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FIELD GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS, 2nd Edition
by Kip Will, Joyce Gross, Daniel Rubinoff, and Jerry A. Powell |
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2020, 536 pages, 143 color illustrations, 23 line illustrations, maps. Field Guide to California Insects is the only California-specific, statewide book devoted to all groups of insects. Completely revised for the first time in over 40 years, |
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CHARLES VALENTINE RILEY Founder of Modern Entomology by W. Conner Sorensen, Edward H. Smith, and Janet R. Smith, with Donald C. Weber |
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2019, 456 pages, 17 color illustrations, 27 b/w illustrations, 4 maps, 1 table. This definitive biography is the first full account of a fascinating American scientist whose leadership created the modern science of entomology. It tells the story of h |
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BUGS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
by John Acorn & Ian Sheldon |
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2001, 160 pages, 125 illustrations, map. This is a fun-filled field guide covering insects of British Columbia. Learn about 125 of the coolest bugs you might encounter in the province's great outdoors. The author supplies a lively and personable te |
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BUGS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
by John Acorn & Ian Sheldon |
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2002, 160 pages, color illustrations throughout. Easy-to-use guide describes 125 big, colorful, common, or weird insects and spiders. Six-page, color-coded key illustrates
all bugs, referencing page number of description. Following an enjoyable intr |
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INSECT POTPOURRI: Adventures in Entomology
Jean Adams, editor |
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1992, 352 pages, b/w illustrations. Informative, popularized account of professional entomology. Makes students and the general public more aware of the profession, and provides a better understanding of it. Includes contributions by 55 famous Americ |
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AMERICAN INSECTS: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico second edition by Ross H. Arnett, Jr. |
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2000, 1,003 pages, 1,200 photos & dwgs. Complete account of North American insects in one volume. Describes orders of insects, gives identification keys, and discusses life history and biology of each family. Lists all known U.S. and Canadian genera |
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LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH
by David Attenborough |
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2006, 288 pages, 275 color photos. For every one of us, there are 200 million invertebrates. This wonderfully illustrated exploration of insects and spiders is arranged in five parts, based on the highly acclaimed television series. They range from t |
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INSECT HISTOLOGY: Practical Laboratory Techniques
by Pedro Barbosa, Deborah L. Berry & Christina S. Kary |
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2014, 348 pages, 32 color plates, b/w photos & drawings. This valuable guide is a much needed update of Barbosa's Basic Techniques in Insect Histology. It is self-contained, holding all of the information you need for the preparation of histo |
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ARTHROPODS OF TROPICAL FORESTS Spatio-temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy Yves Basset, Vojtech Novotny, Scott E. Miller & Roger L. Kitching, editors |
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2008, 492 pages, tables, diagrams, graphs. Arthropods are the most diverse group of organisms on our planet, and the tropical rainforests represent the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems. This volume provides an overview of data collected du |
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BUZZWORDS: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll
by May R. Berenbaum |
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2000, 298 pages, b/w illustrations. Highly entertaining collection from author’s popular column in American Entomologist magazine, plus original material written for this book. Explores the world of entomologists and the object of their affect |
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NINETY-NINE GNATS, NITS, AND NIBBLERS
by May R. Berenbaum |
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1989, 263 pages, b/w drawings. “New and different kind of armchair guide to the lives of some of the more common insects that people may encounter and some that they won’t.” Amusing and informative introduction to 99 arthropods with unique combinatio |
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NINETY-NINE MORE MAGGOTS, MITES, AND MUNCHERS
by May R. Berenbaum |
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1993, 280 pages, 99 illustrations. Companion to Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers combines an entomologist’s keen observations about insects with witty wordplay, anecdotes and illustrations. This is a unique, informative book written not o |
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BUGS IN THE SYSTEM Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs by May R. Berenbaum |
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1996, 377 pages, b/w illustrations. A highly enjoyable and scientifically accurate introduction to insect physiology, classification, behavior, and many other topics which looks at the wide range of interaction between humans and insects. It explore |
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A FIELD GUIDE TO
THE INSECTS OF AMERICA NORTH OF
MEXICO
by Donald J. Borror. & Richard E. White |
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1970, 404 pages, 1300 dwgs., 16 color plates. Recommended Peterson Field Guide covers 579 families of insects with at least one illustration of each, plus other arthropods. Contains picture key, chapters on collecting and preserving insects, study of |
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THE BUG BOOK A Guide to the Identification of Common Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Families of California and Western North America by Cyndi Brinkhurst, Susan McCormick & Sandra Williamson |
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2009, second edition, 160 sheets, color photos, b/w line drawings. This remarkably well-illustrated book contains descriptions of 9 orders and 76 families of bottom dwelling aquatic insects. A page devoted to each family has explanatory color photogr |
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