Bloody Sucker Web Sites

Assassin Bug

Animals of the Rainforest
http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/assassinbug.htm
The Animals of the Rainforest site features photos of assassin bugs.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/assassinbug/Assassincolor.shtml
The Enchanted Learning site offers a diagram of and information about assassin bugs.

Bugbios
http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hemiptera/hemi_009.html
This site contains descriptive information about assassin bugs.

Texas Cooperative Extension
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg51.html
The Texas Cooperative Extension site presents information about the beneficial aspects of assassin bugs.

kaweahoaks.com
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/assissin_bug.html
This site contains pictures and basic information about assassin bugs.

The Wild Ones
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/vampire.html
Students can use this site to obtain information about the range and behavior of vampire bats.

Organization for Bat Conservation
http://www.batconservation.org/content/meetourbats/vampire.htm
This informative site features a kids page devoted to information about vampire bats.

Bat Conservation International
http://www.batcon.org/
This organization teaches people to understand and value bats as essential allies through education.

Alien Earth
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/p32.html
The Alien Earth site features useful information about the range and behavior of leeches.

Australian Museum
http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/leeches.htm
The Web site of the Australian Museum contains a fact sheet with descriptions and detailed information about all aspects of leeches.

Action for Biology in Education
http://www.gondar.co.uk/abe/leeches.html
Students may use this site to learn about the classification, habitat, movement, feeding, and medical uses of leeches.

How Mosquitoes Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/mosquito.htm
This site presents useful information on mosquitoes, including facts about their life cycle and breeding, mosquito bites, diseases, protection and control, and much more.

New Jersey Mosquito Homepage
http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mosbiol.htm
The New Jersey Mosquito Web site offers diagrams and information about the structure and behavior of mosquitoes.

Aedes aegypti, the Yellow Fever Mosquito
http://klab.agsci.colostate.edu/aegypti/aegypti.html
This site features pictures and descriptions of the behavior and life cycle of this species of mosquito.

Everglades National Park
http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/skeeter.htm
The Everglades National Park Web site discusses some of the beneficial aspects of mosquitoes.

Arizona University
http://insected.arizona.edu/skeeterinfo.htm
This Web site also presents the beneficial aspects of mosquitoes.