National Wildlife Federation field guide to insects and spiders & related species of North America / written by Arthur V. Evans ; foreword by Craig Tufts.
Also includes material on proturans, springtails, diplurans, harvestmen, scorpions, ticks, mites, centipedes, millipedes, crayfish, pillbugs, fairy, brine, tadpole, and clam shrimps, water fleas, and malacostracans.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781402741531 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1402741537 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 496 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Sterling Pub. ; c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Col. map on p. [3] of cover. Originally published: New York : Sterling Pub., c2007. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-482) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Insects, spiders, and people -- Scope and arrangement of this guide -- Classification -- What is an insect? -- The body plan of insects and entognaths -- Growth and development of entognaths and insects -- Metamorphosis -- Synopsis of North American hexapod orders -- Class entognatha -- Class insecta -- What is a spider? -- The body plan of spiders -- Synopsis of common North American arachnid orders -- Other arthropods -- Myriapoda : centipedes, millipedes, and kin -- Crustacea : crayfish, shrimps, pillbugs, and kin -- Natural history of insects, spiders, and their kin -- Feeding behavior -- Defense behavior -- Conserving the silent majority -- Finding insects, spiders, and their kin -- Where to look -- Making an identification -- About the guide -- Entognaths -- Proturans (order Protura) -- Springtails (order Collembola) -- Diplurans (order Diplura) -- Insects -- Jumping bristletails (order Microcoryphia) -- Silverfish and firebrats (order Thysanura) -- Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera) -- Dragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata) -- Cockroaches (order Blattodea) -- Termites (order Isoptera). Mantids (order Mantodea) -- Rockcrawlers (order Grylloblattodea) -- Earwigs (order Dermaptera) -- Stoneflies (order Plecoptera) -- Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids (order Orthoptera) -- Stick insects (order Phasmida) -- Webspinners (order Embioptera) -- Zorapterans (order Zoraptera) -- Barklice and booklice (order Psocoptera) -- Chewing and sucking lice (order Phthiraptera) -- True bugs, cicadas, hoppers, and kin (order Hemiptera) -- Thrips (order Thysanoptera) -- Dobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies (order Megaloptera) -- Snakeflies (order Raphidioptera) -- Antlions, lacewings, mantidflies, and owlflies (order Neuroptera) -- Beetles (order Coleoptera) -- Twisted-winged parasites (order Strepsiptera) -- Scorpionflies and hangingflies (order Mecoptera) -- Fleas (order Siphonaptera) -- Flies (order Diptera) -- Caddisflies (order Trichoptera) -- Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) -- Ants, bees, and wasps (order Hymenoptera) -- Arachnids -- Spiders (order Araneae) -- Harvestmen (order Opiliones) -- Scorpions (order Scorpiones). Pseudoscorpions (order Pseudoscorpiones) -- Windscorpions (order Solifugae) -- Tailless whipscorpions (order Amblypygi) -- Whipscorpions (order Uropygi) -- Ticks and mites (order Acari) -- Other arthropods -- Centipedes (Class Chilopoda) -- Millipedes (class Diplopoda) -- Fairy, brine, tadpole and clam shrimps, and water fleas (class Branchiopoda) -- Malacostracans (class Malacostraca) -- How-to guides -- Starting an insect and spider collection -- Keeping insects and spiders in captivity -- Planting an arthropod garden -- Macrophotography -- Appendices -- Acknowledgments -- Staff for this guide -- Illustration sources -- Photo credits -- Glossary -- Pronunciation guide -- Orders of arthropods in North America -- Endangered and threatened insects and arachnids -- Insect zoos and butterfly houses -- Resources and references -- Index. |
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100 | 1 | . | ‡aEvans, Arthur V. |
245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aNational Wildlife Federation field guide to insects and spiders & related species of North America / ‡cwritten by Arthur V. Evans ; foreword by Craig Tufts. |
246 | 3 | . | ‡aNational Wildlife Federation field guide to insects and spiders and related species of North America |
246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aField guide to insects and spiders & related species of North America |
