Harold L. Drimmer Library Research Guides: Insect Identification: EBooks

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Silent Sparks : The Wonderous World of Fireflies / Sara Lewis
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780691162683

Publication Date: 2016

This book covers the birth, courtship, romance, sex, deceit, poison, and death among fireflies. Discusses modern threats, including light pollution and habitat destruction. The last section of the book provides a field guide for identifying North American fireflies.
Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs / Whitney Cranshaw; David Shetlar
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 1400888948

Publication Date: 2017

Covers most of the insects and mites in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada. Features more than 3,300 full-color photos to identify insects and the plant injuries they cause to fruits and vegetables, shade trees, shrubs, flowers, and ornamental plants.
Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates / Charley Eiseman; Noah Charney; John Carlson
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780811736244

Publication Date: 2010

Includes descriptions and 927 color photographs of North American invertebrates. Covers the tracks, egg cases, nests, feeding signs, galls, webs, burrows, and signs of predation for beetles, spiders, ants, flies, mayflies, dragonflies, earwigs, crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, snails, earthworms, lacewings, wasps, damselflies, slugs, and alderflies.
Beetles of Eastern North America / Arthur V. Evans
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780691133041

Publication Date: 2014

Covers 1,406 species in all 115 families in the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. Provides information on identification, beetle anatomy, reproduction, development, natural history, behavior, conservation, geographic range, and taxonomy. Includes an illustrated key to the most common beetle families.
Dragonfly Genera of the New World : An Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Anisoptera / Rosser W. Garrison; Jerry A. Louton; Natalia von Ellenrieder
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780801884467

Publication Date: 2006

A comprehensive guide to the taxonomy and ecology of dragonflies in North, Middle, and South America. Provides up-to-date keys for all dragonfly genera with descriptive text for each genus, distribution maps, and diagnostic illustrations including wing patterns.
Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico / Richard F. Darsie; Ronald A. Ward
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780813027845

Publication Date: 2004

Contains illustrated identification keys and distribution maps for all 174 species and subspecies in North America, north of Mexico. It includes 12 new species found in North American, including 9 exotic species that have been introduced and are successfully thriving. Discusses mosquito-borne diseases and mosquito control.

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The Bees in Your Backyard : A Guide to North America's Bees / Joseph S. Wilson; Olivia Messinger Carril
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780691160771

Publication Date: 2015

An introduction to identifying approximately 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada. It describes their natural history, habitat, diets, distribution, nesting habits, and their role as pollinators. Includes a full chapter on how to attract bees to your backyard.
A Walk Around the Pond : Insects in and Over the Water / Gilbert Waldbauer
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780674027657

Publication Date: 2008

Covers North America freshwater aquatic insects in ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers. Presents the evolution, natural history, and ecology of these insects and the challenges this environment poses to respiration, vision, thermoregulation, and reproduction.
Bumble Bees of North America : An Identification Guide / Paul H. Williams; Robbin W. Thorp; Leif L. Richardson; Sheila R. Colla
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780691152226

Publication Date: 2014

A guide to 46 recognized bumble bee species in North America, north of Mexico with color photographs, diagrams, range maps, and graphs of seasonal activity patterns. It draws on a large repository of data from museum collections and presents evolutionary relationships, distributions, and ecological roles.
Common Spiders of North America / Richard A. Bradley; Steve Buchanan (Illustrator)
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780520274884

Publication Date: 2012

Provides a comprehensive field guide for identifying all 68 spider families in North America with illustrations of 469 of the most commonly encountered species. Group keys enable accurate identification by web pattern, morphology, species descriptions, common names, typical habitat, geographic distribution, and behavioral notes.
Moths of Western North America / Jerry A. Powell; Paul A. Opler
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780520251977

Publication Date: 2009

This volume discusses and illustrates nearly 2,500 species, summarizing their morphology, taxonomy, adult behavior, larval biology, and life cycles.
Ants of North America : A Guide to the Genera / Brian L. Fisher; Stefan P. Cover
Call Number: EBook

ISBN: 9780520254220

Publication Date: 2007

An illustrated key to the 73 North American ant genera, including a list of all currently recognized species in the United States and Canada. Discusses distribution patterns, ecology, and natural history. Contains over 250 line drawings, and color images show the head and profile of each genus and important species groups.

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