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Tracks & Sign of Insects & Other Invertebrates:
A Guide to North American Species

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By Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney
Expected March 2010, Stackpole Books

This ground-breaking reference offers details for identifying beetles, spiders, flies, ants, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, earwigs, mayflies, crickets, grasshoppers, centipedes, millipedes, scorpions, earthworms, slugs, lacewings, wasps, bees, damselflies, alderflies, crabs, and many other invertebrates from the sign they leave behind. It includes almost 1,000 color photos and some 2,000 species in 18 chapters.

Eggs and Egg Cases
Pupae and Exuviae
Parasitism, Predation, and Other Causes of Death
Sign on Vertebrates
Droppings, Secretions, and Protective Coverings without Foreign Materials
Webs and Other Silken Constructions
Cocoons
Coverings, Cases, Retreats, and Nests Made from Foreign Materials
Sign on Algae, Fungi, and Plants
Leaf Mines
Leaf Shelters
Galls
Sign on Twigs, Stems, and Stemlike Structures
Sign on and in Wood
Sign on Rocks and Shells
Burrows and Mounds
Molelike Excavations and Simple Surface Trails
Tracks and Trails

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Images ©Charley Eiseman/Noah Charney