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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... legs . All have short fore legs and longer , slender middle and hind legs that arise close together . They dart about on the surface film of fresh and salt water , feeding on small animals that fall into the water or float up from below ...
... legs . All have short fore legs and longer , slender middle and hind legs that arise close together . They dart about on the surface film of fresh and salt water , feeding on small animals that fall into the water or float up from below ...
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... legs pale . Male's cephalothorax dark reddish brown with white spot in center and in front of eyes ; abdomen white with 2 red bands . Male has 2 pairs of reddish - brown fore legs , 2 pairs of yellow hind legs . Habitat : Meadows ...
... legs pale . Male's cephalothorax dark reddish brown with white spot in center and in front of eyes ; abdomen white with 2 red bands . Male has 2 pairs of reddish - brown fore legs , 2 pairs of yellow hind legs . Habitat : Meadows ...
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... legs of most , but a few species have short legs . The flat oval body , 8-34 " ( 4-20 mm ) long , consists of a compact cephalothorax that is broadly joined to the abdomen . The slender jaws , or chelicerae , in front of the mouth have ...
... legs of most , but a few species have short legs . The flat oval body , 8-34 " ( 4-20 mm ) long , consists of a compact cephalothorax that is broadly joined to the abdomen . The slender jaws , or chelicerae , in front of the mouth have ...
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