A field guide to the insects of America north of Mexico
Donald J. Borror (Author, Illustrator), Richard E. White (Author, Illustrator)
Comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated guide to the collection, preservation and study of over five hundred families of North American insects
Reference works
1 online resource (xi, 404 pages, 16 leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color)
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Editor's note
Preface
Introductory chapters. How to use this book
Collecting and preserving insects
Work with living insects
The structure of insects
The growth and development of insects
Classifying and naming insects
Systematic chapters. Arthropods
Insects : class insecta. Proturans: order protura ; Bristletails: order thysanura ; Springtails: order collembola ; Mayflies: order ephemeroptera ; Dragonflies and damselflies: order odonata ; Grasshoppers, kaytdids, crickets, mantids, walkingsticks, and cockroaches: order orthoptera ; Termites: order isoptera ; Stoneflies: order plecoptera ; Earwigs: order dermaptera ; Webspinners: order embioptera ; Zorapterans: order zoraptera ; Booklice and barklice: order psocoptera ; Chewing lice: order mallophaga ; Sucking lice: order anoplura ; Thrips: order thysanoptera ; Bugs: order hemiptera ; Cicadas, hoppers, whiteflies, aphids, and scale insects: order homoptera ; Fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings, and antlions: order neuroptera ; Beetles: order coleoptera ; Twisted-winged parasites: order strepsiptera ; Scorpionflies and their allies: order mecoptera ; Caddisflies: order trichoptera ; Butterflies and moths: order lepidoptera ; Flies: order diptera ; Fleas: order siphonaptera ; Sawflies, ichneumons, chalcids, ants, wasps, and bees: order hymenoptera
Glossary
References
Index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2024