Lecture 21-02: Insect Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Video: Planet Bob

Presentation (PDF): Insect Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Reference: Global insect biomass

A four-year old asked "Which weighs more: all of the people or all of the bugs?". The answer is given in an interesting online article. Another recent online article presents a rather disturbing visualization of the total biomass of our own species.

Video: TED talk on beetles by Max Barclay

REFERENCE: Our Island's Insects and Their Relatives

Online References

• Insects of Guam I and 2 (Bulletins 172 and 189)
• Insects of Micronesia (PDFs)
• Online catalog for the University of Guam insect collection
• Insects of Micronesia iNaturalist project