Preface
INTRODUCTION
What Is an Insect? Growth and Reproduction
Breathing and Circulation
Feeding
Stinging Distribution and Diversity of the California Insect
Fauna Topography
Geographical Distribution
Diversity
Microhabitats Making an Insect Collection
Classification Names Synopsis of Hexapods and the Orders of
Insects
ACCOUNTS: SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT
Coneheads (Class Protura)
Two-pronged Bristletails (Class Diplura)
Springtails (Class Collembola)
Insects (Class Insecta)
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Online Resources
Photo Credits
Index
About the Authors
Kip Will is an entomologist, insect systematist, and former
director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Joyce Gross has been photographing California insects for 17
years and works as a computer programmer with the Berkeley
Natural History Museums at the University of California,
Berkeley.
Dan Rubinoff is Professor of Entomology and Director of the
University of Hawaii Insect Museum. He grew up in California
chasing insects and continues to work actively in the state.
Jerry A. Powell is Professor of the Graduate School and
former director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University
of California, Berkeley.
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