| Description |
x, 372 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mastigoproctus giganteus (the vinegaroon) -- Vonones sayi (a harvestman) -- Leiobunum nigripalpi (a daddylonglegs) -- Vejovis spinigerus (the striped tail scorpion) -- Peucetia veridans (the green lynx spider) -- Scolopendra heros (the giant Sonoran centipede) -- Orphnaeus brasilianus (a geophilid centipede) -- Floridobolus penneri (the Florida scrub millipede) -- Apheloria klenpeteri (a polydesmid millipede) -- Polyzonium rosalbum (a polyzoniid millipede) -- Glomeris marginata (a pill millipede) -- Polyxenus fasciculatus (a bristle millipede) -- Eurycotis floridana (the Florida woods cockroach) -- Periplaneta australasiae (the Australian cockroach) -- Deropeltis wahlbergi (a blattid cockroach) -- Diploptera punctata (the Pacific beetle cockroach) -- Doru taeniatum (an earwig) -- Nasutitermes exitiosus (a termite) -- Oreophoetes perusana (a walkingstick) -- Anisomorpha buprestoides (the two-striped walkingstick) -- Romalea guttata (the easter lubber grasshopper) -- Chelinidea vittiger (a leaf-footed bug) -- Apiomerus flaviventris (a reduviid bug) -- Abedus herberti (a giant water bug) -- Aphis nerii (the oleander aphid) -- Prociphilus tessellatus (the woolly alder aphid) -- Ormenaria rufufascia (a flatid planthopper) -- Prosapia bicincta (the two-lined spittlebug) -- Dactylopius confusus (a cochineal bug) -- Metaleurodicus griseus (a whitefly) -- Ceraeochrysa cubana (a green lacewing) -- Ceraeochrysa smithi (a green lacewing) -- Chrysopa slossonae (a green lacewing) -- Galerita lecontei (a ground beetle) -- Brachinus (many species) (bombardier beetles) -- Dineutus hornii (a whirligig beetle) -- Thermonectus marmoratus (a predaceous diving beetle) -- Necrodes surinamensis (the red-lined carrion beetle) -- Creophilus maxillosus (the hairy rove beetle) -- Chauliognathus lecontei (a soldier beetle) -- Photinus ignitus and Photuris versicolor (fireflies) -- Calpteron reticulatum (the banded net-winged beetle) -- Alaus myops (the eyed elater) -- Acmaeodera pulchella (the flat-headed baldcypress sapwood borer) -- Cycloneda sanguinea (a ladybird beetle) -- Epilachna varivestis (the Mexican bean beetle) -- Epicauta (an unidentified species) (a blister beetle) -- Neopyrochroa flabellata (a fire-colored beetle) -- Adelium percatum (a darkling beetle) -- Bolitotherus cornutus (the forked fungus beetle) -- Eleodes longicollis (a darkling beetle) -- Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (a scarab beetle) -- Hemisphaerota cyanea (a tortoise beetle) -- Gratiana pallidula (a tortoise beetle) -- Plagiodera versicolora (the imported willow leaf beetle) -- Dalcerides ingenita (a dalcerid moth) -- Litoprosopus futilis (the palmetto borer moth) -- Schizura unicornis (the unicorn caterpillar moth) -- Calindoea trifascialis (a thyridid moth) -- Ypsolopha dentella (the European honeysuckle leaf roller) -- Nemoria outina (a geometric moth) -- Utetheisa ornatrix (the rattlebox moth) -- Automeris io (the io moth) -- Eurytides marcellus (the zebra swallowtail butterfly) -- Pieris rapae (the cabbage butterfly) -- Danaus plexippus (the monarch butterfly) -- Perga affinis (a pergine sawfly) -- Camponotus floridanus (a carpenter ant) -- Apis mellifera (the honey bee). |
| Subject |
Insects -- Defenses.
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Insects. |
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Defenses. |
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Arachnida -- Defenses.
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Arachnida. |
| Added Author |
Eisner, Maria, 1926-
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Siegler, Melody, 1948-
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| ISBN |
0674018826 |
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9780674018822 |
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