A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 1998
352 pages
978-1-4616-2291-8 (ISBN)
Description
Meet the wild world of common Texas insects with this colorful and thorough introduction. Now you can identify that critter that just crawled under your bed or landed in your backyard. This extensive guide is packed with 384 color photos, thousands of facts and figures, and dozens of illustrations.
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Bastiaan M. Drees | John A. Jackman
A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
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05/1998
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By John A. Jackman and Bastiaan M. Drees
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- How to Use This Guide
- Terminology, Classification, and Use of Scientific Names
- COLLEMBOLA
- Springtails
- THYSANURA
- Silverfish, Firebrats, Bristletails
- EPHEMEROPTERA
- Mayflies
- ODONATA
- Dragonflies and Damselflies
- PHASMIDA
- Walkingsticks
- ORTHOPTERA
- Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
- MANTODEA
- Praying Mantids
- BLATTARIA
- Cockroaches
- ISOPTERA
- Termites
- DERMAPTERA
- Earwigs
- PLECOPTERA
- Stoneflies
- PSOCOPTERA
- Psocids, Booklice, and Barklice
- PHTHIRAPTERA
- Lice
- HEMIPTERA
- True Bugs
- HOMOPTERA
- Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Treehoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids, Mealybugs, and Scale Insects
- THYSANOPTERA
- Thrips
- NEUROPTERA
- Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Mantidflies, Lacewings, Antlions
- COLEOPTERA
- Beetles, Lightningbugs, Borers, Weevils
- MECOPTERA
- Scorpionflies
- SIPHONAPTERA
- Fleas
- DIPTERA
- Flies, Gnats, Mosquitoes, and Lovebugs
- TRICHOPTERA
- Caddisflies
- LEPIDOPTERA
- Butterflies, Moths, Caterpillars, Bagworms, Webworms, Cutworms, and Leafrollers
- HYMENOPTERA
- Sawflies, Wasps, Bees, Hornets, and Ants
- NON-INSECT ARTHROPODS
- SCORPIONIDA
- Scorpions
- UROPYGI
- Vinegaroons
- ARANEAE
- Spiders
- OPILIONES
- Harvestmen
- ACARI
- Ticks, Mites and Chiggers
- PSEUDOSCORPIONES
- Pseudoscorpions
- SOLIFUGAE
- Windscorpions
- ISOPODA
- Sowbugs and Pillbugs
- CHILOPODA AND DIPLOPODA
- Centipedes and Millipedes
- Appendix A: Collecting and Preserving Insects
- Appendix B: Threatened and Endangered Insects in Texas
- Appendix C: Threatened and Endangered Arachnids in Texas
- Bibliography
