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Family Rhyacophilidae - Free-living Caddisflies

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

Fishbugs: The Aquatic Insects of an Eastern Fly Fisher

By Thomas Ames Jr.
Countryman Press, 2005

A photographers tribute to the insects that are such an integral part of fly fishing in eastern North America. Large, exquisitely detailed color photographs of caddisflies, mayflies, stoneflies and important other aquatics accompanied by brief essays on the author's experiences, both as fly fisher and as amateur entomologist.

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Contributed by Bugei on 5 January, 2008 - 4:45pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

Hatch Guide for New England Streams

By Thomas Ames Jr.
Frank Amato Publications Inc., 2000

A vest pocket reference for fly fishers who want to match the hatch. Full color photos of the most common aquatic insects that Eastern fly fishers imitate with their fur and feather lures. Includes mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies and several other aquatic orders.

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Contributed by Bugei on 5 January, 2008 - 4:37pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

Genera of the Trichoptera of Canada and Adjoining or Adjacent United States

By F. Schmid
NRC Research Press, 1998

Good book with identification keys to the Genus. Avalaible in french and english.

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Contributed by Simon Carmichael on 29 September, 2006 - 3:14pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

The Caddisfly Handbook: An Orvis Streamside Guide

By Dick Pobst, Carl Richards
The Lyons Press, 1998

A small guide book intended to be resource for anglers. Provides info on a number of caddisfly species, but some of the photos may not be accurate. One picture labeled as Glossosoma is actually the mirror image of a picture labeled as Micrasema rusticum.

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Contributed by Richard Leung on 17 March, 2005 - 7:37pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)

Learn About ... Texas Insects.

By Chris Durden.
University of Texas Press, 1999

Chris Durden is Curator Emeritus of Entomology and Geology, Texas Memorial Museum.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 August, 2008 - 2:26pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)

Explanation of terms used in entomology

By John Bernardh Smith
Brooklyn Entomological Society, 1906

Viewable and downloadable in various formats from the Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Contributed by Cotinis on 19 June, 2008 - 7:43pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)

Guide to the Study of Insects (and a Treatise on Those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops)

By A. S. Packard, Jr., M.D.
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1878

A wealth of natural history information, although there are a lot of outdated names that require some detective work.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 May, 2008 - 5:56pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)

The Songs of Insects

By Lang Elliott, Wil Hershberger
Houghton Mifflin, 2007

A book/CD combination with excellent photos, brief species accounts, and recorded songs of 75 North American species--mostly orthoptera, but a few cicadas as well.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 7 January, 2008 - 8:36pm

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