Links to related websites

State government websites

• Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
• NSW Department of Primary Industries
• Department of Primary Industries, Victoria     
• Biosecurity SA, Government of South Australia
• Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

Locust related websites

• Desert Locust Information Service of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations - site that monitors Desert locusts worldwide and provides early warning of likely developments.
  
  
• Orthoptera Species File - taxonomic database of the world's orthopteroid insects.
  
  
• Biological control of locusts and grasshoppers - Lutte Biologique contre les Locustes et les Sauteriaux (LUBILOSA) West African locust control program.
  

Entomological websites

• Australian Insect Common Names - this website, developed jointly by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and DAFF, provides ready access to the correct scientific name of every insect or related creature for which there is a common name in use in Australia.
  
  
• Entomology Index of Internet Resources (Iowa State University)
  
  
• CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
  Australian Insects Online
  ANIC - Australian National Insect Collection 

Australian weather and environment websites

• Bureau of Meteorology - Australian Government site for all current weather and flood information,  short term and seasonal forecasts, and a range of weather data.
  
  
  Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population & Communities - Australian Government site containing information on the Australian environment and water resouces.
  
  
• The Long Paddock - Queensland Government site containing a large range of information on the climate, including the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), vegetation condition, rainfall and current drought conditions.