Additional funding was provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Design and Environment. This hardcover book by Douglas Yanega contains 184 pages including color photos of the nearly 350 species of longhorned beetles to aid in identification. Each photo is accompanied by a complete diagnostic description and synopsis.
Chapters also cover beetle morphology, natural history, and collection and care of specimens.
The book is designed to be taken into the field. Written by Weldon Larimore and Peter Bayley, this publication compares the abundance, distribution, and variety of fish species collected in the four surveys and how these variables have changed from survey to survey in response to human-induced changes to the ecosystem. The Fishes of Champaign County provides accounts of one of the most thoroughly surveyed areas for fishes anywhere on earth. This striking full-color map shows the location and extent of Illinois' land cover. Land Cover of Illinois is based on satellite data and was developed at the Illinois Natural History Survey.