Introduction to California Beetles

by James N. Hogue and Arthur V. Evans

Book Overview

The amazing armored bodies of beetles allow them to bore into plant tissue, navigate fast-moving streams, burrow through seemingly impenetrable soil, survive blistering heat, and fly. With around... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520240359
• ISBN13: 9780520240353
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Introduction to California Beetles is really an introduction to IPM

An an entomologist I was really a little disappointed in this book because it has very few pictures of beetles and seemed unbalanced for the target audience. I you want an introduction to the life history and ecology of some of the most important beetles, this is the book for you -- but be prepared to struggle through some hard vocabulary. (For example, microfossils, radiocarbon dating (undefined), Pleistocene matrix, and faunal are found on page 100). If you want to identify beetles, purchase a field guide.