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The Wildebeest's guide to South Africa

Insectopedia (updated edition)

Cover of Insectopedia

Author: Erik Holm

Number of pages: 208

Year published: 2017

Edition: Updated edition

Published by: Struik Nature

Softcover

ISBN: 978 1 77584 198 2

For more info: Struik Nature

The Wildebeest's Review of "Insectopedia"

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Still to be reviewed. It will happen one day...

Some of the subjects in this publication

Silver-spotted Ghost Moth - Page: 11
Ghost Moths / Swift Moths - Page: 11
Ant Beetles - Page: 14
Emperor Moths - Page: 20
Jewel Beetle - Page: 20
Desert Locust - Page: 21
Pioneer Caper White - Page: 22
Mocker Swallowtail - Page: 23
Giant Willow Aphid - Page: 25
Modderfontein - Page: 28
Dung Beetles / Scarab Beetles - Page: 29
Digger Wasps - Page: 40
Potter Wasps - Page: 42
Spider-hunting Wasps - Page: 42
Mason Wasps / Potter Wasps - Page: 42
Carpenter Bees - Page: 43
Toktokkie Beetles - Page: 43
Caddisflies - Page: 48
Armoured Ground Crickets / Corn Crickets - Page: 55
Click Beetles - Page: 59
Honey Bee - Page: 72
Fireflies / Glow worms - Page: 89
Cicadas / Christmas Singers - Page: 93
Bladder Grasshopper - Page: 93
Bed Bugs - Page: 101
Antlions - Page: 102
Termites - Page: 105
Toktokkie Beetles - Page: 109
Jewel Beetles / Flat-headed Borers - Page: 113
Termites - Page: 114
Paper Wasps - Page: 117
Honey Bees - Page: 119
Ants / Sawflies / Wasps / Bees - Page: 122
Mayflies - Page: 139
Damselflies - Page: 139
Dragonflies - Page: 139
Silverfish / Fishmoths - Page: 139
Bristletails - Page: 139
Cockroaches - Page: 140
Termites - Page: 141
Fungus-growing Termites - Page: 141
Harvester Termites - Page: 141
Black-mound Termites - Page: 141
Mantids - Page: 142
Snouted Harvester Termites - Page: 142
Heel-walkers / Gladiators - Page: 142
Flower Mantids - Page: 142
Earwigs - Page: 143
Gargoyle / Cone-headed Mantids - Page: 143
Cane Rat Earwigs - Page: 143
Bark Mantids - Page: 143
Common Mantids - Page: 143
Stick Insects - Page: 144
Stoneflies - Page: 144
Web-Spinners - Page: 144
Bird Lice - Page: 145
Booklice / Psocids - Page: 145
Lice - Page: 145
Biting Bird Lice - Page: 145
Crickets - Page: 146
Katydids / Bush Crickets / Long-horned Grasshoppers - Page: 146
Locusts / Short-horned Grasshoppers - Page: 146
Mammal Lice - Page: 146
Thrips - Page: 146
Elephant Lice - Page: 146
Crickets / Katydids / Grasshoppers / Locusts - Page: 146
Armoured Ground Crickets / Corn Crickets - Page: 147
Mole Crickets - Page: 147
King Crickets / Parktown Prawns - Page: 147
Grasshoppers - Page: 148
Crickets - Page: 148
Water Grasshoppers - Page: 148
Bladder Grasshoppers - Page: 148
Dune Crickets - Page: 148
Rain Locusts / Saw-backed Locusts - Page: 148
Foam Grasshoppers / Stink Locusts / Lubber Grasshoppers - Page: 149
Stone Grasshoppers - Page: 149
Bush Grasshoppers - Page: 149
Stink Bugs - Page: 150
Locusts / Short-horned Grasshoppers - Page: 150
Bed Bugs - Page: 150
Water Bugs - Page: 150
Bugs - Page: 150
Leaf Bugs / Capsids - Page: 150
