Insects
by McGavin, George C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-02-16
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary
Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy and accurate.
Author Biography
George C. McGavin, PhD, is a lecturer in Zoology at Oxford University and Assistant Curator of the Hope Entomological Collections at the Oxford University Museum.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Author's Introduction | p. 6 |
| How This Book Works | p. 9 |
| What is an Arthropod? | p. 10 |
| What is an Insect? | p. 12 |
| What is an Arachnid? | p. 16 |
| What is a Crustacean? | p. 18 |
| What is a Myriapod? | p. 19 |
| Life Cycle | p. 20 |
| The Sensory System | p. 24 |
| Food and Feeding | p. 26 |
| Arthropod Behavior | p. 28 |
| Social Insects | p. 30 |
| Habitats | p. 32 |
| Studying Insects | p. 34 |
| Identification Key | p. 36 |
| Insects | p. 46 |
| Bristletails | p. 46 |
| Silverfish | p. 47 |
| Mayflies | p. 48 |
| Damselflies and Dragonflies | p. 51 |
| Stoneflies | p. 56 |
| Rock Crawlers | p. 59 |
| Crickets and Grasshoppers | p. 60 |
| Stick and Leaf Insects | p. 66 |
| Earwigs | p. 69 |
| Mantids | p. 71 |
| Cockroaches | p. 74 |
| Web-spinners | p. 77 |
| Termites | p. 78 |
| Angel Insects | p. 80 |
| Barklice and Booklice | p. 81 |
| Parasitic Lice | p. 83 |
| Bugs | p. 85 |
| Thrips | p. 101 |
| Alderflies and Dobsonflies | p. 103 |
| Snakeflies | p. 104 |
| Antlions, Lacewings, and their Relatives | p. 105 |
| Beetles | p. 109 |
| Strepsipterans | p. 132 |
| Scorpionflies | p. 133 |
| Fleas | p. 135 |
| Two-winged Flies | p. 136 |
| Caddisflies | p. 156 |
| Moths and Butterflies | p. 158 |
| Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies | p. 178 |
| Noninsect Hexapods | p. 207 |
| Springtails | p. 207 |
| Proturans | p. 210 |
| Diplurans | p. 211 |
| Crustaceans | p. 212 |
| Isopods | p. 212 |
| Arachnids | p. 213 |
| Scorpions | p. 213 |
| Pseudoscorpions | p. 215 |
| Sun-spiders | p. 217 |
| Whip-scorpions | p. 219 |
| Whip-spiders | p. 220 |
| Harvestmen | p. 221 |
| Ticks and Mites | p. 223 |
| Spiders | p. 228 |
| Myriapods | p. 238 |
| Pauropods | p. 238 |
| Symphylans | p. 239 |
| Centipedes | p. 240 |
| Millipedes | p. 242 |
| Glossary | p. 244 |
| Index | p. 246 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 256 |
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