The Ultimate Guide to Breeding Beetles: Coleoptera Laboratory Culture Methods, McMonigle Orin

Автор: Evans Arthur V.
Название: Beetles of Western North America
ISBN: 0691164282 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691164281
Издательство: Wiley
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From the author of the acclaimed Beetles of Eastern North America, a triumphant follow-up guide to western beetles, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning color photographs

Beetles of Western North America is a landmark book--the only comprehensive color photographic guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada west of the Continental Divide. A triumphant follow-up to Arthur Evans's highly regarded Beetles of Eastern North America, this engaging and accessible book covers 1,428 species from all 131 families that occur in the West. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning images by some of the best insect photographers in North America.

An extensive introduction provides essential information on beetle anatomy, natural history, behavior, and conservation, as well as tips on where and when to find beetles; how to photograph, collect, and rear them; and how to contribute to research. Beetles of Western North America is organized by family, and each family and species account presents concise and easy-to-understand information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range. The book includes current information on distribution, biology, and taxonomy not found in other guides, and features an illustrated identification key to the most common beetle families.

An unmatched guide to the rich variety of western North American beetle fauna, this is a must-have book for amateur naturalists, nature photographers, insect enthusiasts, students, professional entomologists, and other biologists.

• The only comprehensive color photographic guide to the region's beetles
• Covers 1,428 species from all 131 families west of the Continental Divide
• Features more than 1,500 stunning color photographs
• Presents concise information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range for each species and family
• Includes an illustrated identification key to the most common beetle families

Автор: Byrne Marcus, Lunn Helen
Название: Dance of the Dung Beetles: Their Role in a Changing World
ISBN: 1776142349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781776142347
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The sweeping scientific and social history of the humble dung beetle The humble and industrious dung beetle is a marvelous beast: the 6,000 species identified so far are intricately entwined with human history and scientific endeavor. These night-soil collectors of the planet have been worshipped as gods, worn as jewelry, and painted by artists. More practically, they saved Hawaii from ecological blight, and rescued Australia from plagues of flies. They fertilize soil, cleanse pastures, steer by the stars, and have a unique relationship with the African elephant (along with many other ungulates). Above all, they are the ideal subject for biological study in an evolving world. In this sweeping history of more than 3,000 years, beginning with Ancient Egypt, scientist Marcus Byrne and writer Helen Lunn capture the diversity of dung beetles and their unique behavior patterns. Dung beetles' fortunes have followed the shifts from a world dominated by a religion that symbolically incorporated them into some of its key concepts of rebirth, to a world in which science has largely separated itself from religion and alchemy. With over 6,000 species found throughout the world, these unassuming but remarkable creatures are fundamental to some of humanity's most cherished beliefs and have been ever present in religion, art, literature, science and the environment. They are at the center of current gene research, play an important role in keeping our planet healthy, and some nocturnal dung beetles have been found to navigate by the starry skies. Outlining the development of science from the point of view of the humble dung beetle is what makes this charming story of immense interest to general readers and entomologists alike.

Автор: Fabre J. Henri
Название: The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles (Esprios Classics)
ISBN: 1034139142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781034139140
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Описание: Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (21 December 1823 - 11 October 1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects. Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvellous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form, which he preferred to a clinically detached, journalistic mode of recording.

Автор: Cordell Rosefiend
Название: Japanese Beetles and Grubs: Trap, Spray, and Control Them
ISBN: 1953196233 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781953196231
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Japanese beetles arrived in America in 1916. Since then, the beetle has cut a destructive swath across a great portion of the United States.

Japanese Beetles and Grubs: Trap, Spray, and Control Them is an indispensable guide for home gardeners, landscape professionals, and farmers. This Japanese beetle book is your secret weapon to help you control the beetles and safeguard your trees, roses, and vegetables.

This book walks you through many methods for stopping Japanese beetles, whether through organic means or (in some cases) chemical means. The book relies mainly on eco-friendly ways to control these garden pests so you don't have to rely on harsh chemicals.

In researching this book, I read through agricultural bulletins from the past and today. I've gleaned information from many University Extension sources and scientific studies, as well as good old-fashioned field work, to find out which control methods work (and which don't). I've put every control method I could find into this book, in order to give the gardener as many options as possible in vanquishing these pests.

In short, in this book I have compiled as many weapons for your Japanese beetle arsenal as possible, where these weapons can be effectively used in the beetle's life cycle, and how they can be deployed.

The Japanese beetle likely won't be eradicated. Great entomological minds have been working on this problem for a solid century now, using extremely lethal chemicals and other means to try and stop the infestation, and they were doing this way back in the days when Japanese beetle numbers were far, far smaller than they are now.

However, there are ways that we can mitigate the damage the beetles do, and you might be able to bring down the scores of unwanted visitors to your roses, and kill off a number of the unwanted residents in your lawn.

I hope to do this in a way that's interesting and amusing for you to read, because if there's anything I hate, it's the idea of my readers falling into a coma halfway through a paragraph. So I'll do my best to keep that from happening. It's only fair.

Contents:

Know Thy Enemy

Damage Caused by Beetles and their Grubs

Japanese beetle look-alikes

Control of Japanese Beetles

Control of White Grubs

Natural predators, parasites, and diseases

Автор: Pearson, David L.;Knisley, C. Barry;Kazilek, Charl
Название: A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, Natural History and Distribution of the Cicindelidae
ISBN: 0195181557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195181555
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Цена: 57030.00 T
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Описание: A color-illustrated field and natural history guide that treats 107 tiger beetle species found in North America above the Mexican border. This work includes biological accounts that emphasize points for identification, behavior, and habitat. Distribution maps show where various species and subspecies can be found.