The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and SpidersAn extensive use of color photographs makes this a fine guide for identifying insects. Spiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life cycle, behaviors, folklore, and environmental impact. An illustrated key to the insect orders and detailed drawings of the parts of insects, spiders, and butterflies supplement this extensive coverage. |
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Page 396
... California , occasionally to Texas . Food : Ants and other insects moving on ground and in low vegetation . Life ... California . The Boreal Ground Mantid ( L. borealis ) , same size , has the brown spot in males , but females have a ...
... California , occasionally to Texas . Food : Ants and other insects moving on ground and in low vegetation . Life ... California . The Boreal Ground Mantid ( L. borealis ) , same size , has the brown spot in males , but females have a ...
Page 599
... California to Alaska , also New Mexico . Food : Larva feeds on California laurel , Oregon ash , and New Mexico willow . Life Cycle : Eggs are laid on bark . Larvae tunnel inward , later prepare pupal chambers under bark . This striking ...
... California to Alaska , also New Mexico . Food : Larva feeds on California laurel , Oregon ash , and New Mexico willow . Life Cycle : Eggs are laid on bark . Larvae tunnel inward , later prepare pupal chambers under bark . This striking ...
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... California to British Columbia . 454 Elongate Aphid Fly ( Baccha elongata ) Description : 8 " ( 9-11 mm ) . Slender with broad head . Abdomen so narrow in 1st several segments that insect appears wasp- waisted . Eyes red . Thorax black ...
... California to British Columbia . 454 Elongate Aphid Fly ( Baccha elongata ) Description : 8 " ( 9-11 mm ) . Slender with broad head . Abdomen so narrow in 1st several segments that insect appears wasp- waisted . Eyes red . Thorax black ...
Contents
Introduction Audubon Society | 7 |
How to Use This Guidergest private | 31 |
Glossary | 939 |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1980 |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1980 |
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abdomen abdominal segment Adult drinks nectar Adult eats Adults emerge antennae aphids areas bands bark bees Beetle body British Columbia brownish burrow butterflies Caterpillar Caterpillar eats Caterpillar feeds cells cephalothorax chelicerae cocoons color compound eyes Cycle damselflies dark brown Deciduous Description Eggs are laid elongate elytra Family female female's femora flies Flight Florida flowers foliage Food fore wings forests genus Grasshopper gray grayish green Habitat hair hatch head hind wings juices Larva feeds leaf legs Male Male's Mantidfly mate Meadows Mexico moths mouthparts Naiad nest North America Nymphs orange oval overwinter ovipositor pair pale parasites pedipalps plants pollen predators prey pronotum prothorax pupae pupate Range reddish brown resemble side slender small insects soil South southern Canada species spiders spines spring stripes Texas thorax Throughout North America tibiae trees twigs usually veins wasps wingless Wings clear Wingspan wood yellow yellowish