Insects for Pleasure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Close to Nature 1
3. Insects' Viewpoint 4
4. Air Supremacy Past and Present 5
5. Grasshoppers 6
6. A Grasshopper Hides Her Eggs 7
7. Green as Grass 8
8. Katydids 9
9. Jerusalem Cricket 10
10. Rare hopper 11
11. Nature's Parallels - Mantis and Mantispa 12
12. The Etymology and Entomology of the Earwig 14
13. Halls of Silk 15
14. "Child of the Earth" 16
15. Cicadas 17
16. Ghost of Its Former Self 18
17. Before and After 19
18. Plant Lice 20
19. White Flies 21
20. They Lie in Ambush 22
21. Bloodthirsty Cone-nose 24
22. Strange Bedfellows 26
23. Out on a Bat for the Night 28
24. Bat Passengers 29
25. Tiger Beetle 30
26. Young Tiger 31
27. Rhinoceros in a Log 32
28. Gardener's Ally 33
29. Stylops Finds Its Mate 34
30. Lion in the Dust 36
31. Lacewing 37
32. Ant-hill Society 38
33. Caterpillar Hunter 40
34. Busy Bembix 42
35. Grasshopper Control 44
36. Mud Dauber 45
37. Microscopic Beauty 46
38. Sociable Drinkers 47
39. Butterfly Portrait 48
40. Skippers 49
41. One-horned Giant 50
42. Micro-moths 52
43. Moths on the Window Pane 52
44. Leaf Miner 54
45. Fence of Silk 54
46. Mosquitoes out of Trees 56
47. Another Mosquito Is Born 58
48. Portrait of a Beneficial Fly 59
49. Insect Hawks 60
50. Insects for Pleasure 62
51. Finding and Catching Insects 63
52. How to Handle Insect Specimens 66
53. Becoming a Specialist 73
54. Close-up Nature Photography 75
55. RECOMMENDED REFERENCES 81
56. ENTOMOLOGICAL SUPPLIES AND SPECIMENS 81