246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aInsects and spiders & related species of North America |
246 | 3 | . | ‡aInsects and spiders and related species of North America |
260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bSterling Pub. ; ‡a[Woodstock, Vt.] : ‡bAndrew Stewart Pub., ‡cc2008. | |
300 | . | ‡a496 p. : ‡bill. (some col.), col. map ; ‡c20 cm. | |
500 | . | ‡aCol. map on p. [3] of cover. | |
500 | . | ‡aOriginally published: New York : Sterling Pub., c2007. | |
504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 480-482) and index. | |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tInsects, spiders, and people -- ‡tScope and arrangement of this guide -- ‡tClassification -- ‡tWhat is an insect? -- ‡tThe body plan of insects and entognaths -- ‡tGrowth and development of entognaths and insects -- ‡tMetamorphosis -- ‡tSynopsis of North American hexapod orders -- ‡tClass entognatha -- ‡tClass insecta -- ‡tWhat is a spider? -- ‡tThe body plan of spiders -- ‡tSynopsis of common North American arachnid orders -- ‡tOther arthropods -- ‡tMyriapoda : centipedes, millipedes, and kin -- ‡tCrustacea : crayfish, shrimps, pillbugs, and kin -- ‡tNatural history of insects, spiders, and their kin -- ‡tFeeding behavior -- ‡tDefense behavior -- ‡tConserving the silent majority -- ‡tFinding insects, spiders, and their kin -- ‡tWhere to look -- ‡tMaking an identification -- ‡tAbout the guide -- ‡tEntognaths -- ‡tProturans (order Protura) -- ‡tSpringtails (order Collembola) -- ‡tDiplurans (order Diplura) -- ‡tInsects -- ‡tJumping bristletails (order Microcoryphia) -- ‡tSilverfish and firebrats (order Thysanura) -- ‡tMayflies (order Ephemeroptera) -- ‡tDragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata) -- ‡tCockroaches (order Blattodea) -- ‡tTermites (order Isoptera). |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tMantids (order Mantodea) -- ‡tRockcrawlers (order Grylloblattodea) -- ‡tEarwigs (order Dermaptera) -- ‡tStoneflies (order Plecoptera) -- ‡tGrasshoppers, crickets, and katydids (order Orthoptera) -- ‡tStick insects (order Phasmida) -- ‡tWebspinners (order Embioptera) -- ‡tZorapterans (order Zoraptera) -- ‡tBarklice and booklice (order Psocoptera) -- ‡tChewing and sucking lice (order Phthiraptera) -- ‡tTrue bugs, cicadas, hoppers, and kin (order Hemiptera) -- ‡tThrips (order Thysanoptera) -- ‡tDobsonflies, fishflies, and alderflies (order Megaloptera) -- ‡tSnakeflies (order Raphidioptera) -- ‡tAntlions, lacewings, mantidflies, and owlflies (order Neuroptera) -- ‡tBeetles (order Coleoptera) -- ‡tTwisted-winged parasites (order Strepsiptera) -- ‡tScorpionflies and hangingflies (order Mecoptera) -- ‡tFleas (order Siphonaptera) -- ‡tFlies (order Diptera) -- ‡tCaddisflies (order Trichoptera) -- ‡tButterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) -- ‡tAnts, bees, and wasps (order Hymenoptera) -- ‡tArachnids -- ‡tSpiders (order Araneae) -- ‡tHarvestmen (order Opiliones) -- ‡tScorpions (order Scorpiones). |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tPseudoscorpions (order Pseudoscorpiones) -- ‡tWindscorpions (order Solifugae) -- ‡tTailless whipscorpions (order Amblypygi) -- ‡tWhipscorpions (order Uropygi) -- ‡tTicks and mites (order Acari) -- ‡tOther arthropods -- ‡tCentipedes (Class Chilopoda) -- ‡tMillipedes (class Diplopoda) -- ‡tFairy, brine, tadpole and clam shrimps, and water fleas (class Branchiopoda) -- ‡tMalacostracans (class Malacostraca) -- ‡tHow-to guides -- ‡tStarting an insect and spider collection -- ‡tKeeping insects and spiders in captivity -- ‡tPlanting an arthropod garden -- ‡tMacrophotography -- ‡tAppendices -- ‡tAcknowledgments -- ‡tStaff for this guide -- ‡tIllustration sources -- ‡tPhoto credits -- ‡tGlossary -- ‡tPronunciation guide -- ‡tOrders of arthropods in North America -- ‡tEndangered and threatened insects and arachnids -- ‡tInsect zoos and butterfly houses -- ‡tResources and references -- ‡tIndex. |
520 | . | ‡aAlso includes material on proturans, springtails, diplurans, harvestmen, scorpions, ticks, mites, centipedes, millipedes, crayfish, pillbugs, fairy, brine, tadpole, and clam shrimps, water fleas, and malacostracans. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aInsects ‡zNorth America ‡vIdentification. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aSpiders ‡zNorth America ‡vIdentification. | |
710 | 2 | . | ‡aNational Wildlife Federation. |
856 | 4 | 2. | ‡3Publisher description ‡uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006019491-d.html |
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