Educational materials at the Montréal Insectarium

The Entomoguide, an educational kit full of activities for learning the basics of ento-mology. The kit comes with seven suggested activities, 24 activity sheets for students, a section with experiments, six info sheets and 30 insect cards. Available only in French.

Monarque sans frontière, an educational game that teaches players about the mo-narch butterfly’s amazing migration all the way to Mexico. Available only in Fre-nch.

Insect cards, a set of 35 collectible colour cards, picturing the insects of Québec in their natural surroundings. Available only in French.

Entomological discovery boxes, packed with games, books and insect collections to complement the activities in the Entomoguide. Available only in French.

Travelling exhibitions that roam all over Québec. For information on their itineraries, call (514) 872-7097.

Reference books on insects

BORROR, D. J. and R.E. WHITE. A Field Guide to Insects, America north of Mexico, The Peterson Field Guide Series, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, 1970, 404 p.

LEAHY, C. Peterson First Guides to Insects of North America, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York, 1987, 128 p.

STOKES, D. W. A guide to observing insect lives. Stokes Nature Guides, Little, Brown and Company, Toronto, Canada, 1983, 371 p.

STOKES, D., STOKES, L. and E. WILLIAMS. The Butterfly Book, An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and Behavior, Little, Brown and Company, Toronto, Canada, 1991, 95 p.

SUZUKI, D. Looking at Insects, Stoddart Young Readers, Toronto, Canada, 1986, 96 p.

Associations and organizations

Association des entomologistes
amateurs du Québec (AEAQ)
4581 Sherbrooke Street East
Montréal, Québec
H1X 2B2
Website: http://www.aeaq.qc.ca

Entomofaune du Québec (EQ) Inc.
637 Talbot Blvd, Suite 108
Chicoutimi, Québec
G7H 6A4
Telephone: (418) 545-5011 ext. 5076
Fax: (418) 545-5012
Website: http://www.uqac.uquebec.ca/cdbq