A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the technical terms of insect anatomy. Comprehensive, Thoroughly Illustrated Guide To The Collection, Preservation And Study Of Over Five Hundred Families Of North American Insects. Editor's Note -- Preface -- Introductory Chapters. How To Use This Book -- Collecting And Preserving Insects -- Work With Living Insects -- The Structure Of Insects -- The Growth And Development Of Insects -- Classifying And Naming Insects -- Systematic Chapters. Arthropods -- Insects : Class Insecta. Proturans: Order Protura ; Bristletails: Order Thysanura ; Springtails: Order Collembola ; Mayflies: Order Ephemeroptera ; Dragonflies And Damselflies: Order Odonata ; Grasshoppers, Kaytdids, Crickets, Mantids, Walkingsticks, And Cockroaches: Order Orthoptera ; Termites: Order Isoptera ; Stoneflies: Order Plecoptera ; Earwigs: Order Dermaptera ; Webspinners: Order Embioptera ; Zorapterans: Order Zoraptera ; Booklice And Barklice: Order Psocoptera ; Chewing Lice: Order Mallophaga ; Sucking Lice: Order Anoplura ; Thrips: Order Thysanoptera ; Bugs: Order Hemiptera ; Cicadas, Hoppers, Whiteflies, Aphids, And Scale Insects: Order Homoptera ; Fishflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, And Antlions: Order Neuroptera ; Beetles: Order Coleoptera ; Twisted-winged Parasites: Order Strepsiptera ; Scorpionflies And Their Allies: Order Mecoptera ; Caddisflies: Order Trichoptera ; Butterflies And Moths: Order Lepidoptera ; Flies: Order Diptera ; Fleas: Order Siphonaptera ; Sawflies, Ichneumons, Chalcids, Ants, Wasps, And Bees: Order Hymenoptera -- Glossary -- References -- Index. By Donald J. Borror And Richard E. White ; Color And Shaded Drawings By Richard E. White ; Line Drawings By The Authors. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 373-376) And Index. Identification : Body segmented, segments usually grouped in 2 or 3 fairly distinct body regions.