Fundamentals of insect life
C.L. Metcalf and W.P. Flint.
- 1st ed.
- New Delhi : Low Price Publications, 1990
- x, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- McGraw-Hill publications in the zoölogical sciences .
Rev. and updated from the authors' Destructive and useful insects to provide a biological rather than agricultural emphasis.
Tables, synopses and outlines; Insets as enemies of man; The value of insects to man; The external morphology of insets; The internal anatomy and physiology of insects; The mouth parts of insects; Development and metamorphosis; The place of insects in the animal kingdom; The important orders and families of insects; Insect control apparatus for applying insecticides; The biology and ecology of insects: the living environment; The biology and ecology of insects: the physicochemical environment