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This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes:
A key to insect groups
Mature and immature forms
How insects grow and develop and what they eat
How to find and observe them
Full color pictures, nontechnical language, and up-to-date range maps make this a gem of a guide for beginners at any age.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Revised. Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.InsectsA Guide to Familiar American InsectsBy Herbert S. Zim, Clarence Cottam, James Gordon Irving, Susan Simon St. Martin's PressCopyright 2002 St. Martin's PressAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-58238-129-9ContentsTitle Page,Copyright Notice,Foreword,Using This Book,Key To Major Insect Groups,Seeing Insects,Studying And Collecting Insects,Mayflies And Stoneflies,Dragonflies And Damselflies,Walkingsticks,Mole And Camel Crickets,Grasshoppers And Locusts,Field Crickets,Katydids,Mormon Cricket,American Cockroach,Mantises,Termites,Earwigs,Aphids,Leafhoppers,Cicadas,Treehoppers,Spittlebug,Scale Insects,Stink Bugs And Shield Bugs,Squash Bugs,Milkweed Bugs,Ambush Bug,Chinch Bug,Aquatic Bugs,Lice,Dobsonfly,Lacewings,Antlions,Tiger Beetles,Ground Beetles,Carrion Beetles,Water Beetles,Fireflies And Glowworms,Ladybird Beetles,Scarab Beetles,Rose Chafer,Japanese Beetle,May Beetles,Green June Beetle,Stag Beetles And Bess Bugs,Darkling And Prionus Beetles,Click Beetles,Longhorned And Flatheaded Borers,Beetles Common In Gardens,Controlling Garden Pests,Weevils,Caddisflies,Butterflies And Moths,Monarch,Viceroy,Purples,Common Buckeye,Fritillaries,Checkerspots,Anglewings,Mourning Cloak,Red Admiral, American Lady, And Painted Lady,Nymphs And Satyrs,Hairstreaks, Coppers, And Blues,Cabbage White,Sulphurs,Swallowtails,Skippers,Ailanthus Silkmoth,Cecropia Moth,Promethea Moth,Polyphemus Moth,Io Moths,Luna Moth,Imperial And Regal Moths,Sphinx Moths,Underwing Moths,Corn Earworm And Borers,Salt Marsh Tiger Moth And Isabella Moths,White-Marked Tussock Moth,Gypsy Moth,Tent Caterpillars And Fall Webworms,Cankerworms,Peach Tree Borer,Codling Moth,Bagworms,Scorpionflies,Crane Flies,Mosquitoes,Flies,Bluebottle And Greenbottle Flies,Tachinid And Other Flies,Horntails And Sawflies,Ichneumons,Mud Wasps,Insect Galls,Carpenter Ants,Fire And Cornfield Ants,Household Ants,Velvet Ants,Cicada Killer,Paper Wasps,Bees,Pests Of Cloth And Clothing,Pests Of Animals,Other Common Pests,For More Information,Scientific Names,Index,Copyright,CHAPTER 1SEEING INSECTSInsects have been on this earth for nearly 400 million years and are found nearly everywhere, even in the Antarctic. More kinds of insects are known than all other animals visible to the naked eye. A few insects have been called man's worst enemy, but we would be hard put to exist without them. Insects play many important roles in the environment. They are an important food source for many animals, extraordinary pollinators, and play a critical role in recycling. They are also gems of natural beauty, zoological mysteries, and a constant source of interest.WHAT INSECTS ARE Insects are related to crabs and lobsters. Like these sea animals, they possess a kind of skeleton on the outside of their bodies. The body itself is composed of three divisions: head, thorax, and abdomen. The thorax has three segments, each with a pair of jointed legs; so an insect normally has six legs. Most insects also have two pairs of wings attached to the thorax, but some have only one pair, and a few have none at all. Insects usually have three sets of mouthparts, two kinds of eyes - simple and compound - and one pair of antennae.This describes typical insects, but many common ones are not typical. The thorax and abdomen may appear to run together. Immature stages (larvae) of many insects are worm-like, though their six true legs and perhaps some extra false ones may be counted. Immature insects are often difficult to identify. It is also hard to tell the sex of some insects. In some groups males are larger or have larger antennae or different markings. Females are sometimes marked by a pointed ovipositor for laying eggs extending from the base of the abdomen.INSECT RELATIVES A number of animals are often confused with insects. Spiders, ticks, and mites have. Seller Inventory # DADAX1582381291
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