Garden Insects of North America The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs Second Edition

Description

Author: Whitney Cranshaw and David Shetlar
ISBN: 9780691167442
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year of Publication: 2017
704 pages, 3300 color plates, 5 line illustrations
Paperback

Garden Insects of North America The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs Second Edition solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other “bugs” found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass—from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps—and much more.

This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden.

Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen—on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants.

An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists.

• Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other “bugs” one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada—all in one handy volume
• Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition
• Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause
• 704 pages
• 3300 color plates