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Selected reading in Forest Health:

• Coulson, R.N., and Witter, J.A. 1984. Forest Entomology. John Wiley and Sons
• Edmonds, R.L., J.K. Agee, and R.I. Gara. 1999. Forest Health and Protection. McGraw-Hill, 630 pp.
• Furniss, R.L., and Carolin, V.M. 1977. Western Forest Insects, USDA Forest Service, Misc. Publ. No. 1339
• Speight, M.R., and Wainhouse, D. 1989. Ecology and Management of Forest Insects, Oxford Science Publications
• Ives, W.G.H., and Wong, H.R. 1988. Tree and shrub insects of the Prairie Provinces, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Information Report NOR-X-292 (Available from UBC Press)
• Barbosa, P., and Wagner, M.R. 1989. An introduction to forest and shade tree insects, Academic Press, San Diego.
• Berryman, A.A. 1986. Forest Insects, Plenum Press, New York.

Quick connections to some Forest Practices Code Guidebooks (also available at the beginning of relevant Entonotes).

• Bark Beetle Management Guidebook
• Defoliator Management Guidebook
• Terminal Weevils Guidebook

Additional information is available on WWW. You may wish to visit

• FETCH21. Fetch21 stands for "Forest Entomology Textbook Challenge for the 21st Century", and provides links to most important sites with forest entomology information. Fetch21 is maintained by Dr. John McLean, Professor of Forest Entomology, UBC.
• The Forest Entomology page of BUGNET, which are web pages maintained by Dr. Paul Bell, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Ontario.

General entomology web site links can be accessed through

• The very comprehensive site of Iowa State University's Department of Entomology
• Colorado State University's Entomology on the WWW site
• Many other excellent links are available through FETCH21

Entomological Societies of interest are:

• Entomological Society of America
• Entomological Society of Canada
• Entomological Society of British Columbia

The links below are to "Entonotes" pages, each of which provide brief descriptions and some illustrations of forest insects found primarily in British Columbia. Insect names preceded by an asterisk are those that students are expected to know well.
 

"Woolly bear", the larva of the tiger moth Spilosoma virginica F. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING ROOTS IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING BARK IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING WOOD IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING TWIGS AND BRANCHES

IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING FOLIAGE IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING SHOOTS AND BUDS IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING SEEDS AND CONES IMPORTANT AND COMMON INSECTS AFFECTING SEEDLINGS IMPORTANT EXOTIC INSECT PESTS OF FORESTS

Errors in the information are the responsibility of the author, Dr. Staffan Lindgren. I welcome any  suggestions for improvements to lindgren@unbc.ca All photographs by S.Lindgren unless otherwise noted.