Table of Contents:
- How to use the book
- Insect photography
- Insects. Introduction ; How do I identify insects? ; Growth and development in insects ; A brief overview into the taxonomic position of insects ; Order Thysanura : firebrats, silverfish ; Subclass Pterygota (Order Ephemeroptera : mayflies ; Order Odonata : dragonflies, damselflies) ; Neoptera (Order Orthoptera : grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, locusts ; Superorder Dictyoptera : cockroaches, mantids, termites ; Order Phasmida : stick insects, leaf insects ; Order Plecoptera : stoneflies ; Order Embioptera : webspinners ; Order Dermaptera : earwigs) ; Hemipteroid assemblage (Order Psocodea : parasitic lice, bark lice, book lice ; Order Thysanoptera : thrips ; Order Hemiptera : true bugs) ; Endopterygota (Order Coleoptera : beetles ; Order Neuroptera Neuropteroid assemblage : antlions, lacewings, dobsonflies, alderflies, snakeflies ; Order Diptera : flies, gnats, mosquitos, skeeters ; Order Siphonaptera : fleas ; Order Mecoptera : scorpionflies ; Order Trichoptera : caddisflies ; Order Lepidoptera : butterflies, moths ; Order Hymenoptera : wasps, ants, bees)
- Arachnida. How do I identify arachnids? ; A brief overview into the taxonomic position of arachnids ; Class Arachnida (Order Araneae : spiders ; Order Thelyphonidae : whip scorpions, vinegaroons ; Order Acari : mites, ticks ; Order Opioliones : harvestmen, daddy-long legs ; Order Scorpiones : scorpion ; Order Solifugae : sun spiders, camel spiders, wind spiders).