Bagging Big Bugs How to Identify, Collect, and Display the Largest and Most Colorful Insects of the Rocky Mountain Region

by Cranshaw, Whitney

• ISBN13: 9781555911782
• ISBN10: 1555911781
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Summary

Collecting bugs provides children and teenagers an avenue to discover the diversity and beauty of nature as well as the methodology of science. Many local organizations, such as 4-H clubs, hold display competitions, and often an amateur collector can "scoop" the experts by finding a particularly rare, even unstudied, specimen! Most field guides, however, cover geographical ranges that are too large to allow for the detailed information that is essential to proper insect identification. Entomology professors Whitney Cranshaw and Boris Kondratieff have provided a detailed guide to the largest, most colorful and impressive insects and other arthropods of the Rocky Mountain region, including northern New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and sections of southern Canada. Replete with information about each insect's life habits, distribution, regional history and related species, Bagging Big Bugs also provides guidelines for collecting, labeling, and displaying insect specimens. Latin names as well as common names are provided for each species (along with a pronunciation guide), and more than 250 photographs and line drawings make identification a snap. There is even a section highlighting commonly confused insect species and specimens!

Author Biography

Whitney Cranshaw is associate professor of entomology at Colorado State University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Collecting Insects	p. 1
The Big Bugs of the Rockies	p. 30
Order: Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids	p. 30
Order: Grylloblattaria - Rock Crawlers/Ice Crawlers	p. 47
Order: Blattaria - Cockroaches	p. 49
Order: Isoptera - Termites	p. 52
Order: Mantodea - Mantids	p. 55
Order: Phasmida - Walkingsticks/Stick Insects	p. 59
Order: Dermaptera - Earwigs	p. 61
Order: Ephemeroptera - Mayflies	p. 64
Order: Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies	p. 66
Order: Plecoptera - Stoneflies	p. 73
Order: Phthiraptera - Lice	p. 74
Order: Homoptera - Aphids, Hoppers, Scales, Cicadas, Psyllids and Whiteflies	p. 77
Order: Hemiptera - True Bugs	p. 91
Order: Thysanoptera - Thrips	p. 109
Order: Neuroptera/Megaloptera - Lacewings, Antlions, Dobsonflies and Mantidflies	p. 112
Order: Coleoptera - Beetles	p. 118
Order: Siphonaptera - Fleas	p. 170
Order: Diptera - Flies, Mosquitoes and Midges	p. 172
Order: Lepidoptera - Butterflies, Moths, Skippers	p. 190
Order: Trichoptera - Caddisflies	p. 224
Order: Hymenoptera - Wasps, Bees and Ants	p. 226
Large Nonisects Arthropods	p. 246
Class: Arachnida - Spiders, Ticks and Scorpions	p. 246
Class: Crustacea - Land Crustaceans	p. 264
Class: Chilopoda - Centipedes	p. 266
Glossary of Terms	p. 269
Pronunciation Guide	p. 275
Common Mistakes Made in Insect Identification	p. 281
State Insects	p. 293
Entomology Organizations, Museums and University Departments	p. 295
Sources of Insect-Collecting Supplies	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 303
Index	p. 311
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