Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Eristalis tenax - Common Drone Fly


Annotated checklist of New World insects associated with Prosopis (Mesquite)
By C. R. Ward, C. W. O'Brien, l. B. O'Brien, D. E. Foster, E. W. Huddleston
Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A. 1557: 1-115, 1977

Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
By Alford D.V.
Academic Press. 480 pp., 2012
Abstract
available as Google eBook

Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods
By Rangaswamy Muniappan, Gadi V. P. Reddy, Anantanarayanan Raman
Cambridge University Press 1-495, 2009

Natural Heritage Program List of the Rare Animal Species of North Carolina
By Harry E. LeGrand, Jr., John T. Finnegan, Stephen P. Hall, Andrea J. Leslie, Judith A. Ratcliffe
North Carolina Natural Heritage Program 1-150, 2012
Revised February 27, 2013 edition
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Pests of fruit crops: a colour handbook
By Alford D.V.
Academic Press. 480 pp., 2007
Abstract
available as Google eBook

Cactus-feeding insects and mites
By John Mann
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 256: 1-158, 1969

Invertebrates of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
By Kenneth J. Kingsley
U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report No. 60, 1998

Desert insects and kin of southern California: a photographic survey and natural history - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
By Monroe L., Monroe G.
Merryleaf Press, Lyons, CO. 768 pp., 2013
Synopsis
impressive job, a labor of love, and a precious addition to my nature library (just got my copy from Lynn and Gene)