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A field guide to the insects of America north of Mexico, by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White ; color and shaded drawings by Richard E. White ; line drawings by the authors

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A field guide to the insects of America north of Mexico, by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White ; color and shaded drawings by Richard E. White ; line drawings by the authors

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A field guide to the insects of America north of Mexico

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

66022

Responsibility statement

by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White ; color and shaded drawings by Richard E. White ; line drawings by the authors

Series statement

The Peterson field guide series, 19

Summary

Comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated guide to the collection, preservation and study of over five hundred families of North American insects

Table Of Contents

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

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