InsectsA guide to North American insects which gives popular name, describes life and reproduction cycles and feeding habits, and includes a range guide. |
Contents
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FOREWORD | 2 |
USING THIS BOOK | 3 |
KEY TO MAJOR INSECT GROUPS | 4 |
SEEING INSECTS | 6 |
STUDYING AND COLLECTING INSECTS | 14 |
BEETLES COMMON IN GARDENS | 76 |
OTHER COMMON PESTS | 152 |
FOR MORE INFORMATION | 154 |
SCIENTIFIC NAMES | 155 |
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abdomen adult emerges alfalfa AMBUSH BUG American animals antennae ants aphids bees birds body borers brown burrow burying beetles BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS CARRION BEETLE caterpillars cherry Chewing mouth-parts chrysalis CICADA click beetle CLOUDED SULPHUR cocoon color common corn CRICKET crops cuckoo wasp damage Dragonflies Earwig Eggs are laid eggs hatch emerge in spring eyespots female lays flies flowers forewings FRITILLARY gall garden GIANT SWALLOWTAIL GRASSHOPPER green hairs hairy hatch in spring hibernate hindwings Horntails insects KATYDID ladybird larvae larvae feed lay eggs LEAFHOPPER leaves legs live LOUSE male MANTIS mature MAYFLY medium-sized mosquitoes mud dauber nest nymphs orange pairs of wings parasites pests plants POTATO predators pupa pupate ROVE BEETLE scales scarab SCORPIONFLIES shield bugs smaller species spots stink bugs stoneflies sucking SWALLOWTAIL tent caterpillar termites thorax trees twigs VELVET ANT wasps wingless female wood yellow young