gnome@oliven.olivetti.com (Gary) (11/05/88)
I'm looking for a comprehensive book covering all
(known) insects. I just moved to the country and
I'm finding things that I can't identify.
Anyway, even if there were only a book covering
North America, I guess I'd settle for that.
The more data, the better.
Help.
Gary
(ames,sun,amdahl,att,hplabs)oliveb!oliven!gnome
PS- I'm trying to identify little 1+inch creatures
that I call rug-shrimp (they look like a cross between
a silverfish and a shrimp).
I also just found a bug that looks like cross
between an ant and an inchworm - it either crawls
forward or wiggles backward.
Much wierdness...todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner) (11/11/88)
In article <32051@oliveb.olivetti.com> gnome@oliven.olivetti.com (Gary) writes: >I'm looking for a comprehensive book covering all >(known) insects. I just moved to the country and >I'm finding things that I can't identify. There are books on insects aplenty. Go to your local university and ask the nice entomologist for help, but _ALL KNOWN_ insects?!? There are over a million cataloged species of insects, 250,000 of beetles alone. In fact, they compromise 3/4 of all known animal species period. Sorry I sound this way. There's an entomology mid-term coming up soon. -- Todd Ellner ...tektronix!reed!todd todd@reed.UUCP (or BITNET) Q: "What has the study of biology taught you about God Dr. Haldane?" A: "I'm not sure, but He seems to have an inordinate fondness for beetles." Reed College probably doesn't want my opinions any more than you do.
gnome@olivey.olivetti.com (Gary) (11/15/88)
From article <10990@reed.UUCP>, by todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner): > There are books on insects aplenty. Go to your local university and ask the > nice entomologist for help, but _ALL KNOWN_ insects?!? There are over a > million cataloged species of insects, 250,000 of beetles alone. In fact, they > compromise 3/4 of all known animal species period. Sorry I sound this way. > There's an entomology mid-term coming up soon. > -- > Todd Ellner ...tektronix!reed!todd todd@reed.UUCP (or BITNET) I have been trying to reach a local entomologist at a nearby university, so far with no luck. Anyway, I brought the half-ant/half-worm thing into work and got the following responses -- 1) It's an Earwig. Nope, not even close (showed them a picture). 2) It's a queen ant. Not one that I've found in any book I've looked in. This bug uses it's abdomen as an inchworm would if it had to back-up in a hurry. 3) It's a, uh, hhhmmm... 4) It's ugly, GET IT OUT OF HERE! Gary
ap730224@sjuvax.UUCP (Anthony Perre) (11/16/88)
> >I have been trying to reach a local entomologist at a nearby >university, so far with no luck. > >Anyway, I brought the half-ant/half-worm thing into work >and got the following responses -- >1) It's an Earwig. > Nope, not even close (showed them a picture). >2) It's a queen ant. > Not one that I've found in any book I've looked in. > This bug uses it's abdomen as an inchworm would if it > had to back-up in a hurry. >3) It's a, uh, hhhmmm... >4) It's ugly, GET IT OUT OF HERE! If you go to the United States department of Agricultural research, the staff entemologist will be happy to help identify an insect that you cannot classify. About two months ago while doing an ecology project, my partner and I stumbled apon a Bipalium kewense which is not supposed to be found in this part of the country. (phila.) We were astonished especially because it was discovered after a frost. Hopefully we have found something here. When I went to the U.S.D.A. research center, the entemologist said that all we had to do was bring in the organism and he would help us classify it. As far as finding classification books go, just go to a library of Natural Sciences. They will definitely have it. -- || Anthony Perre || || St Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA || || ap730224@sjuvax.UUCP, ...!rutgers!bellcore!sjuvax ||
ed@hcx9.SSD.HARRIS.COM (11/17/88)
/* Written 7:19 pm Nov 14, 1988 by gnome@olivey.olivetti.com in hcx9:sci.bio */ From article <10990@reed.UUCP>, by todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner): > There are books on insects aplenty. Go to your local university and ask the > nice entomologist for help, but _ALL KNOWN_ insects?!? There are over a > million cataloged species of insects, 250,000 of beetles alone. In fact, they > compromise 3/4 of all known animal species period. Sorry I sound this way. > There's an entomology mid-term coming up soon. > -- > Todd Ellner ...tektronix!reed!todd todd@reed.UUCP (or BITNET) I have been trying to reach a local entomologist at a nearby university, so far with no luck. Anyway, I brought the half-ant/half-worm thing into work and got the following responses -- 1) It's an Earwig. Nope, not even close (showed them a picture). 2) It's a queen ant. Not one that I've found in any book I've looked in. This bug uses it's abdomen as an inchworm would if it had to back-up in a hurry. 3) It's a, uh, hhhmmm... 4) It's ugly, GET IT OUT OF HERE! Gary /* End of text from hcx9:sci.bio */