Twig Wilters - Page: 151
Squash Bugs - Page: 151
Assassin Bugs - Page: 151
Cotton Stainers / Red Bugs / Fire Bugs - Page: 151
Leaf-footed Bugs - Page: 151
Lace Bugs - Page: 151
Seed Bugs / Ground Bugs - Page: 152
Pill Bugs - Page: 152
Burrowing Bugs - Page: 152
Stink Bugs - Page: 153
Water Striders - Page: 153
Shield Bugs - Page: 153
Shield-backed Bugs - Page: 153
Inflated Bugs - Page: 153
Water Scorpions - Page: 154
Water Boatmen - Page: 154
Pond Skaters - Page: 154
Back-swimmers - Page: 154
Saucer Bugs - Page: 155
Lanternbugs - Page: 155
Giant Water Bugs - Page: 155
Lantern Bugs / Snout Bugs - Page: 155
Long-winged Snout Bugs - Page: 155
Cicadas / Christmas Singers - Page: 156
Froghoppers - Page: 156
Spittle Bugs - Page: 156
Dictyopharid Planthoppers - Page: 156
Moth Bugs - Page: 156
Fly Bugs - Page: 156
Lophopids - Page: 156
Plant Lice (Aphids) - Page: 157
Whiteflies - Page: 157
Leafhoppers - Page: 157
Treehoppers - Page: 157
Jumping Plant Lice / Psyllas - Page: 157
Aphids / Plant lice / Green flies - Page: 158
Scale Insects - Page: 158
Ground Pearls / Giant Coccids - Page: 158
Antlions - Page: 159
Alderflies - Page: 159
Lacewings - Page: 159
Alderflies - Page: 159
Mealy Bugs - Page: 159
Armoured Scale Insects - Page: 159
Soft-scale Insects - Page: 159
Mantispids - Page: 160
Brown Lacewings / Aphid Wolves - Page: 160
Mantidflies - Page: 160
Green Lacewings / Golden Eyes - Page: 160
Dusty-winged Lacewings - Page: 160
Antlions - Page: 161
Owlflies - Page: 161
Thread-wing Lacewings / Spoon-wing Lacewings - Page: 161
Hangingflies - Page: 162
Jigger Fleas / Chigger Fleas - Page: 162
Common Fleas - Page: 162
Fleas - Page: 162
Caddisflies - Page: 163
Ground Beetles - Page: 163
Primitive Beetles - Page: 163
Beetles - Page: 163
Tiger Beetles - Page: 164
Ant Beetles - Page: 164
Water Scavenger Beetles - Page: 164
Predaceous Water Beetles - Page: 164
Whirligig Beetles - Page: 165
Carrion Beetles - Page: 165
Steel Beetles / Hister Beetles - Page: 165
Stag Beetles - Page: 166
Rove Beetles - Page: 166
Carcass Beetles - Page: 166
Dung Beetles / Scarab Beetles - Page: 167
Fruit Chafers - Page: 167
Truffle Hunters - Page: 167
Dung Chafers - Page: 167
Dung Beetles / Scarab Beetles - Page: 168
Rhinoceros Beetles - Page: 168
True Dung Beetles - Page: 168
Cockchafers / Spring Beetles / Chafers - Page: 168
Jewel Beetles / Flat-headed Borers - Page: 169
Click Beetles - Page: 169
Net-winged Beetles - Page: 170
Hide Beetles - Page: 170
Fireflies / Glow worms - Page: 170
Museum Beetles - Page: 170
Shot-hole Borers - Page: 170
Checkered Beetles - Page: 171
Soft-winged Flower Beetles - Page: 171
Furniture Beetles / Death-watch Beetles - Page: 171
Spider Beetles - Page: 171
Ladybird Beetles - Page: 172
Toktokkie Beetles - Page: 172
Darkling Beetles / Toktokkies - Page: 172
Tumbling Flower Beetles - Page: 172
Ship Timber Beetles - Page: 172
Long-horn Beetles / Timber Beetles - Page: 173
Giant Longhorns - Page: 173
Blister Beetles / Oil Beetles / CMR Beetles - Page: 173
Leaf Beetles - Page: 174
