Table of Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION
What Is an Insect? Growth and Reproduction
Breathing and Circulation
Feeding
Stinging Distribution and Diversity of the California Insect Fauna  Topography
Geographical Distribution
Diversity
Microhabitats Making an Insect Collection
Classification Names Synopsis of Hexapods and the Orders of Insects

ACCOUNTS: SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT
Coneheads (Class Protura)
Two-pronged Bristletails (Class Diplura) 
Springtails (Class Collembola)
Insects (Class Insecta) 

Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Online Resources 
Photo Credits
Index
About the Authors

About the Author

Kip Will is an entomologist, insect systematist, and former director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.
 
Joyce Gross has been photographing California insects for 17 years and works as a computer programmer with the Berkeley Natural History Museums at the University of California, Berkeley.
 
Dan Rubinoff is Professor of Entomology and Director of the University of Hawaii Insect Museum. He grew up in California chasing insects and continues to work actively in the state.
 
Jerry A. Powell is Professor of the Graduate School and former director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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