Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 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 Scolopendridae 6. Scolopendra heros (the giant Sonoran centipede) -- Order Geophilida -- Family Oryidae 7. Orphnaeus brasilianus (a geophilid centipede) -- Class Diplopoda -- Order Spirobolida -- Family Floridobolidae 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) -- Family Blattidae 14. Periplaneta australasiae (the Australian cockroach) -- Family Blattidae 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 peruana (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) -- Family Aphididae 26. Prociphilus tessellatus (the woolly alder aphid) -- Family Flatidae 27. Ormenaria rufifascia (a flatid planthoppe -- 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) -- Family Chrysopidae 32. Ceraeochrysa smithi (a green lacewing) -- Family Chrysopidae 33. Chrysopa slossonae (a green lacewing) -- Order Coleoptera -- Family Carabidae 34. Galerita lecontei (a ground beetle) -- Family Carabidae 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) -- Family Coccinellidae 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) -- Family Tenebrionidae 50. Bolitotherus cornutus (the forked fungus beetle) -- Family Tenebrionidae 51. Eleodes longicollis (a darkling beetle) -- Family Scarabaeidae 52. Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (a scarab beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 53. Hemisphaerota cyanea (a tortoise beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 54. Gratiana pallidula (a tortoise beetle) -- Family Chrysomelidae 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.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Fascination of Studying Insects -- For the Love of Ants -- Chapter 2. Insects and the Human Food Supply -- The Worm in the Apple -- Nature's Perfume -- Chapter 3. Population and Pests -- Gypsy Moth -- Chapter 4. Insect Societies -- The Origin of Cooperation -- The Superorganism -- Chapter 5. Location is Everything -- The Foraging Abilities of a Colony -- Chapter 6. Insects and the Human Condition -- People and Insect Plagues -- Chapter 7. War and Insects -- Army Ants -- Chapter 8. Insect Terror -- The Creation of a Pop Insect -- Temperate and Tropical Honey Bees -- The Process of Africanization -- Chapter 9. The Birds and the Mosquitoes -- Bugs That Eat Birds -- Chapter 10. Water Babies, Risky Behavior, and Sex -- The Next Generation -- Chapter 11. How Insects "Work -- The Search: Appetitive Behavior, 201 -- Chapter 12. Hot and Cold Insects -- Night-Flying Moths -- Chapter 13. Insect Defenses -- The Love Potion -- Chapter 14. Love at First Smell -- The Sweet Smell of Success -- Chapter 15. Night Creatures -- Evasive Behavior in the Cockroach -- Chapter 16. More Than Just Jewelry -- What is Amber -- Chapter 17. Crime Scene Bugs -- Prologue: Honolulu 1984 -- Chapter 18. Monarchs and Movement -- Millions of Monarchs -- Chapter 19. Insects and The Dismal Science -- The Bumblebee Colony Cycle -- Economy of the Colony -- Chapter 20. Questions of Paternity, Reversal of Sexual Roles, and Sex Addiction -- Hemiptera: Heteroptera II -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.