Insects

by McGavin, George C.

• ISBN13: 9780789453372
• ISBN10: 0789453371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-16
• Publisher: 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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