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

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Overview

This book shows how to identify, collect and display the largest and most colorful insects of the Rocky Mountain region.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781555911782
  • Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
  • Publication date: 5/4/1995
  • Pages: 336
  • Age range: 9 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Whitney Cranshaw is an associate professor of entomology at Colorado State University and author of several books, including Pests of the West and An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado. Boris Kondratieff is an associate professor of entomology at Colorado State University and author of several books, including Bagging Big Bugs for Fulcrum, and An Illustrated Guide to the Mountain Stream Insects of Colorado.

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Table of Contents

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