Our Common Insects

About this eBook

Author

Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905

Title

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Insects

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24409

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24409

Release Date

January 23, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OUR COMMON INSECTS.
2. 2.A. S. PACKARD, Jr. ,
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.DEDICATION. — TO SAMUEL H. SCUDDER.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.INTRODUCTORY.
7. 7.OUR COMMON INSECTS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — THE HOME OF THE BEES.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — THE HOME OF THE BEES. — [ Concluded. ]
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — THE PARASITES OF THE HONEY BEE. — THE STYLOPS PARASITE.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — A FEW WORDS ABOUT MOTHS.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — THE CLOTHES MOTH.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — THE MOSQUITO AND ITS FRIENDS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — THE HOUSE FLY AND ITS ALLIES.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — THE BORERS OF OUR SHADE TREES.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — CERTAIN PARASITIC INSECTS.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — THE DRAGON FLY.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — MITES AND TICKS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — BRISTLE-TAILS AND SPRING-TAILS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — HINTS ON THE ANCESTRY OF INSECTS. — Explanation of Plate 2. Figure 1, different forms of Leptus; 2, Diplax; 3, Coccinella larva; 4, Cicada larva; 5, Cicindela larva; 6, Ant Lion; 7, Calligrapha larva; 8, Aphis larva; 9, Hemerobius larva; 10, Glyrinua larva; 11, Carabid larva; 12, Meloë larva. — Explanation of Plate 3. Figure 1. Panorpa larva; 2, Phryganea larva; 3, Weevil larva; 4, third larva of Meloë; 5, Chionea larva; 6, Carpet Worm; 7, Phora larva; 8, Wheat Caterpillar; 9, Sphinx Caterpillar; 10, Acronycta? larva; 11, Saw Fly larva; 12, Abia Saw Fly larva; 13, Halictus larva; 14, Andrena larva. — EARLY STAGES OF THE HUMBLE BEE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — INSECT CALENDAR.
22. 22.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES: — The only American Text Book of Entomology.
23. 23.A Guide to the Study of Insects, — Third and Improved Edition. Price reduced to $5.00. — THE MAMMOTH CAVE AND ITS INHABITANTS, — By A. S. PACKARD, Jr., and F. W. PUTNAM. — INSECT PINS AND CORK FOR INSECT BOXES. — RECORD OF AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY. — FLOWER OBJECT LESSONS; — Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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