Equipment & Supplies

Collecting and Preserving Insects and Arachnids:  A Manual for Entomology and Arachnology http://www.spc.int/PPS/SAFRINET/inse-scr.pdf

Collecting and Preserving Insects and Mites:  Techniques and Tools - http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/ad_hoc/12754100CollectingandPreservingInsectsandMites/collpres.pdf

Collections-related

Carolina Biological Supply – https://www2.carolina.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10101&langId=-1
Wide range of research laboratory equipment and supplies

Worldwide Butterflies – http://www.wwb.co.uk/html/ento_eqpt2.html
Wide range of collections-related products

Lane Science Equipment Corp. – http://www.lanescience.com/entomology.htm
Collections cabinets and drawers

Ted Pella, Inc.
http://www.tedpella.com

Wide range of microscopy products (including slides and slide-related products useful for specimen mounts and vials for liquid-preserved specimens)

Steel Fixture Manufacturing Company – http://www.steelfixture.com
Collections cabinets

Viking Metal Cabinet Co. – http://www.vikingmetal.com
Collections cabinets

Anchor Paper – http://www.anchorpaper.com/Finepaper/strathmore.htm#Strathmore%20Writing%20Label%20Stock
Archival-quality paper for specimen labels

Petr Kabatek Insect Pins – http://www.kabatek.cz/about.html
High-quality insect pin supplier

Molecular

Fisher Scientific – https://www1.fishersci.com
Wide range of research laboratory equipment and supplies

Qiagen – http://www1.qiagen.com
Wide range of research laboratory equipment and supplies

Carolina Biological Supply – https://www2.carolina.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10101&langId=-1
Wide range of research laboratory equipment and supplies

USA Scientific – http://www.usascientific.com
Molecular research lab supplies

Midwest Scientific – http://www.midsci.com
Wide range of research laboratory equipment and supplies

Perkin Elmer – http://las.perkinelmer.com
Chemicals and biological reagents for molecular research

Applied Biosystems – http://www.appliedbiosystems.com
Biological reagents and equipment for molecular research

Integrated DNA Technologies – http://www.idtdna.com/Home/Home.aspx
Oligonucleotide primer synthesis and other services for DNA research

Optics

Olympus Microscopes – http://www.olympusamerica.com/seg_section/seg_home.asp
Microscopes and microscopy supplies

Nikon Microscopes – http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=5
Microscopes and microscopy supplies

Digital Imaging

Kingston Technologies Imaging Resource Website – http://www.imaging-resource.com
Comprehensive and informative digital camera reviews

ABES of Maine – http://www.abesofmaine.com
Cameras and electronics

B&H Photo and Video – http://www.bhphotovideo.com
Cameras and electronics

Computer Software

Phylogeny Programs – http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/software.html
Lists, links, and descriptions for more than 240 phylogenetic-related software programs

Phylogenetic Software Resources – http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/subway/phylo/phylosoft.html
Lists, links, and descriptions for phylogenetic and taxonomy related software programs

Mantis – http://140.247.119.145/Mantis
Software manager of taxonomic information and specimens

Delta/IntKey – http://delta-intkey.com
Description Language for Taxonomy

LUCID – http://www.lucidcentral.com
Software for taxonomic identification and diagnostics

BIOTA – http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=1619
Biodiversity database manager

Imaging Resources

Microscopy and Imaging Resources on the WWW – http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro
Information, links, and descriptions for microscopy and imaging techniques

Syncroscopy (Synoptics) Auto-Montage – http://www.syncroscopy.com/syncroscopy/automontageshort.asp
In-focus digital imaging of 3-dimensional samples, alleviating depth-of-focus problems

Microptics – http://www.microptics-usa.com
In-focus digital imaging of 3-dimensional samples, alleviating depth-of-focus problems

Confocal Microscopes – http://www.confocal-microscopy.com/website/sc_llt.nsf
Leica microscopy equipment and supplies

Ted Pella, Inc. – http://www.tedpella.com
Wide range of microscopy products

Morphbank – http://www.morphbank.com
Repository of digital images serving the biological research community

Morphobank – http://morphobank.geongrid.org/

Web application for conducting phylogenetics or cladistics research on morphology.

Bugwood Network – http://www.bugwood.org/index.cfm