Insects Through the Seasons

Insects Through the Seasons
Author: Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780674454897

Tells the success story of insects, discussing how the nearly one million known species have managed to survive and thrive in the varying climates and conditions of the earth, focusing on the cecropia moth as a basis for comparison.

Not a Buzz to Be Found

Not a Buzz to Be Found
Author: Linda Glaser
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761380426

Buzz! Zip! Zoom! When the weather is warm, insects are everywhere. But what do they do in winter? Honeybees huddle in their hive. Monarch butterflies fly south. Woolly bear caterpillars hide under leaves and snow. This book shows what twelve different insects do to survive winter's chill.

BugWater

BugWater
Author: Arlen Read Thomason
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0811705056

Bugwater is that soggy place inhabited by creepy, crawly, hopping, flying, wriggling creatures we call, if imprecisely, bugs. Organized around the seasons, BugWater follows the bugs and the trout through their life cycles from spring through winter. Thomason's stunningly striking photos and fascinating narratives show off the bugs up close, in amazing detail. With the author's insights as both a scientist and fly fisher and his expertise as a photographer, this book delivers solid content all fly fisher's can learn from. Covers all popular trout foods--mayflies, caddis, stoneflies, midges Startling, spectacular photos of the bugs up close

Animals through the Seasons

Animals through the Seasons
Author: Edward P. Ortleb
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
Total Pages: 15
Release: 1998-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787721182

The worksheets in this packet were developed by leading science educator and former president of the National Science Teachers Association, Ed Ortleb. Students will enjoy learning and reinforcing their knowledge about how the seasons affect animals as they color, answer questions, complete a word search, study a migration diagram, and more. The included teacher guide provides extension activities and background information.

Nature All Around: Bugs

Nature All Around: Bugs
Author: Pamela Hickman
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1525303724

A fascinating introduction to the bugs all around us. There are twice as many insects in the world as all other animals combined. They’re everywhere … if we know where to look! This beautifully illustrated book introduces young readers to ants, honeybees, dragonflies and more! It covers their basic body parts, life cycles and habitats. It explains which bugs can be found in each of the four seasons, and where. And it includes a beginner’s bug-watching guide with a series of questions to help kids identify insects in their communities. New and longtime insect-watchers will be buzzing for this one!

Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada

Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada
Author: Patricia J. Vittum
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1999
Genre: Science
ISBN:

The book provides an overview of detection and diagnosis of insect infestation, survey techniques, and principles of strategy and control."--BOOK JACKET.

Songbird Journeys

Songbird Journeys
Author: Miyoko Chu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2007-05-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0802715184

Explores the remarkable lives of migratory birds and answers such questions about songbirds as where do they go, how do they get there, and what do they do in the places that they inhabit throughout the year.

Garden Insects of North America

Garden Insects of North America
Author: Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0691167443

An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects available This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants. An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists. Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause

Insect Diapause

Insect Diapause
Author: David L. Denlinger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2022-02-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108755186

Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of mechanisms for bringing development to a halt and then reinitiating it when the inimical season is past. The dormant state of diapause serves to bridge the unfavourable seasons, and its timing provides a powerful mechanism for synchronizing insect development. This book explores how seasonal signals are monitored and used by insects to enact specific molecular pathways that generate the diapause phenotype. The broad perspective offered here scales from the ecological to the molecular and thus provides a comprehensive view of this exciting and vibrant research field, offering insights on topics ranging from pest management, evolution, speciation, climate change and disease transmission, to human health, as well as analogies with other forms of invertebrate dormancy and mammalian hibernation.