The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and SpidersAn extensive use of color photographs makes this a fine guide for identifying insects. Spiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life cycle, behaviors, folklore, and environmental impact. An illustrated key to the insect orders and detailed drawings of the parts of insects, spiders, and butterflies supplement this extensive coverage. |
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Page 346
... mate so male can be carried on mate's back until the female is ready to lay eggs . Females are larger than males and lack the antennal hooks . In both sexes the springing organ protrudes from beneath the main mass of the body . Nymphs ...
... mate so male can be carried on mate's back until the female is ready to lay eggs . Females are larger than males and lack the antennal hooks . In both sexes the springing organ protrudes from beneath the main mass of the body . Nymphs ...
Page 355
... mate , thousands of males perform a kind of dance , flying up and down in great swarms . They seize females that enter the swarm and mate in flight . Eggs are laid within an hour , attached by short filaments to aquatic plants or other ...
... mate , thousands of males perform a kind of dance , flying up and down in great swarms . They seize females that enter the swarm and mate in flight . Eggs are laid within an hour , attached by short filaments to aquatic plants or other ...
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... mate and then die . Introduced to America in the mid- 1800s , this hornet is common locally around the western limits of its range . It defends its nest from intruders but otherwise avoids confrontations when possible . 486 Yellow ...
... mate and then die . Introduced to America in the mid- 1800s , this hornet is common locally around the western limits of its range . It defends its nest from intruders but otherwise avoids confrontations when possible . 486 Yellow ...
Contents
Introduction Audubon Society | 7 |
How to Use This Guidergest private | 31 |
Glossary | 939 |
Copyright | |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1980 |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1980 |
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abdomen abdominal segment Adult drinks nectar Adult eats Adults emerge antennae aphids areas bands bark bees Beetle body British Columbia brownish burrow butterflies Caterpillar Caterpillar eats Caterpillar feeds cells cephalothorax chelicerae cocoons color compound eyes Cycle damselflies dark brown Deciduous Description Eggs are laid elongate elytra Family female female's femora flies Flight Florida flowers foliage Food fore wings forests genus Grasshopper gray grayish green Habitat hair hatch head hind wings juices Larva feeds leaf legs Male Male's Mantidfly mate Meadows Mexico moths mouthparts Naiad nest North America Nymphs orange oval overwinter ovipositor pair pale parasites pedipalps plants pollen predators prey pronotum prothorax pupae pupate Range reddish brown resemble side slender small insects soil South southern Canada species spiders spines spring stripes Texas thorax Throughout North America tibiae trees twigs usually veins wasps wingless Wings clear Wingspan wood yellow yellowish