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Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
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( taxa covered )
1. Eggs and Egg Cases
2. Pupae and Exuviae
3. Parasitism, Predation, and Other Causes of Death
4. Sign on Vertebrates
5. Droppings, Secretions, and Protective Coverings without Foreign Materials
6. Webs and Other Silken Constructions
7. Cocoons
8. Coverings, Cases, Retreats, and Nests Made from Foreign Materials
9. Sign on Algae, Fungi, and Plants
10. Leaf Mines
11. Leaf Shelters
12. Galls
13. Sign on Twigs, Stems, and Stemlike Structures
14. Sign on and in Wood
15. Sign on Rocks and Shells
16. Burrows and Mounds
17. Molelike Excavations and Simple Surface Trails
18. Tracks and Trails
p. 244 Click here to see Claude Pilon's images of a dryinid larva building a debris-covered cocoon.
p. 256 Clarification: The prominent caddisfly larva in the lower left is not the subject of this photo; the microcaddisfly cases form an arc around it in the top and right halves of the photo.
p. 271 Detail of this limy tube worm's tube.

Images ©Charley Eiseman/Noah Charney