Contents:

chap 1 Introduction tothe Arthropods
chap 2 What One Sees on the Outside─External Features of Insects
chap 3 The Internal Organization
chap 4 Growth and Metamorphosis
chap 5 The Arachnids─Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, and Other Eight-Legged Wonders
chap 6 The "Other" Arthropods
chap 7 Oldies but Goodies
chap 8 Insects Fly!
chap 9 Jumpers and Strollers─Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Walkingsticks

chap 10 Variety Is the Spice of Life─Some Minor, but Interesting, Insect Orders

chap 11 Roach Cities and Assassin Cousins
chap 12 Lousy Nitpickers
chap 13 Life on an All-Fluid Diet
chap 14 Insect Bruisers and Their Lacewinged Cousins
chap 15 City Builders That Rule
chap 16 Scale-Winged Beauties and Custom Homebuilders
chap 17 "Gift" Bearers of Plague─or a Plump Insect Wedding Present

chap 18 Marvels of the Air─Two-Winged Wonders
Appendix I: State Insects
Appendix II: Largest Arthropods
Appendix III: Summary of Features of the Hexapod Orders
Glossary
Index

Total Pages: 480.