) was developed by Gaia Resources on behalf of the Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) to help individuals, researchers, community groups and natural resource management groups collect and manage biodiversity data.

For the citizen scientist, it provides a means to contribute sightings, photos and other files to a project and to then see and edit their records. FieldData is Open Source software that can: provide data collection and management capabilities to an existing website—a ‘data plug-in’ or create a simple website for collecting and managing data. Functions of the software include: What can FieldData do for you? Citizen scientists can use the software to: contribute something meaningful to scientific research on biodiversity in Australiadiscover new things about the environment you live insee your data online and compare it to what others are contributing. Naturalist groups can use the software to: Australian Wildlife. ABRS | homepage. Encyclopedia of Life - Animals - Plants - Pictures & Information. Project Noah.

Entomology Australia. Insects@School The following links are provided to help teachers increase their knowledge of insects and create awareness of the resources available for teaching. More links will be added as we become aware of them. General Information Visual Key to the invertebrates - a very helpful and easy key to use to help you identify insects and invertebrates to Order.

Museum of Victoria Bug Page - comprehensive information on a variety of insect topics including: diversity, adaptations, food chains, beneficial insects; includes a resource page of worksheets and activities which can be used in the classroom for levels P-10. Queensland Museum Insect Information - Information about identifying, collecting, preserving and keeping live insects; includes information about insect projects for secondary classrooms Brisbane Insects and Spiders - a collection of insect information and photos from the Brisbane area presented by the enthusiastic Chew family. Activities Excursions or Incursions for schools Bugs Ed.