A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico,9780395911716

A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780395911716
ISBN10: 0395911710
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-04-01
Publisher(s): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Summary

Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the technical terms of insect anatomy.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note v(2)
Preface vii
Introductory Chapters 1(47)
How to Use This Book
1(3)
Collecting and Preserving Insects
4(19)
Work with Living Insects
23(6)
The Structure of Insects
29(9)
The Growth and Development of Insects
38(5)
Classifying and Naming Insects
43(5)
Systematic Chapters 48(315)
Arthropods: Phylum Arthropoda (Insects and Their Relatives)
48(8)
Insects: Class Insecta
56(307)
Proturans: Order Protura
60(1)
Bristletails: Order Thysanura
60(2)
Springtails: Order Collembola
62(3)
Mayflies: Order Ephemeroptera
65(3)
Dragonflies and Damselflies: Order Odonata
68(8)
Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets, Mantids, Walkingsticks, and Cockroaches: Order Orthoptera
76(12)
Termites: Order Isoptera
88(4)
Stoneflies: Order Plecoptera
92(6)
Earwigs: Order Dermaptera
98(2)
Webspinners: Order Embioptera
100(1)
Zorapterans: Order Zoraptera
101(1)
Booklice and Barklice: Order Psocoptera
102(4)
Chewing Lice: Order Mallophaga
106(2)
Sucking Lice: Order Anoplura
108(2)
Thrips: Order Thysanoptera
110(2)
Bugs: Order Hemiptera
112(16)
Cicadas, Hoppers, Whiteflies, Aphids, and Scale Insects: Order Homoptera
128(12)
Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, and Antlions: Order Neuroptera
140(6)
Beetles: Order Coleoptera
146(60)
Twisted-winged Parasites: Order Strepsiptera
206(2)
Scorpionflies and Their Allies: Order Mecoptera
208(2)
Caddisflies: Order Trichoptera
210(8)
Butterflies and Moths: Order Lepidoptera
218(42)
Flies: Order Diptera
260(48)
Fleas: Order Siphonaptera
308(4)
Sawflies, Ichneumons, Chalcids, Ants, Wasps, and Bees: Order Hymenoptera
312(51)
Glossary 363(10)
References 373(4)
Index 377

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