Insects

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Feb 1, 2014 - Nature - 160 pages

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This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes:
A key to insect groups
Mature and immature forms
How insects grow and develop and what they eat
How to find and observe them

Full color pictures, nontechnical language, and up-to-date range maps make this a gem of a guide for beginners at any age.

 

Contents

USING THIS BOOK
3
KEY TO MAJOR INSECT GROUPS
4
SEEING INSECTS
6
STUDYING AND COLLECTING INSECTS
14
BEETLES COMMON IN GARDENS
76
OTHER COMMON PESTS
152
FOR MORE INFORMATION
154
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
155
INDEX
158
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Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.