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Polypedilum Group
Insects, their ways and means of living By Robert E. Snodgrass New York Smithsonian Institution series, 1930
An out-of-copyright work with useful diagrams and such. Available at the Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/39088001578236
Contributed by Cotinis on 19 February, 2009 - 10:47am |
Freshwater macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America By Peckarsky, B. L., P. Fraissinet, M. A. Penton, and D. J. Conklin, Jr. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY., 1990
easy-to-use illustrated keys to genera; the link can be added to many order and fam. pages
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Insects of Western North America By Edward Oliver Essig. 1926. The MacMillan Company, 1926
Subtitle: "A manual and textbook for students in colleges and universities and a handbook for county, state and federal entomologists and agriculturalists as well as for foresters, farmers, gardeners, travelers, and lovers of nature."
A thorough compendium of the biology, ecology, economy and distribution of insects in western North America, west of the continental divide.
Essig, E.O. 1926. Insects of Western North America. The Macmillan Company, New York. 766 b/w figs or photos, xi + 1035 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 January, 2009 - 1:53pm |
Aquatic Insects of North America By R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg Kendall/Hunt, 2008
Over 1,000 pages citing 6,000 references. Contains keys and illustrations. Keys to larvae typically go to genus.
Fourth edition; previous editions dated 1978, 1984, 1996.
Scanned version of third edition available on Google books (missing some pages).
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Parasitic Insects By R. R. Askew Elsevier, 1971
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Learn About ... Texas Insects. By Chris Durden. 1999. Texas Parks & Wildlife Press, Austin. 60 pp. University of Texas Press, 1999
Full PDF
Chris Durden is Curator Emeritus of Entomology and Geology, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin.
Durden, C. 1999. Learn About ... Texas Insects. Texas Parks & Wildlife Press, Austin. 60 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 August, 2008 - 2:26pm |
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
Contributed by Cotinis on 19 June, 2008 - 7:43pm |
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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