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Elementary Study of Insects, by Leonard Haseman
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Title: An Elementary Study of Insects
Author: Leonard Haseman
Release Date: November 10, 2007 [EBook #23434]
Language: English
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[Illustration: The Toad may be rough and warty in appearance but worth its weight in gold as a destroyer of insect pests. Note the expression of satisfaction after a successful night of foraging for cutworms and June-beetles.]
AN ELEMENTARY STUDY OF INSECTS
By
LEONARD HASEMAN
Professor of Entomology in the University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri MISSOURI BOOK COMPANY 1923
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I
INSECTS: (1) What they are. (2) Their principal characteristics. (3) Their methods of developing. (4) The principal orders. (5) Their habits. (6) Their role in agriculture.
CHAPTER II
COLLECTING INSECTS: (1) Directions for collecting. (2) Pinning and preserving