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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... Beetles range from large tropical insects , 5 " ( 130 mm ) long , to small species less than 16 " ( 1 mm ) . Some crawl on land ; others fly or live in water . Beetles can be easily recognized by the tough , armorlike fore wings ...
... Beetles range from large tropical insects , 5 " ( 130 mm ) long , to small species less than 16 " ( 1 mm ) . Some crawl on land ; others fly or live in water . Beetles can be easily recognized by the tough , armorlike fore wings ...
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... BEETLES ( Family Histeridae ) Hister beetles have small , hard , shiny black , green , or bronze bodies , less than 8 " ( 10 mm ) long . The short , broad elytra leave 1 or 2 abdominal segments exposed , while the large pronotum ...
... BEETLES ( Family Histeridae ) Hister beetles have small , hard , shiny black , green , or bronze bodies , less than 8 " ( 10 mm ) long . The short , broad elytra leave 1 or 2 abdominal segments exposed , while the large pronotum ...
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... beetles are the largest beetles that infest grain , milled flour , bran and many other cereal products . 185 Ironclad Beetle ( Zopherus baldemani ) Description : 4–1 ′′ ( 20–26 mm ) . Extremely hard- bodied . Head , body , and elytra ...
... beetles are the largest beetles that infest grain , milled flour , bran and many other cereal products . 185 Ironclad Beetle ( Zopherus baldemani ) Description : 4–1 ′′ ( 20–26 mm ) . Extremely hard- bodied . Head , body , and elytra ...
Contents
Introduction Audubon Society | 7 |
How to Use This Guidergest private | 31 |
Glossary | 939 |
Copyright | |
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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