eBook

Beetles of eastern North America

Arthur V. Evans

2014

Overview

Beetles of Eastern North Americais a landmark book--the most comprehensive full-color guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. It is the first color-illustrated guide to cover 1,406 species in all 115 families that occur in the region--and the first new in-depth guide to the region in more than forty years. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,500 stunning color images by some of the best insect photographers in North America, the book features an engaging and authoritative text by noted beetle expert Arthur Evans. Extensive introductory sections provide essential information on beetle anatomy, reproduction, development, natural history, behavior, and conservation. Also included are tips on where and when to find beetles; how to photograph, collect, and rear beetles; and how to contribute to research. Each family and species account presents concise and easy-to-understand information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range. Organized by family, the book also includes an illustrated key to the most common beetle families, with 31 drawings that aid identification, and features current information on distribution, biology, and taxonomy not found in other guides. An unmatched guide to the rich variety of eastern North American beetles, this is an essential book for amateur naturalists, nature photographers, insect enthusiasts, students, and professional entomologists and other biologists. Provides the only comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible full-color treatment of the region's beetlesCovers 1,406 species in all 115 families east of the Mississippi RiverFeatures more than 1,500 stunning color images from top photographersPresents concise information on identification, natural history, collecting, and geographic range for each species and familyIncludes an illustrated key to the most common beetle families

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: Abdomen / Ambrosia beetle / American carrion beetle / Animals / Anthribidae / Apios americana / Appendage / Asian long-horned beetle / Bark beetle / Beech / Beetle / Beetles / Biological Sciences / Blister beetle / Bombardier beetle / Buprestidae / Click beetle / Coccinellidae / Colorado potato beetle / Cryptophagidae / Cucumber beetle / Curculionidae / Cyclocephala borealis / Darkling beetle / Deathwatch beetle / Dermestidae / Drugstore beetle / Dung beetle / Eastern subterranean termite / Elm leaf beetle / Elytron / Erotylidae / Flour beetle / Fraxinus americana / Fungus / Grapevine beetle / Ground beetle / Hardwood / Hickory / Hydrophilus (beetle) / Identification / Insect / Insects & Spiders / Laemophloeidae / Larva / Leaf beetle / Longhorn beetle / Lutrochidae / Mordellidae / NATURE / NATURE / Regional / NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders / net-winged beetle / Nicrophorus americanus / North America / Oak / Odontotaenius disjunctus / Oedemeridae / Oriental beetle / Phytolacca americana / Powderpost beetle / Prothorax / Red flour beetle / Regional / Rhinosimus / Rove beetle / Scarabaeidae / Scarlet lily beetle / Soldier beetle / Stag beetle / Striped cucumber beetle / Telephone-pole beetle / Thistle tortoise beetle / Tiger beetle / Tilia americana / Varied carpet beetle / Weevil / Whirligig beetle / Woodboring beetle / Zoology
• ISBN: 9780691133034, 0691133034, 0691133042, 9780691133041, 9781400851829, 1400851823