For collections staff
- Curatorial Entomologists of New Zealand (CENZ) database
Insect collecting in New Zealand and the South Pacific
- Detailed information about collecting invertebrates in New Zealand and the south Pacific: Click here
Mapping
- New Zealand topographic maps online: Click here
- Shapefile of NZ area βCrosbyβ codes for recording specimen localities: Click here
- DOC maps and geospatial services: Click here
- DoC permits: Information on low- and high-impact collecting permits: Click here
New Zealand Flora
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN): Click here
- Flora of New Zealand online: Click here
- National Vegetation Survey database of indigenous and exotic plants: Click here
- Nga Tipu Aotearoa β New Zealand Plants. Allan Herbarium collection database and literature search Click here
Taxon Records, Synopses and Keys
- Landcare Research. List of databases: Click here
- New Zealand ants: Click here
- Orthoptera New Zealand grasshoppers: Click here
- WetaGeta: A comprehensive guide to New Zealand Orthoptera: Click here
- Terrestrial invertebrates of biosecurity concern: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, biosecurity research on invertebrates, including important keys to the ants and mosquitoes of NZ: Click here
- MAF watchlist of pests and diseases: Click here
- Insects and mites on New Zealand native plants: Click here
- Soil invertebrates Identification key: Click here
- Fauna of New Zealand: Click here
- Flora of New Zealand (vol. 1-5): Click here
- Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust: Click here
Entomology & Invertebrate Identification Training
Interested in entomology and all creatures small? Listed below are some places where you can learn more.
University undergraduate courses:
Lincoln University
- ECOL 202 Biological Diversity
- ENTO 304 Insect Ecology and Diversity
- ECOL 302 Applied Ecology and Conservation
Massey University
- 199.211 Invertebrate Zoology
- 199.310 Entomology
University of Auckland
- BIOSCI 208 Invertebrate Diversity
- BIOSCI 320 Pure and Applied Entomology
- BIOSCI 747 Biosecurity and Invasion Biology
- BIOSCI 760 Biosystematics
University of Canterbury
- BIOL 211 Insect Biology
University of Otago
- FORB 201 Forensic Biology
University postgraduate courses:
Lincoln University
- ENTO 612 Advanced Entomology
Massey University
- 199.717 Entomology
University of Auckland
- BIOSCI 730 Entomology and Biosecurity
Careers in Entomology
- Biosecurity officer
- Quarantine inspector
- Museum curator
- Agriculture
- Apiculture
- Medical entomologist
- Public health
- Pest control
- Research technician
- Ecologist
- Consultant (e.g., environmental, public health, food technology)
- University academic
- Laboratory assistant
- Veterinary entomologist
- Science communicator
- Conservation
- Forensic entomologist
- Food production (e.g., pollination research and development, invertebrates as food,)
- Government departments and agencies (e.g., MPI, DoC, Scion)
Places of Employment
- Colleges, universities
- DoC
- Councils
- MPI
- Crown research institutes, e.g. SCION, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Plant and Food Research
- Armed forces
- Museums
- Consulting firms
- Agricultural chemicals industry
- Mosquito control agencies
- Pest control companies
- Conservation agencies
- Corporations involved in food, fiber and forest products
- State and federal plant quarantine agencies
- Local, state & federal departments of public health
- Independent laboratories