Bagging Big Bugs: How to Identify, Collect and Display the Largest and Most Colorful Insects of the Rocky Mountain RegionThis companion to Creepy Crawlies is an in-depth guide to bug collection from northern New Mexico to southern Canada. Through text and photographs, Bagging Big Bugs details the histories, habits, and distribution of more than 100 insects and provides tips about insect collecting, rearing, and displaying methods. |
Contents
Pointing | 14 |
Classifying Insects | 20 |
THE BIG BUGS OF THE ROCKIES | 30 |
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Adult beetles adult stage animal antlions aphids arthropods bark become full grown bees blister beetles borer burrows butterflies cactus caddisflies capture caterpillars cicadas Coleoptera Coleoptera Family Collecting Tips colony color Colorado potato beetle common commonly cottonwood crickets darkling beetles develop Diptera Distribution early summer earwigs easily collected Eggs are laid eggs hatch feed females flies genus grasshoppers ground beetles grubs hind History and Habits hornworm host Hymenoptera immature inches insects lady beetle LARGEST larvae late spring lay eggs legs Lepidoptera Linnaeus males mantidflies mantids mating mayflies milkweed molt moths mouthparts nest numbers nymphs occur Order overwintering parasites pest photograph courtesy pillbugs pine plants predators prey produce pupa pupal pupate Rearing Tips Related Species rove beetles sawfly scorpions soil southern areas sphinx stag beetles stink bugs swallowtail tarantulas thrips throughout the region trees tunnel typically usually wasps wing covers winter wolf spiders wood