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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... femora shorter than fore wings . Fore wings are rounded at tips and at least 3 times as long as broad . Ovipositor flat , upcurved , shorter than abdomen . Head rounded . Antennae longer than body . Habitat : Deciduous woods and gardens ...
... femora shorter than fore wings . Fore wings are rounded at tips and at least 3 times as long as broad . Ovipositor flat , upcurved , shorter than abdomen . Head rounded . Antennae longer than body . Habitat : Deciduous woods and gardens ...
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... femora are often also swollen and bear heavy spines . These bugs have 4 - segmented antennae , large compound eyes , a pair of simple eyes , and many parallel veins on their wings . All suck plant juices , and give off a foul - smelling ...
... femora are often also swollen and bear heavy spines . These bugs have 4 - segmented antennae , large compound eyes , a pair of simple eyes , and many parallel veins on their wings . All suck plant juices , and give off a foul - smelling ...
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... femora have 7-10 bristles along each inner surface . Habitat : Among hair on live cats . Range : Worldwide . Food : Adult feeds on cat blood . Larva eats organic debris in cat's bedding , under rugs , or in dusty corners . Life Cycle ...
... femora have 7-10 bristles along each inner surface . Habitat : Among hair on live cats . Range : Worldwide . Food : Adult feeds on cat blood . Larva eats organic debris in cat's bedding , under rugs , or in dusty corners . Life Cycle ...
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