Insects & Kin of the Colorado Front Range

Download or read book Insects & Kin of the Colorado Front Range written by Lynn Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for nature enthusiasts of all ages, citizen scientists and the scientific community. This profusely illustrated book is the result of a field survey and natural history study of Front Range insects and other arthropods such as spiders, solpugids and millipedes. It was conducted at many sites in Colorado's Front Range over 29 years. It includes 1224 different insects-dragonflies, grasshoppers, katydids, mantids, true bugs, beetles, flies, butterflies, moths, wasps, bees, flies and more- and 42 other arthropods-spiders, solpugids, ticks, millipedes and more. There are 2561 color photos, almost all taken in the wild in their native habitat, plus 59 diagrams and charts. It has descriptions, classifications, natural histories and distributions. Also, a section on arthropod biology, sources and references, a plant list of all plants mentioned in the text, an extensive index and a quick common name index are included plus a concise summary of the survey results.