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RECORD NUMBER: 39 OF 4355Main Title | A field guide to the insects of America north of Mexico / | |||||||||||
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Author | Borror, Donald J. ; Borror, Donald Joyce ; White, Richard E. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1970 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00066022 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0395074363; 9780395074367; 0395185238; 9780395185230; 0395911710; 9780395911716; 0395911702; 9780395911709 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Insects--United States--Identification ; Insects--Canada--Identification ; Insects--identification ; Insecta--classification ; Insecta (Sistematica) ; Insectes--Ć¢Etats-Unis--Identification ; Insectes--Classification | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Insects--US--Identification | |||||||||||
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Collation | xi, 404 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. |