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The Compleat Cockroach

By David George Gordon
Ten Speed Press, 1996

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2004 - 8:09pm

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Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates

By Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney
Stackpole Books, 2010

A guide to the things bugs leave behind, rather than to the bugs themselves. 900+ photos and 18 chapters:

- 1 - Eggs and Egg Cases - 2 - Pupae and Exuviae - 3 - Parasitism, Predation, and Other Causes of Death
- 4 - Sign on Vertebrates [Includes a section on bites, stings, etc. on humans, mostly written by John Carlson]
- 5 - Droppings, Secretions, and Protective Coverings without Foreign Materials
- 6 - Webs and Other Silken Constructions - 7 - Cocoons - 8 - Coverings, Cases, Retreats, and Nests Made from Foreign Materials

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 December, 2009 - 3:25pm

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Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida, Volume IV. Invertebrates

By Mark Deyrup and Richard Franz (Eds.). 1994.
University Press of Florida, Gainesville., 1994

Deyrup, M. & R. Franz. (editors). 1994. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume IV. Invertebrates. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. xxx + 798 pp.

Book Review by Ross H. Arnett Jr.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 December, 2009 - 11:26am

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A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pools

By Leo P. Kenney and Matthew R. Burne
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program and Vernal Pool Association, 2000

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 November, 2009 - 10:40pm

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American insects

By Vernon L. Kellogg
H. Holt and Company, 1905

A classic entomology text with many illustrations (by Mary Wellman), available from the Biodiversity Heritage Library:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8439

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 October, 2009 - 9:15am

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Hemp Diseases and Pests

By McPartland, J. M., R. C. Clarke, D. P. Watson
CABI Publishing, 2000

Contributed by Karl Hillig on 15 June, 2009 - 11:31am

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An Introduction to Entomology

By John Henry Comstock
The Comstock publishing Co., 1933

Several editions, dating back into the 1890's. Apparently (!) in the public domain. Available at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Contributed by Cotinis on 29 April, 2009 - 8:52am

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Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

By Hodges, R. W. et al. (editors). 1983.
E. W. Classey, London, UK., 1983

Hodges, R.W. et al. (editors) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E. W. Classey, London, UK. 284 pp.

Am I really the first to enter this seminal publication??

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 August, 2008 - 1:02pm

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