Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index.

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