Prologue

CLASS ARACHNIDA

Order uropygi

Family Theliphonidae

1. Mastigoproctus giganteus (the vinegaroon)

Order opiliones

Family Cosmetidae

2. Vonones sayi (a harvestman)

Family Sclerosomatidae

3. Leiobunum nigripalpi (a daddylonglegs)

Order scorpiones

Family Vejovidae

4. Vejovis spinigerus (the striped tail scorpion)

Order araneida

Family Oxyopidae

5. Peucetia viridans (the green lynx spider)

CLASS CHILOPODA

Order scolopendrida

Family Scolopendridae

6. Scolopendra heros (the giant Sonoran centipede)

Order geophilida

Family Oryidae

7. Orphnaeus brasilianus (a geophilid centipede)

CLASS DIPLOPODA

Order spirobolida

Family Floridobolidae

8. Floridobolus penneri (the Florida scrub millipede)

Order polydesmida

Family Polydesmidae

9. Apheloria kleinpeteri (a polydesmid millipede)

Order polyzoniida

Family Polyzoniidae

10. Polyzonium rosalbum (a polyzoniid millipede)

Order glomerida

Family Glomeridae

11. Glomeris marginata (a pill millipede)

Order polyxenida

Family Polyxenidae

12. Polyxenus fasciculatus (a bristle millipede)

CLASS INSECTA

Order dyctioptera

Family Blattidae

13. Eurycotis floridana (the Florida woods cockroach)

14. Periplaneta australasiae (the Australian cockroach)

15. Deropeltis wahlbergi (a blattid cockroach)

Family Blaberidae

16. Diploptera punctata (the Pacific beetle cockroach)

Order dermaptera

Family Forficulidae

17. Doru taeniatum (an earwig)

Order isoptera

Family Termitidae

18. Nasutitermes exitiosus (a termite)

Order phasmatodea

Family Diapheromeridae 19. Oreophoetes peruana (a walkingstick)

Family Pseudophasmatidae

20. Anisomorpha buprestoides (the two-striped walkingstick)

Order orthoptera

Family Romaleidae

21. Romalea guttata (the eastern lubber grasshopper)

Order hemiptera

Family Coreidae

22. Chelinidea vittiger (a leaf-footed bug)

Family Reduviidae

23. Apiomerus flaviventris (a reduviid bug)

Family Belostomatidae

24. Abedus herberti (a giant water bug)

Family Aphididae

25. Aphis nerii (the oleander aphid)

26. Prociphilus tessellatus (the woolly alder aphid)

Family Flatidae

27. Ormenaria rufifascia (a flatid planthopper)

Family Cercopidae

28. Prosapia bicincta (the two-lined spittlebug)

Family Dactylopiidae

29. Dactylopius confusus (a cochineal bug)

Family Aleyrodidae

30. Metaleurodicus griseus (a whitefly)

Order neuroptera

Family Chrysopidae

31. Ceraeochrysa cubana (a green lacewing)

32. Ceraeochrysa smithi (a green lacewing)

33. Chrysopa slossonae (a green lacewing)

Order coleoptera

Family Carabidae

34. Galerita lecontei (a ground beetle)

35. Brachinus (many species) (bombardier beetles)

Family Gyrinidae

36. Dineutus hornii (a whirligig beetle)

Family Dytiscidae

37. Thermonectus marmoratus (a predaceous diving beetle)

Family Silphidae

38. Necrodes surinamensis (the red-lined carrion beetle)

Family Staphylinidae

39. Creophilus maxillosus (the hairy rove beetle)

Family Cantharidae

40. Chauliognathus lecontei (a soldier beetle)

Family Lampyridae

41. Photinus ignitus and Photuris versicolor (fireflies)

Family Lycidae

42. Calopteron reticulatum (the banded net-winged beetle)

Family Elateridae

43. Alaus myops (the eyed elater)

Family Buprestidae

44. Acmaeodera pulchella (the flat-headed baldcypress sapwood borer)

Family Coccinellidae

45. Cycloneda sanguinea (a ladybird beetle)

46. Epilachna varivestis (the Mexican bean beetle)

Family Meloidae

47. Epicauta (an unidentified species) (a blister beetle)

Family Pyrochroidae

48. Neopyrochroa flabellata (a fire-colored beetle)

Family Tenebrionidae

49. Adelium percatum (a darkling beetle)

50. Bolitotherus cornutus (the forked fungus beetle)

51. Eleodes longicollis (a darkling beetle)

Family Scarabaeidae

52. Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (a scarab beetle)

Family Chrysomelidae

53. Hemisphaerota cyanea (a tortoise beetle)

54. Gratiana pallidula (a tortoise beetle)

55. Plagiodera versicolora (the imported willow leaf beetle)

Order lepidoptera

Family Dalceridae

56. Dalcerides ingenita (a dalcerid moth)

Family Noctuidae

57. Litoprosopus futilis (the palmetto borer moth)

Family Notodontidae

58. Schizura unicornis (the unicorn caterpillar moth)

Family Thyrididae

59. Calindoea trifascialis (a thyridid moth)

Family Yponomeutidae

60. Ypsolopha dentella (the European honeysuckle leaf roller)

Family Geometridae

61. Nemoria outina (a geometrid moth)

Family Arctiidae

62. Utetheisa ornatrix (the rattlebox moth)

Family Saturniidae

63. Automeris io (the io moth)

Family Papilionidae

64. Eurytides marcellus (the zebra swallowtail butterfly)

Family Pieridae

65. Pieris rapae (the cabbage butterfly)

Family Nymphalidae

66. Danaus plexippus (the monarch butterfly)

Order hymenoptera

Family Pergidae

67. Perga affinis (a pergine sawfly)

Family Formicidae

68. Camponotus floridanus (a carpenter ant)

Family Apidae

69. Apis mellifera (the honey bee)

Epilogue

How to Study Insects and Their Kin

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index