A field guide to insects
Subtitle: America north of Mexico
By: Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White ; color and shaded drawings by Richard E. White ; line drawings by the authors.
Contributors: White, Richard E.; National Audubon Society.; National Wildlife Federation.; Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
Series: The Peterson field guide series -- 19.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Insects -- United States -- Identification
Genres: Identification.
Other titles: Insects.; Field guide to the insects.
Description: Comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated guide to the collection, preservation and study of over five hundred families of North American insects.
Notes: Cover title: Insects.

Title on added t.p.: A field guide to the insects.

"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Arthropods; title: Insects : Proturans; title: Bristletails; title: Springtails; title: Mayflies; title: Dragonflies and damselflies; title: Grasshoppers, kaytdids, crickets, mantids, walkingsticks, and cockroaches; title: Termites; title: Stoneflies; title: Earwigs; title: Webspinners; title: Zorapterans; title: Booklice and barklice; title: Chewing lice; title: Sucking lice; title: Thrips; title: Bugs; title: Cicadas, hoppers, whiteflies, aphids, and scale insects; title: Fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings, and antlions; title: Beetles; title: Twisted-winged parasites; title: Scorpionflies and their allies; title: Caddisflies; title: Butterflies and moths; title: Flies; title: Fleas; title: Sawflies, ichneumons, chalcids, ants, wasps, and bees.