Insects: A Guide to Familiar American InsectsA guide to North American insects which gives popular name, describes life and reproduction cycles and feeding habits, and includes a range guide. |
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... known , outside the insects . Butterflies and moths total over 110,000 kinds . Bees , wasps , and ants number 100,000 ; true bugs , 55,000 or more . The student of insect life need never lack material . Over 15,000 species have been ...
... known , outside the insects . Butterflies and moths total over 110,000 kinds . Bees , wasps , and ants number 100,000 ; true bugs , 55,000 or more . The student of insect life need never lack material . Over 15,000 species have been ...
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... known insects are grouped together in the order Lepidoptera , the butterflies and moths . The order includes 75 families of moths and 5 of butterflies . About 7,000 species are known in North America . All , except very few , have two ...
... known insects are grouped together in the order Lepidoptera , the butterflies and moths . The order includes 75 families of moths and 5 of butterflies . About 7,000 species are known in North America . All , except very few , have two ...
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... known , all are social animals , living and working to- gether in ways that have astonished laymen and natural- ists alike . Among the most familiar of insects , they have inspired many a comparison with human society . Car- penter ants ...
... known , all are social animals , living and working to- gether in ways that have astonished laymen and natural- ists alike . Among the most familiar of insects , they have inspired many a comparison with human society . Car- penter ants ...
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abdomen adults emerge AMBUSH BUG AMERICAN AMERICAN PAINTED LADY animals antennae ants aphids bees birds borers broods brown burrow butterflies chewing chrysalis CICADA closely related cocoon color common COMMON WOOD NYMPH corn CRICKET crops cuckoo wasp damage develop Eggs are laid eggs hatch eye-spots FALL WEBWORM female lays FIELD CRICKET flies forewings FRITILLARY gall garden GOLDEN NATURE GUIDE GRASSHOPPER green GULF FRITILLARY harlequin bug hatch in spring hibernate hindwings Horntails ichneumon KATYDID known LADYBIRD larvae larvae feed larvae pupate lay eggs LEAFHOPPER legs lice live locust male mature MAYFLIES mosquitoes moths and butterflies mouth-parts mud dauber nest nymphs PAINTED LADY pairs of wings plants potatoes pupa queen rose chafer ROVE BEETLE scales shieldbugs similar small insects smaller species spots stages stinkbugs stoneflies sucking SWALLOWTAIL tail tent caterpillar termites thorax trees VELVET ANT wasps weevils wild wingless female wood yellow young