Description |
xiv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Contents note continued: 14.Making the Case for an Aquatic Insect and Its Habitat / Richard W. Merritt -- 15.Way Cool Mountain Midges / Gregory W. Courtney -- 16.Marine Sea Stars, Nudibranchs, and Midges / David Wartinbee -- 17.The Phantom Midges of Silver Lake / Michael C. Swift -- V.Dragonfly Detectives -- About Dragonflies (Odonata) -- 18.Hanging from a Leaf / Rob Cannings -- 19.Tracking the River Cruiser / Christopher Beatty -- VI.Bugs and Beetles on Their Best Behavior -- About Beetles (Coleoptera) -- About True Bugs (Heteroptera) -- 20.In Defense of Whirligig Beetles / Fred Benfield -- 21.The Bugs Famously Known as Ferocious Water Bugs, Giant Water Bugs, and Toe Biters / David A. Lytle -- 22.Riding the Current for the Riverine Backswimmer / Michael Bogan -- 23.Secrets of an Infrequent Flyer / Mark P. Miller |
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Machine generated contents note: I.Mayflies in the Mist -- About Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) -- 1.The Ghost Mayfly / John Woodling -- 2.Emergence of a Mayfly: Nuisance or Blessing? / Michael T. Barbour -- 3.Mayflies and Fly Fishing at the Forks of the Credit / Lynda D. Corkum -- II.Stonefly Recoveries -- About Stoneflies (Plecoptera) -- 4.A Cosmic Stonefly: Rediscovering Tallaperla / Dave Penrose -- 5.Returning Salmonflies to the Logan River / Mark Vinson -- III.Sleuthing for Caddis -- About Caddisflies (Trichoptera) -- 6.A Case that Glitters / Vincent Resh -- 7.Life in a Cornucopia / John Richardson -- 8.Mystery of the Spine-Adorned Caddisfly / Marilyn Myers -- 9.Dicos for Ducks / Judith Li -- 10.Digging in a Ditch for Caddis / Norman H. Anderson -- 11.A Criminal "Case" Made with Caddisflies / Richard W. Merritt -- IV.Truly Flies -- About True Flies (Diptera) -- 12.Encounter with Arctic Black Flies / Donna Giberson -- 13.Hanging on in the Alpine Tundra / Deb Finn -- |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Aquatic biologists -- Anecdotes.
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Aquatic habitats.
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Aquatic insects.
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Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Author |
Barbour, Michael T.
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Boonsoong, Boonsatien, 1976-
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Li, Judy L.
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LC no. |
2011029079 |
ISBN |
0870716085 (alk. paper) |
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9780870716089 (alk. paper) |
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