- Prologue
- Class Arachnida
- Order Uropygi
- Family Theliphonidae
- 1. Mastigoproctus giganteus (The Vinegaroon)
- Family Theliphonidae
- Order Opiliones
- Family Cosmetidae
- 2. Vonones sayi (A Harvestman)
- Family Sclerosomatidae
- 3. Leiobunum nigripalpi (A Daddylonglegs)
- Family Cosmetidae
- Order Scorpiones
- Family Vejovidae
- 4. Vejovis spinigerus (The Striped-tail Scorpion)
- Family Vejovidae
- Order Araneida
- Family Oxyopidae
- 5. Peucetia viridans (The Green Lynx Spider)
- Family Oxyopidae
- Order Uropygi
- Class Chilopoda
- Order Scolopendrida
- Family Scolopendridae
- 6. Scolopendra heros (The Giant Sonoran Centipede)
- Family Scolopendridae
- Order Geophilida
- Family Oryidae
- 7. Orphnaeus brasilianus (A Geophilid Centipede)
- Family Oryidae
- Order Scolopendrida
- Class Diplopoda
- Order Spirobolida
- Family Floridobolidae
- 8. Floridobolus penneri (The Florida Scrub Millipede)
- Family Floridobolidae
- Order Polydesmida
- Family Polydesmidae
- 9. Apheloria kleinpeteri (A Polydesmid Millipede)
- Family Polydesmidae
- Order Polyzoniida
- Family Polyzoniidae
- 10. Polyzonium rosalbum (A Polyzoniid Millipede)
- Family Polyzoniidae
- Order Glomerida
- Family Glomeridae
- 11. Glomeris marginata (A Pill Millipede)
- Family Glomeridae
- Order Polyxenida
- Family Polyxenidae
- 12. Polyxenus fasciculatus (A Bristle Millipede)
- Family Polyxenidae
- Order Spirobolida
- 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)
- Family Blattidae
- Order Dermaptera
- Family Forficulidae
- 17. Doru taeniatum (An Earwig)
- Family Forficulidae
- Order Isoptera
- Family Termitidae
- 18. Nasutitermes exitiosus (A Termite)
- Family Termitidae
- Order Phasmatodea
- Family Diapheromeridae
- 19. Oreophoetes peruana (A Walking-Stick)
- Family Pseudophasmatidae
- 20. Anisomorpha buprestoides (The Two-Striped Walking-Stick)
- Family Diapheromeridae
- Order Orthoptera
- Family Romaleidae
- 21. Romalea guttata (The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper)
- Family Romaleidae
- 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)
- Family Coreidae
- Order Neuroptera
- Family Chrysopidae
- 31. Ceraeochrysa cubana (A Green Lacewing)
- 32. Ceraeochrysa smithi (A Green Lacewing)
- 33. Chrysopa slossonae (A Green Lacewing)
- Family Chrysopidae
- 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 Bald Cypress 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)
- Family Carabidae
- 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)
- Family Dalceridae
- 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)
- Family Pergidae
- Order Dyctioptera
- Epilogue
- How to Study Insects and Their Kin
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index
Secret Weapons
Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures
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ISBN 9780674024038
Publication Date: 04/30/2007
Awards & Accolades
- 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, Rockefeller University
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