[PDF] Field Guide To California Insects eBook

Author : Kip Will
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520288742

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Beautifully illustrated and approachable, this is the only California-specific, statewide book devoted to all groups of insects. Completely revised for the first time in over 40 years, Field Guide to California Insects now includes over 600 insect species, each beautifully illustrated with color photographs. Engaging accounts focus on distinguishing features, remarkable aspects of biology, and geographical distribution in the state. An accessible and compact introduction to identifying, understanding, and appreciating these often unfamiliar and fascinating creatures, this guide covers insects that readers are likely to encounter in homes and natural areas, cities and suburbs, rural lands and wilderness. It also addresses exotic and invasive species and their impact on native plants and animals. Field Guide to California Insects remains the definitive portable reference and a captivating read for beginners as well as avid naturalists.

Author : Arthur V. Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520246553

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"This crisply written guide belongs on the shelf of all who have an interest in the natural history of the Golden State."--Dr. Rosser W. Garrison, coauthor of Dragonfly Genera of the New World

Author : Jerry A. Powell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780520037823

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What is that creature that just landed on my arm? What will that funny-looking caterpillar turn into? What do lady-bugs eat? This book will help you to answer such questions (and many more) about your local insects. - From inside cover.

Author : Craig MacGowan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 2000-06-30
Category : Beneficial insects
ISBN : 9780898867114

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* Durable, inexpensive, fun to use nature identification guide * Great for vegetable and flower gardeners * Created by a high-school science teacher This field guide to California garden bugs shows good bugs on one side and bad bugs on the other, illustrated in color. The tough laminated card holds up to use in the garden and is easy to wash clean. Don't kill the good bugs! Keep your Mac's Field Guide near your garden tools to help identify the bugs that help you maintain a healthy attractive garden. More than 1 million Mac's Guides have been sold!

Author : Charles Leonard Hogue
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Insects
ISBN : 9780938644323

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"Southern California is home not only to the country's second largest metropolitan center but to an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 different kinds of insects. Insects of the Los Angeles Basin provides an introduction to more than 400 of the most conspicuous or curious of these invertebrate animals and to about 70 spiders, mites and ticks, and related forms. With color photographs or drawings of all but a few species, the text describes the size and most striking physical characteristics of adults and immature stages and gives information on locomotion and behavior, offensive and defensive maneuvers, mating rituals, food preferences, nests and traps, and noises and scents. The specific habitat and general geographic range of each insect are included, as are lore and superstition regarding some notorious species." "The author, Dr. Charles L. Hogue, has answered the questions that he was most often asked in his position as Curator of Entomology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The result is a highly readable text with an emphasis on the effects that insects have on the people who encounter them."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Tedmund J. Swiecki
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781304145451

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FULL COLOR and Enlarged Edition - California has more than twenty-five native species, natural hybrids, and varieties of oaks (Quercus species). The form of these oaks ranges from large trees, up to about 25 m tall, to shrubs no taller than about 1.5 m. California's native oaks include representatives of three oak subgroups or subgenera (Table 1). Hybridization only occurs between oaks in the same subgroup. In addition, some insects, pathogens, and other agents may selectively colonize or damage oaks in certain subgroups.

Author : Richard J. Adams
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520957040

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With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the world’s spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states—not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert dunes to redwood forests and massive urban centers. This beautifully illustrated, accessible guide covers all of the families and many of the genera found along the Pacific Coast, including introduced species and common garden spiders. The author provides readers with tools for identifying many of the region’s spiders to family, and when possible, genus and species. He discusses taxonomy, distribution, and natural history as well as what is known of the habits of the spiders, the characters of families, and references to taxonomic revisions of the pertinent genera. Full-color plates for each family bring to life the incredible diversity of this ancient arachnid order.

Author : Eric R. Eaton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618153107

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A comprehensive guide to the insects of North America contains information--including life histories, behaviors, and habitats--on every major group of insects found north of Mexico.

Author : Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781565795211

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Colorado professors and expert entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Boris Kondratieff present a guide to finding and identifying the insects you are likely to see throughout the state. From bees to butterflies and beyond, this handy, state-specific guidebook will help insect enthusiasts to identify and learn about hundreds of Colorado's most common species. Full-color photography, fascinating facts, and a glossary of insect terms make this book visually appealing, practical, and fun for readers of all ages. With an introduction to the world of arthropods and interesting descriptions of scores of insects, Guide to Colorado Insects is a must-have whether you're at home or in the field. Book jacket.

Author : Arthur V. Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 2006-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520939220

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With perhaps 8,000 different species, beetles are easily the largest group of animals in California and can be found virtually everywhere in the state. They grapple over flower heads, lurk in pantries, paddle through pristine mountain streams, amble over dunes, and buzz about porch lights on warm evenings. But until now, there was no single resource for identifying the most commonly encountered beetles in California’s mountains, valleys, and deserts. This valuable field guide, a companion volume to Introduction to California Beetles published in 2004, identifies more than 500 of the state’s more conspicuous and colorful species, with the majority presented in stunning color photographs. Written and designed for amateur naturalists, students, and field biologists, it is chock-full of what every beetle watcher wants to know, including suggestions for finding beetles, starting a beetle collection, and keeping beetles in captivity. The informative, accessibly written species accounts include information on beetle identification, natural history, and distribution. * Features 300 color photographs, 110 drawings, and 2 maps * Covers 569 species in 56 families * Lists California’s sensitive, threatened, and endangered species * Provides resources and web sites for further study of California beetles