تشخیص حشرات معاصر: هنر و علم حشره‌شناسی عملی

Contemporary Insect Diagnostics aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first detectors, survey specialists, legal and health professionals, landscape managers, crop scouts, farmers and the lay public. This enables the practitioner and advanced student to understand and work within this network, critically important in a time when each submission takes on its own specific set of expectations and potential ramifications. Insect diagnosticians must be knowledgeable on pests that affect human health, stored foods, agriculture, structures, as well as human comfort and the enjoyment of life. The identification and protection of the environment and the non-target animals (especially beneficial insects) in that environment is also considered a part of insect diagnostics. Additionally, Integrated Pest Management recommendations must include any of a variety of management tactics if they are to be effective and sustainable. This greatly needed foundational information covers the current principles of applied insect diagnostics. It serves as a quick study for those who are called upon to provide diagnostics, as well as a helpful reference for those already in the trenches. Includes useful case studies to teach specific points in insect diagnostics Provides problem-solving guidance and recommendations for insect identification, threat potential, and management tactics, while accounting for the varying needs of the affected population or client Contains numerous color photos that enhance both applicability and visual appeal, together with accompanying write-ups of the common pests

Contemporary Insect Diagnostics aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first detectors, survey specialists, legal and health professionals, landscape managers, crop scouts, farmers and the lay public. This enables the practitioner and advanced student to understand and work within this network, critically important in a time when each submission takes on its own specific set of expectations and potential ramifications.

Insect diagnosticians must be knowledgeable on pests that affect human health, stored foods, agriculture, structures, as well as human comfort and the enjoyment of life. The identification and protection of the environment and the non-target animals (especially beneficial insects) in that environment is also considered a part of insect diagnostics. Additionally, Integrated Pest Management recommendations must include any of a variety of management tactics if they are to be effective and sustainable.

This greatly needed foundational information covers the current principles of applied insect diagnostics. It serves as a quick study for those who are called upon to provide diagnostics, as well as a helpful reference for those already in the trenches.

• Includes useful case studies to teach specific points in insect diagnostics
• Provides problem-solving guidance and recommendations for insect identification, threat potential, and management tactics, while accounting for the varying needs of the affected population or client
• Contains numerous color photos that enhance both applicability and visual appeal, together with accompanying write-ups of the common pests

Content: Dedication, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Acknowledgements, Page vii Preface, Page ix Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-7 Chapter 2 - Equipping a Diagnostic Laboratory, Pages 9-49 Chapter 3 - Submitting Samples to a Diagnostic Laboratory, Pages 51-65 Chapter 4 - Insect Identification Techniques, Pages 67-151 Chapter 5 - Pest Insects, Pages 153-245 Chapter 6 - Understanding the Client, Pages 247-257 Chapter 7 - Responding, Educating and Record-Keeping, Pages 259-277 Chapter 8 - Making Management Recommendations Using IPM, Pages 279-305 Chapter 9 - Networking, Pages 307-323 References, Pages 325-326 Index, Pages 327-336