XVI. INSECTS

Barth, Friedrich G. A Spider's World: Senses and Behavior. Springer-Verlag, 2002. Call no.: XVI BAR

Contents: A. The General Biology of Cupiennius; B. Sensory Systems; C. The Central Nervous System and Its Peripheral Nerves; D. Senses and Behavior; Epilogue; References; Appendix (Identification Key); Subject Index. Fabre, Jean-Henri. Fabre's Book of Insects. Dover Publications, 1998. Call no.: XVI FAB

Contents: Publisher's Note; I. My Work and My Workshop; II. The Sacred Beetle; III. The Cicada; IV. The Praying Mantis; V. The Glow-Worm; VI. A Mason-Wasp; VII. The Psyches; VIII. The Self-Denial of the Spanish Copris; IX. Two Strange Grasshoppers; X. Common Wasps; XI. The Adventures of a Grub; XII. The Cricket; XIII. The Sisyphus; XIV. The Capricorn; XV. Locusts; XVI. The Anthrax Fly. Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre. Beacon Press, 1977. Call no.: XVI FAB1

Contents: Foreword to the 1991 Edition, Foreword to the 1949 Edition, Introduction, 1. A Laboratory of the Open Fields; 2. The Pine Processionary; 3. Heredity 4. The Hunting Wasp; 5. The Wisdom of Instinct; 6. The Ignorance of Instinct; 7. Of Study and Observation; 8. Instincts of a Caterpillar; 9.The Great Peacock Moth; 10. The Snail-Shell Bee; 11. The Sacred Beetle; 12. A Beetle Patriarch; 13. The Bembex Wasp; 14. Wasps of the Bois Des Issarts; 15. The Last Moult of the Locust; 16. A Recollection of Childhood; 17. The Song of the Cicada; 18. The Praying Mantis; 19. Mating of the Mantis; 20. The Mantis Egg-Case; 21. The Hatching of the Mantis; 22. The Book That Cnanged My Life; 23. The Red Ants; 24. The Cabbage-Caterpillar; 25. How I Met the Mason-Bee; 26. Experiments with Mason-Bees; 27. The Foamy Cicadella; 28. The Pond; 29. Courtship of the Scorpion; 30. The Burying Beetle; 31. Experiments with Burying-Beetles; 32. The Psyche Moth; 33. The Leaf-Cutters; 34. The Thistle Weevil; 35. The Cricket; 36. The Crab Spider; 37. A Builder of Webs; 38. The Oil-Beetle's Journey; 39. The Glow-Worm; 40. The Edge of the Unknown; Index. Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Fly. Fredonia Books, 2001. Call no.: XVI FAB2

Contents: Translator's Note; I. The Harmas; II. The Anthrax; III. Another Prober (Perforator); IV. Larval Dimorphism; V. Heredity; VI. My Schooling; VII. The Pond; VIII. The Caddis-Worm; IX. The Greenbottles; X. The Grey Flesh-Flies; XI. The Bumble-Bee Fly; XII. Mathematical Memories: Newton's Binomial Theorem; XIII. Mathematical Memories: My Little Table; XIV. The Bluebotthe: The Laying; XV. The Bluebottle: The Grub; XVI. A Parasite of the Maggot; XVII. Recollections of Childhood; XVIII. Insects and Mushrooms; XIX. A Memorable Lesson; XX. Industrial Chemistry. Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Scorpion. University Press of the Pacific, 2002. Call no.: XVI FAB3

Contents: I. The Languedocian Scorpion: The Dwelling; II. The Languedocian Scorpion: Food; III. The Languerdocian Scorpion: The Poison; IV. The Languedocian Scorpion: The Immunity of the Larvae; V. The Languedocian Scorpion: Preludes to the Wedding; VI. The Languedocian Scorpion: The Pairing; VII. The Languedocian Scorpion: The Family; VIII. The Peutalomae and Their Eggs; IX. The Masked Bug; X. The Terebinth Louse: The Galls; XI. The Terebinth Louse: The Migration; XII. The Dorthesia; XIII. The Kermes of the Oak; Index. Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Spider. University Press of the Pacific, 2001. Call no.: XVI FAB4

Contents: Preface. The Insect's Homer; I. The Black-Bellied Tarantula; II. The Banded Epeira; III. The Narbonne Lycosa; IV. The Narbonne Lycosa: The Burrow; V. The Narbonne Lycosa: The Family; VI. The Narbonne Lycosa: The Climbing-Instinct; VII. The Spiders' Exodus; VIII. The Crab Spider; IX. The Garden Spiders: Building the Web; X. The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour; XI. The Garden Spiders: The Lime-Snare; XII. The Garden Spiders: The Telegraph-Wire; XIII. The Garden Spiders: Pairing and Hunting; XIV. The Garden Spiders: The Question of Property; XV. The Labyrinth Spider; XVI. The Clotho Spider. Appendix: The Geometry of the Epeira's Web. Fabre, Jean-Henri. The Life of the Weevil. University Press of the Pacific, 2002. Call no.: XVI FAB5

Contents: Translator's Note; I. The Old Weevils; II. The Spotted Larinus; III. The Bear Larinus; IV. The Botanical Instinct; V. The Elephant Weevil; VI. The Nut-Weevil; IX. Other Leaf-Rollers; X. The Sloe-Weevil; XI. The Pea-Weevil: The Eggs; XII. The Pea-Weevil: The Larva; XIII. The Haricot-Weevil; XIV. The Iris-Weevil; XV. The Cionus; Index. Foelix, Rainer F. Biology of Spiders. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 1996. Call no.: XVI FOE

Contents: 1. An Introduction to Spiders; 2. Functional Anatomy; 3. Metabolism; 4. Neurobiology; 5. Spider Webs; 6. Locomotion and Prey Capture; 7. Reproduction; 8. Development; 9. Ecology; 10. Phylogeny and Systematics; Bibliography; Index.

Waldbauer, Gilbert. What Good are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life. Harvard University Press, 2003. Call no.: XVI WAL

Contents: Macrocosm; Helping Plants; Helping Animals; Limiting Population Growth; Cleaning Up; Selected Readings; Acknowledgments; Index.

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