EIS map and Strand map of Norway
The European Invertebrate Survey-System (EIS) is a division of Europe into (approx.) 50 x 50 km. routes.
The route boundaries in the EIS system follow the international UTM system. The EIS route number is standard information on insect labels, although you should also include exact find coordinates (preferably in UTM).
The EIS map was last updated in 2005 and published in Fauna 58 (3) 2005: 92-97 and Insekt-nytt 31 (4) 2006: 13-18 .
The beach division is a regional division of Norway.
The division was prepared by Andreas Strand in 1943 and is based on the then county division of Norway. The larger counties are divided into two or more county parts, and each county / county part has an abbreviation that can be used on the insect labels instead of the full county name.
The beach map was revised by Økland (1981) and later by Endrestøl (2021). The latest version was published in Insekt-nytt 46 (1) 2021: 43-72.
An interactive version of the EIS and Strand map can be found here: .
The maps can be downloaded electronically here:
Norwegian insect families and their number of species
NINA Study 55, 1-40, 1993, revised 1999.
The purpose of the study was to obtain an estimate of the number of registered and hitherto unregistered species in the individual Norwegian insect families. The report is the first comprehensive attempt to get a total overview of the Norwegian insect diversity. In total, the survey estimated at approx. 15,000 registered species and an estimated 8,000 hitherto unregistered species, of which approximately 5000 are expected to be wasps and 2000 are expected to be feltings. That’s enough to grab!
Norway's insects
Norway’s Insects is a series of online presentations of Norwegian insect groups. The presentations are a collaborative project between NEF and several other institutions. Read more >>>
Pictures of the Oslo Fjord
OT Ljøstad photographs all of the islands and the mainland with a shoreline to the fjord from a helicopter. He has given us members of NEF a very generous offer; Anyone who writes entomological articles in electronic / printed media from the Oslo Fjord area can use the aerial photos for free.