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Every year, for far longer than there were humans to hear them, cicadas have risen to fill our senses in the steady rhythm of our lives, capturing the innate curiosity of backyard explorers everywhere. For beginners, experts, and everyone in-between, The Cicadas of North America serves as an unparalleled field guide to some of Earth’s most delightful insects. With over 500 pages and 400 full-color illustrations, The Cicadas of North America is the world's first complete illustrated field guide to all known species of cicadas from the boreal shield of Canada to the tropical forests of Panama and Grenada. The book includes detailed information about the life cycle, ecology, evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, conservation, host plants, and songs of cicadas.
With over 400 pages and 900 full-color illustrations, The Social Wasps of North America is the world's first complete illustrated field guide to all known species of social wasps from the high arctic of Greenland and Alaska to the tropical forests of Panama and Grenada. For beginners, experts, and everyone in-between, The Social Wasps of North America provides new insights about some of the world’s least popular beneficial insects, plus tips and tricks to avoid painful stings. This book includes detailed information about the ecology, evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, nest architecture, and conservation of social wasp species. To purchase this book in softcover format, visit our website at OwlflyLLC.com/publications.
Las avispas son terribles. Todos sabemos que el mundo estaría mucho mejor sin ellas. Pero, por supuesto, nada es tan sencillo. Para principiantes, expertos e intermedios, este libro ofrece nuevas perspectivas sobre uno de los insectos benéficos menos populares del mundo, además de consejos y trucos para evitar sus dolorosas picaduras. Con más de 400 páginas y 900 ilustraciones a todo color, esta es la primera guía de campo completa que incluye a todas las especies conocidas de avispas sociales, desde el Alto Ártico de Groenlandia y Alaska, hasta los bosques tropicales de Panamá y Granada. Incluye información detallada sobre ecología, evolución, taxonomía, anatomía, arquitectura de nidos y conservación de las avispas sociales.
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This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the Neuroptera remaining in that order. By the second half of the 20th century, some of the taxonomists began to believe that the fragmentation of this order had gone too far, and that the order Megaloptera needed to be grouped in some way with Neuroptera, either by making them suborders of the same order or by creating a superorder to accommodate both. This volume provides a discussion of both taxa, t...
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