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9780801489488

Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801489488

  • ISBN10:

    0801489482

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-07-27
  • Publisher: Comstock Pub Assoc
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Author Biography

John L. Capinera is Professor and Chairman of the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
How to Use This Field Guide 1(4)
Introduction to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 5(38)
Relationships
5(2)
Appearance and Body Parts
7(5)
Life History
12(6)
Habitats and Food
18(1)
Ecological Significance
19(2)
Biogeography
21(1)
What Is a Species?
22(1)
Collection, Preservation, and Culture
23(7)
Sound Production
30(8)
Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets as Pests
38(5)
Pictorial Keys 43(10)
Orthoptera
44(2)
Grasshoppers
46(2)
Katydids
48(2)
Crickets
50(3)
SPECIES ACCOUNTS 53(166)
Grasshoppers (Suborder Caelifera)
55(98)
Stridulating Slantfaced Grasshoppers
55(21)
Silent Slantfaced Grasshoppers
76(1)
Band-winged Grasshoppers
77(30)
Spurthroated Grasshoppers
107(41)
Lubber Grasshoppers
148(2)
Pygmy Grasshoppers
150(2)
Pygmy Mole Crickets
152(1)
Katydids, Crickets, and Gryllacridoids (Suborder Ensifera)
153(2)
Katydids
155(38)
True Katydids
155(2)
False Katydids
157(12)
Coneheaded Katydids
169(8)
Meadow Katydids
177(6)
Quiet-calling Katydids
183(1)
Predaceous Katydids
184(7)
Hump-winged Grigs
191(2)
Crickets
193(22)
Field Crickets
193(6)
Ground Crickets
199(2)
Sword-tail Crickets
201(2)
Bush Crickets
203(2)
Tree Crickets
205(5)
Scaly Crickets
210(1)
Ant Crickets
211(1)
Mole Crickets
212(3)
Gryllacridoids
215(4)
Camel Crickets
215(1)
Jerusalem Crickets
216(1)
Raspy Crickets
217(2)
Pronunciation of Scientific Names 219(4)
Glossary 223(6)
Additional Reading 229(4)
Index 233

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