TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eisner,Thomas
AU  - Eisner,Maria
AU  - Siegler,Melody
TI  - Secret weapons: defenses of insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged creatures 
SN  - 0674018826
AV  - QL496 .E42 2005
U1  - 595.7147 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Insects
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Arachnida
KW  - Animal behavior
N1  - 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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