BugsCEP for Windows XP

Click on a button to download from your nearest location (ca. 53Mb):

(If this fails, then please try the UK mirror: http://www.mepenguin.com/files/bugscep_xp.zip)

Last updated: 30th October 2007

BugsCEP for Windows 2000 (ca. 53Mb)

(If this fails, then please try the UK mirror: http://www.mepenguin.com/files/bugscep_2k.zip)

Last updated: 30th October 2007

Please remember to export any countsheets that you have created before installing a newer version, otherwise they will be lost. Export the spreadsheets using the [Export] button on the Countsheet Manager or Countsheet Editor, you can then import them as instructed here. At the moment site and sample meta data will have to be re-entered manually, but a full export/import/update routine will be added later.

Please report any problems to Phil.buckland (at) bugscep.com

Alternative downloads and related databases

BugsCEP is also available through the NOAA Palaeoclimatology Branch (insects section), as are a number of related palaeoenvironmental datasets.

BugsCEP for earlier versions of Windows

The Windows 2000 version is most likely to run on Windows NT4, but hasn't been tested recently. Windows 98 is unsupported, but if it runs then please let us know!

Phil Buckland's thesis, which documents the development, testing and implementation of BugsCEP is now available for download from Umeå University Library. Chapter 3 provides a description of the data included in BugsCEP and instructions.

1. Unzip the downloaded file to a temporary folder.
2. Make sure you are logged on with Administer level rights.
3. Run the Setup.exe file (double click on it).
4. If necessary, allow setup to install the MS Access 2000 runtime library, and then run Setup.exe again.
5. Do not let the setup routine replace any files that are newer on your system.
6. Follow the instructions to choose an installation directory, create a Start Menu item, and install any support files needed.
   Note: On some systems, the setup will restart your computer without warning! Please really make sure you close all other programs and documents before installing.
7. BugsCEP will be available on your Start Menu.

The first time you run BugsCEP you will be asked to complete two tasks:

1. Accept the End User Licence Agreement in a popup window. This will pop up when you run the program, and must be accepted in order to continue.
2. When you click the [Enter BugsCEP...] button on the start up screen you will be asked to point the BugsCEP program to its data file. This is installed in the same folder that you installed BugsCEP, and will be selectable in a standard MS Windows file chooser window.

The data retrieval screen will then open. See the Online Help for further instructions, or use the application help built into BugsCEP.

Please let us know if you have any problems or questions.

Any MS Windows PC capable of running MS Windows 2000 will work. Machines with less than 256Mb RAM or slower than 900MHz may have trouble.

BugsCEP requires between 60-150Mb of harddrive space to install, and should be given at least 20Mb of extra space to run.

MS Excel must be installed in order to use to climate and environmental reconstruction modules (BugsMCR and BugStats).