Goat Beetles / Flower Longhorns - Page: 174
Swollen-legged Leaf Beetles - Page: 174
Cylindrical Leaf Beetles - Page: 174
Common Longhorn Beetles - Page: 174
Soft Leaf Beetles - Page: 175
True Leaf Beetles - Page: 175
Flea Beetles - Page: 175
Fools Gold Beetles - Page: 175
Spiny Leaf Beetles - Page: 175
Christmas Beetles - Page: 175
Straight-snouted Weevils - Page: 176
Weevils - Page: 176
Seed Weevils / Snout Beetles - Page: 176
Leaf-rolling Weevils - Page: 176
Pea Weevils / Bean Weevils / Seed Weevils - Page: 176
Stylopids - Page: 177
Flies - Page: 177
Snout Beetles - Page: 177
Mosquitoes - Page: 178
Midges - Page: 178
Crane Flies / Leatherjackets - Page: 178
Bloodworms - Page: 178
Moth Flies - Page: 179
Biting Midges - Page: 179
Blackflies - Page: 179
Gall Gnats - Page: 179
Soldier Flies - Page: 179
Robber Flies - Page: 180
Horse Flies - Page: 180
Bee Flies - Page: 180
Hover Flies - Page: 181
Thick-headed Flies - Page: 181
Fruit Flies - Page: 181
Stalk-eyed Flies - Page: 182
Red-headed Flies - Page: 182
Bee Lice - Page: 182
Semaphore Flies (Stilt-legged Flies) - Page: 182
House Flies - Page: 183
Leaf-mining Flies - Page: 183
Vinegar Flies - Page: 183
Jackal Flies - Page: 183
Flesh Flies - Page: 184
Blow Flies / Bluebottles / Greenbottles - Page: 184
Louse Flies - Page: 184
Tsetse Flies - Page: 184
Moths - Page: 185
Ghost Moths / Swift Moths - Page: 185
Butterflies - Page: 185
Bot Flies / Warble Flies/ Nasal Flies / Horse Bot Flies - Page: 185
Bagworm Moths - Page: 186
Goat Moths / Carpenter Moths - Page: 186
Leaf-mining Moths - Page: 186
Leaf Rolling Moths / Codling Moths - Page: 187
Clothes Moths - Page: 187
Slug Moths - Page: 187
Emperor Moths - Page: 188
Pyralid Moths / Snout Moths - Page: 188
Geometrid Moths - Page: 188
Lappet Moths / Eggar Moths - Page: 189
Monkey Moths / Giant Lappet Moths - Page: 189
Hawk Moths / Sphinx Moths - Page: 189
Tussock Moths / Gypsy Moths - Page: 190
Processionary Caterpillar Moths - Page: 190
Prominent Moths / Puss Moths - Page: 190
Butterflies - Page: 191
Tiger Moths / Footmen - Page: 191
Owl Moths - Page: 191
Skippers - Page: 191
Orange Tips - Page: 192
Swallowtails - Page: 192
Blues - Page: 192
Whites / Sulphurs - Page: 192
Coppers - Page: 192
Charaxes - Page: 193
Brush-footed Butterflies - Page: 193
Monarchs - Page: 193
Milkweed Butterflies - Page: 193
Brushfoots - Page: 193
Acraeas - Page: 194
Ants / Sawflies / Wasps / Bees - Page: 194
Browns - Page: 194
Sawflies - Page: 194
Reds - Page: 194
Parasitic Wasps - Page: 195
Fig Wasps - Page: 195
Large Parasitic Wasps - Page: 195
Velvet Ants - Page: 196
Cuckoo Wasps - Page: 196
Spider-hunting Wasps - Page: 196
Mammoth Wasps - Page: 196
Potter Wasps - Page: 197
Mason Wasps / Potter Wasps - Page: 197
Paper Wasps - Page: 197
Mud Daubers / Sand Wasps - Page: 198
Ants / Sawflies / Wasps / Bees - Page: 198
Bees - Page: 198
Carpenter Bees - Page: 199
Carder Bees - Page: 199
Honey Bees - Page: 199
Leafcutter Bees / Mason Bees / Carder Bees - Page: 199
Sweat Bees / Flower Bees - Page: 199

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