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Genus Pepsis - Tarantula-hawk Wasps
Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest By edited by P. D. Boersma, S. H. Reichard, & A. N. Van Buren. University of Washington Press, 2006
It has a lot of history that is relevant to, in many cases North America in general. It tells when & where the first appearances or introductions of the different species occurred, etc.
It isn't only Arthropods, but it does cover a spider and some arthropods. Because there is so little "new" info available for the Pacific Northwest, I wanted to include this in the Book list.
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Natural Enemies Handbook By Mary Louise Flint and Steve H. Dreistadt
A book about integrated pest management (IPM), the biological control of garden and agricultural pests.
This book includes many useful photos and details about the life cycles of "pests" and their natural arthropod parasites and predators.
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Field Guide to Beetles of California By Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue University of California Press, 2006
This is the companion volume to Introduction to California Beetles published in 2004. Features from the publisher website:
¥ Features 300 color photographs, 110 drawings, and 2 maps
¥ Covers 569 species in 56 families
¥ Lists California's sensitive, threatened, and endangered species
¥ Provides resources and web sites for further study of California beetles
List price is $24.95; Amazon and other discount booksellers have it at about $16.50 plus shipping.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 1 November, 2006 - 11:09am |
A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words By Tim Williams Squirrox Press, 2006
(I have copied the following text from the book's back page)
If you are curious about words you can use this book to find out exactly what ARTIODACTYL means, what an ECTOLOPH is and where you can find CANTIUM. Within this book are over 12,800 entries, plus directions for using the roots, rules of pronunciation, guidance for constructing scientific names and general principles for changing Greek letters into their English equivalents.
Additionally there are appendices listing adjectival forms of geographical names, some common terms for animals, plants and structures, activities and habitats, shapes, sizes, colors, textures, patterns, numbers, quantity, direction and location, parts of the year and chemical elements.
Contributed by alazon on 14 October, 2006 - 9:21pm |
![](https://bugguide.net/images/amazon/029595597XS.jpg) Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Guide to the Natural History of Western Oregon, Washington and Briti By Eugene N. Kozloff University of Washington Press, 1978
This book covers a wide range of plants and animals from Western British Columbia down through Western Oregon.
It has a very good section on non-insect invertebrates (snails & slugs, centipedes & millipedes, sowbugs & pillbugs).
It is also divided by habitat, rather than Classification.
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![](https://bugguide.net/images/amazon/B000EBD9W6S.jpg) Life in the Undergrowth (DVD) By Attenborough, David BBC Warner, 2006
Though this is a BBC special, there are insects featured from all over the world including North America.
This rivals Microcosmos as far as the cinematography goes, but has the addition of Attenborough's natural history nuggets of info on different species as well. This is a must for any fan of Bug Guide!
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![](https://bugguide.net/images/amazon/0674018826S.jpg) Secret Weapons : Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures By Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody Siegler Belknap Press, 2005
A very nice introduction to Thomas Eisner's work on chemical ecology of arthropods. If you haven't read any of his work, you are in for a treat and an inspiration.
It is full of great facts and references that would be great for fleshing out guide pages.
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Identification Guide to the Mosquitos of Connecticut By Theodore G. Andreadis, Michael C. Thomas, John J. Shepard The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 2005
A summary of Darsie and Ward and Carpenter and LaCasse for the mosquitos of Connecticut which is almost the same for all of New England.
Contributed by Omar Fahmy on 18 May, 2006 - 11:54am |
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