Field Guide to Colorado Insects

by Cranshaw, Whitney

• ISBN13: 9781565795211
• ISBN10: 1565795210
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Westcliffe Pub

Summary

Colorado professors and expert entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Boris Kondratieff present a guide to finding and identifying the insects you are likely to see throughout the state. From bees to butterflies and beyond, this handy, state-specific guidebook will help insect enthusiasts to identify and learn about hundreds of Colorado's most common species.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
The Colorado Hairstreak: State Insect of Colorado	p. 5
Arthropods-What Are They?	p. 6
Types of Arthropods	p. 7
Metamorphosis	p. 8
Classification: Where Insects Fit in the Animal World	p. 10
Hexapod Orders	p. 12
Where to Find Colorado's Insects	p. 15
Hunters of the Earth	p. 20
Hunters from the Sky	p. 62
Leaf Browsers	p. 80
Butterflies and Skippers	p. 114
Wood Chislers	p. 126
Water Lovers	p. 138
Sap Suckers	p. 148
The Pollinators	p. 178
Blood Suckers	p. 188
The Clean-up Crew	p. 200
Appendices	p. 218
Museums, Websites, and Insect-Collecting Equipment	p. 218
For Your Insect Library	p. 220
Glossary	p. 222
Photography Credits	p. 226
Index	p. 227
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