Secret weapons : defenses of insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures / Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody Siegler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Class Arachnida -- Order Uropygi -- Family Theliphonidae -- 1. Mastigoproctus giganteus (the vinegaroon) -- Order Opiliones -- Family Cosmetidae -- 2. Vonones sayi (a harvestman) -- Family Sclerosomatidae -- 3. Leiobunum nigripalpi (a daddylonglegs) -- Order Scorpiones -- Family Vejovidae -- 4. Vejovis spinigerus (the striped tail scorpion) -- Order Araneida -- Family Oxyopidae -- 5. Peucetia viridans (the green lynx spider) -- Class Chilopoda -- Order Scolopendrida -- Family Scholopendiridae -- 6. Scolopendra heroes (the giant Sonoran centipede) -- Order Geophilida -- Family Oryidae -- 7. Orphnaeus brasilianus (a geophilid centipede) -- Class Diplopoda -- Order Spirobolida -- 8. Floridobolus penneri (the Florida scrub millipede) -- Order Polydesmida -- Family Polydesmidae -- 9. Apheloria kleinpeteri (a polydesmid millipede) -- Order Polyzoniida -- Family Polyzoniidae -- 10. Polyzonium rosalbum (a polyzoniid millipede) -- Order Glomerida -- Family Glomeridae -- 11. Glomeris marginata (a pill millipede) -- Order polyxenida -- Family polyxenidae -- 12. Polyxenus fasciculatus (a bristle millipede) -- Class Insecta -- Order Dyctioptera -- Family Blattidae -- 13. Eurycotis floridana (the Florida woods cockroach) -- 14. Periplaneta australasiae (the Australian cockroach) -- 15. Deropeltis wahlbergi (a blattid cockroach) -- Family Blaberidae -- 16. Diploptera punctata (the Pacific beetle cockroach) --

Order Dermaptera -- Family Forficulidae -- 17. Doru taeniatum (an earwig) -- Order Isoptera -- Family Termitidae -- 18. Nasutitermes exitiosus (a termite) -- Order Phasmatodea -- Family Diapheromeridae -- 19. Oreophoetes perusana (a walkingstick) -- Family Pseudophasmatidae -- 20. Anisomorpha buprestoides (the two-striped walkingstick) -- Order Orthoptera -- Family Romaleidae -- 21. Romalea guttata (the eastern lubber grasshopper) -- Order Hemiptera -- Family Coreidae -- 22. Chelinidea vittiger (a leaf-footed bug) -- Family Reduviidae -- 23. Apiomerus flaviventris (a reduviid bug) -- Family Belostomatidae -- 24. Abedus herberti (a giant water bug) -- Family Aphididae -- 25. Aphis nerii (the oleander aphid) -- 26. Prociphilus tessellatus (the woolly alder aphid) -- Family Flatidae -- 27. Ormenaria rufifascia (a flatid planthopper) -- Family Cercopidae -- 28. Prosapia bicincta (the two-lined spittlebug) -- Family Dactylopiidae -- 29. Dactylopius confusus (a cochineal bug) -- Family Aleyrodidae -- 30. Metaleurodicus griseus (a whitefly) -- Order Neuroptera -- Family Chrysopidae -- 31. Ceraeochrysa cubana (a green lacewing) -- 32. Ceraeochrysa smithi (a green lacewing) -- 33. Chrysopa slossonae (a green lacewing) -- Order Coleoptera -- Family Carabidae -- 34. Galerita lecontei (a ground beetle) -- 35. Brachinus (many species) (bombardier beetles) -- Family Gyrinidae -- 36. Dineutus hornii (a whirligig beetle) -- Family Dytiscidae -- 37. Thermonectus marmoratus (a predaceous diving beetle) -- Family Silphidae -- 38. Necrodes surinamensis (the red-lined carrion beetle) -- Family Staphylinidae -- 39. Creophilus maxillosus (the hairy rove beetle) --

Family Cantharidae -- 40. Chauliognathus lecontei (a soldier beetle) -- Family Lampyridae -- 41. Photinus ignitus and Photuris versicolor (fireflies) -- Family Lycidae -- 42. Calopteron reticulatum (the banded net-winged beetle) -- Family Elateridae -- 43. Alaus myops (the eyed elater) -- Family Buprestidae -- 44. Acmaeodera pulchella (the flat-headed baldcypress sapwood borer) -- Family Coccinellidae -- 45. Cycloneda sanguinea (a ladybird beetle) -- 46. Epilachna varivestis (the Mexican bean beetle) -- Family Meloidae -- 47. Epicauta (an unidentified species) (a blister beetle) -- Family Pyrochroidae -- 48. Neopyrochroa flabellata (a fire-colored beetle) -- Family Tenebrionidae -- 49. Adelium percatum (a darkling beetle) -- 50. Bolitotherus cornutus (the forked fungus beetle) -- 51. Eleodes longicollis (a darkling beetle) -- Family Scarabaeidae -- 52. Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (a scarab beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae -- 53. Hemisphaerota cyanea (a tortoise beetle) -- 54. Gratiana pallidula (a tortoise beetle) -- 55. Plagiodera versicolora (the imported willow leaf beetle) -- Order Lepidoptera -- Family Dalceridae -- 56. Dalcerides ingenita (a dalcerid moth) -- Family Noctuidae -- 57. Litoprosopus futilis (the palmetto borer moth) -- Family Notodontidae -- 58. Schizura unicornis (the unicorn caterpillar moth) -- Family Thyrididae -- 59. Calindoea trifascialis (a thyridid moth) -- Family Yponomeutidae -- 60. Ypsolopha dentella (the European honeysuckle leaf roller) --

Family Geometridae -- 61. Nemoria outina (a geometrid moth) -- Family Arctiidae -- 62. Utetheisa ornatrix (the rattlebox moth) -- Family Saturniidae -- 63. Automeris io (the io moth) -- Family Papilionidae -- 64. Eurytides marcellus (the zebra swallowtail butterfly) -- Family Pieridae -- 65. Pieris rapae (the cabbage butterfly) -- Family Nymphalidae -- 66. Danaus plexippus (the monarch butterfly) -- Order Hymenoptera -- Family Pergidae -- 67. Perga affinis (a pergine sawfly) -- Family Formicidae -- 68. Camponotus floridanus (a carpenter ant) -- Family Apidae -- 69. Apis mellifera (the honey bee) -- Epilogue -- How to study insects and their kin -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.

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