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Species Brachypterus urticae - Nettle Pollen Beetle

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Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33)

By Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
M University Press, 2003

Looks very thorough, with substantial life history information. Covers spiders, millipedes, etc., as well as insects.
Web site has table of contents, and part of a chapter, on neuroptera, available as:
PDF file.

ISBN's, price: 1-58544-235-6 cloth $50.00, 1-58544-236-4 paper $24.95

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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 November, 2004 - 7:49am

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Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs

By Warren T. Johnson, Howard H. Lyon
Cornell University Press, 1991

Second Edition Revised. 574 pages, 247 color plates.
Many photos of larval stages of insects.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 25 October, 2004 - 1:36pm

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A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America

By J. Reese Voshell Jr.
McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, 2002

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 17 September, 2004 - 1:36am

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A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

By Steven J. Phillips and Patricia Wentworth Comus
University of California Press, 1999

A comprehensive natural history, it has several chapters on insects, emphasizing ecology. Has some illustrations and checklists.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 August, 2004 - 6:46am

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The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Lived

By Colin Tudge
Oxford University Press, 2000

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 26 July, 2004 - 4:54pm

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That Gunk on Your Car: A Unique Guide to Insects of North America

By Mark E Hostetler, Phd.
Ten Speed Press, 1997

Although geared towards children, a very fun book that enables one to identify splats on the car windshield!

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Contributed by Jennifer Kahrs on 6 July, 2004 - 3:05pm

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Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You

By Roger M. Knutson
Ten Speed Press, 1996

Fabulous book detailing the many species that live on us - including lice, fleas, ticks, mites, mosquitoes, chiggers, and bedbugs.

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Contributed by Jennifer Kahrs on 6 July, 2004 - 3:01pm

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Centipedes and Millipedes, with an Emphasis on North American Fauna

By Rowland M. Shelley
Emporia State University, 1999

The Kansas School Naturalist, volume 45, no. 3, March, 1999. Has photographic illustrations of some species.

Also available as a slideshow linked at:
http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/

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Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 5:05pm

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