Domino guide to the insects of Britain and Western Europe 9780713672398, 1098765432

Table of contents :
Insects of Britain and Western Europe
How to use this book
Title Page
Copyright Info
Introduction
Insect Anatomy
Insect life cycles
Collecting and studying
Insect conservation
The orders of insects
THE KEY
BRISTLETAILS Order Thysanura
TWO-TAILED BRISTLETAILS Order Diplura
SPRINGTAILS Order Collembola
MAYFLIES Order Ephemeroptera
DRAGONFLIES Order Odonata
DAMSELFLIES Sub-order Zygoptera
Family Platycnemididae
Family Coenagriidae
Family Lestidae
Family calopterygidae
TRUE DRAGONFLIES Sub-order Anisoptera
Family Gomphidae
Family Cordulegasteridae
Family Aeshnidae
Family Corduliidae
Family Libellulidae
STONEFLIES Order Plecoptera
GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS Order Orthoptera
Key
GRASSHOPPERS Family Acrididae
GROUNDHOPPERS Family Tetrigidae
BUSH-CRICKETS Family Tettigoniidae
CAVE CRICKETS Rhaphidophoridae
TRUE CRICKETS Gryllidae
COCKROACHES Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Blattodea
MANTIDS Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Mantodea
STICK INSECTS Order Phasmida
TERMITES Order lsoptera
WEB-SPINNERS Order Embioptera
EARWIGS Order Dermaptera
Family Forficulidae
BUGS Order Hemiptera
HETEROPTERAN BUGS Sub-order Heteroptera
Family Pentatomidae
GROUND BUGS Lygaeidae
ASSASSIN BUGS Reduviidae
DAMSEL BUGS Nabidae
MIRID or CAPSID BUGS Miridae
SURFACE DWELLERS
SUBMERGED BUGS
HOMOPTERAN BUGS Sub-order Homoptera
CICADAS Cicadidae
TREEHOPPERS Membracidae
FROGHOPPERS Cercopidae
Family Delphacidae
LEAFHOPPERS Cicadellidae
APHIDS
JUMPING PLANT LICE
WHITEFLIES Aleyrodidae
SCALE INSECTS
PSOCIDS Order Psocoptera
THRIPS Order Thysanoptera
BITING LIGE Order Mallophaga
SUCKING LICE Order Anoplura
FLEAS Order Siphonaptera
ANT-LlONS, LACEWINGS, and ALLIES Order Neuroptera
ANT-LlONS Myrmeleonidae
ASCALAPHIDS Ascalaphidae
GREEN LACEWINGS Chrysopidae
BROWN LACEWINGS Hemerobiidae
SNAKE FLIES Raphididae
SCORPION FLIES Order Mecoptera
BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS Order Lepidoptera
SWALLOWTAIL and APOLLO BUTTERFLIES Papilionidae
WHITE and YELLOW BUTTERFLIES Pieridae
ADMIRALS, TORTOISESHELLS and kin Nymphalidae
BROWN BUTTERFLIES Satyridae
HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS and BLUES Lycaenidae
SKIPPERS Hesperiidae
Family Cochylidae
Family Pyralidae
PLUME MOTHS Pterophoridae
SWIFT MOTHS Hepialidae
CLEARWING MOTHS Sesiidae
BURNETS and FORESTERS Zygaenidae
BAGWORMS Psychidae
EGGAR MOTHS Lasiocampidae
HAWKMOTHS Sphingidae
Family Notodontidae
TIGER and ERMINE MOTHS Arctiidae
Noctuidae
Family Geometridae
Family Tortricidae
CADDIS FLIES Order Trichoptera
Family Limnephilidae
TRUE FLIES Order Diptera
CRANE-FLIES Tipulidae
MOSQUITOES Culicidae
SOLDIER-FLIES Stratiomyidae
HORSE-FLIES Tabanidae
ROBBER-FLIES Asilidae
HOVER-FLIES Syrphidae
Family Tephritidae
LOUSE-FLIES Hippoboscidae
Family Tachinidae
BLOW-FLIES Calliphoridae
HOUSE-FLIES and kin Muscidae
ANTS, WASPS, BEES, and their relatives Order Hymenoptera
SAWFLIES Sub-order Symphyta
Family Tenthredinidae
WASPS, ANTS, and BEES Sub-order Apocrita
GALL WASPS Cynipidae
PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA
ICHNEUMONS lchneumonidae
RUBY-TAILED WASPS Chrysididae
ANTS Formicidae
DIGGER WASPS Sphecidae
SPIDER-HUNTING WASPS Pompilidae
POTTER and MASON WASPS Eumenidae
SOClAL WASPS Vespidae
BEES
BUMBLE BEES Apidae
CUCKOO BEES
BEETLES Order Coleoptera
STYLOPIDS
TIGER BEETLES and GROUND BEETLES Carabidae
BURYING BEETLES Silphidae
ROVE BEETLES Staphylinidae
SCARABS and CHAFERS Scarabaeidae
BUPRESTID BEETLES Buprestidae
CLICK BEETLES Elateridae
SOLDIER and SAILOR BEETLES Cantharidae
Family Cleridae
LADYBIRDS Coccinellidae
LARDER BEETLES Dermestidae
LONGHORN BEETLES Cerambycidae
LEAF BEETLES Chrysomelidae
WEEVILS
BARK BEETLES Scolytidae
Family Dytiscidae
Family Hydrophilidae
TERRESTRIAL LARVAE
AQUATIC NYMPHS and LARVAE
The Other Arthropods
CENTIPEDES Class Chilopoda
MILLIPEDES Class Diplopoda
WOODLICE Order lsopoda
The Arachnids
FALSE SCORPIONS Order Pseudoscorpiones
TICKS and MITES Order Acarina
SCORPIONS Order Scorpiones
HARVESTMEN Order Opiliones
SPIDERS
ORB-WEB SPIDERS Araneidae
CRAB SPIDERS Thomisidae
Glossary
Index of English Names
Index of Genera and Species
Acknowledgments

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