CONTENTS 
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Part [cee WalbaeiMSe cama een ue z 3 
Collectionsand identiticatiomas= = ie eee ee 4 
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Calendar of activates: frst year™ === 95 ees eee 
Activities tor first year outlimede ss. 22500 ise ean 
Scientific names ominsects=5) 22) suns.) ye US eee 11 
Kurther-artds to: 1demtitieatta omnes ps nec eee ee 12 
Orthoptera (grasshoppers and others)____________-- 13 
Hemiptera. (ruler Dues) is eee Soke Se ea ee eee 15 
Homoptera (bugs)=- 22 eas RSS PN Ne EE eae pe lif 
Coleoptera (beetles). __________- Me ES ET 19 
Lepidoptera (butterflies and others)_______________ 23 
Diptera: (ies) 2 oe i a a Cee gee ree nee ee 30 
Elymenoptera.Gvasps:and others) ="2. 4.25 ae 33 
Miscellaneous:sroups 22225. 3). Wao ne et ee ee on 
Insect mecond'sheeta- 2 265 sass LIZA an! ial otal A eee 4] 
Part I1.—Life studies and control of insects_______________- 43 
luife studies: 25 vais Me ie ae ova a fone 43 
Controlsof insects). 223 he Se oa re a a 43 
Collectiontandtidentificatiom= 2a. a See 44 
Calendar of activities, second years 2.22222) ae A6 
Activitiestor secomd year outhned= oo) isn es ana ees 46 
Thines to know about insectse. =. 2a = iayh as sae 52 
List of common insects_______- ia eh Soe Sameer eve 54 
ANSWeIs tO: GUeStIOMMEA Ie = us ee eee eee 55 
Tnseetrcides snes SOs saa a eee eee hz, res dl 
Part Il — Telling, othersvabout insectsa22 222 sana eee 59 
Collection) anid rdentilicatio m= see eee ee 59 
Calendar of activaties, thund years a eae 60 
Plavyle tig 2S 05s oS os Se ee tA ee 60 
Demonstrations 22s 32 ho ee ele 61 
Heh rites se Se eine oe i Ga a le 63 
UPVC VSL eo Uo le SOS Lol i SR ee era en 64 
NotEe.—Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Division of Insect Identification of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology and Plant Quarantine for selecting the list of representative insects of the United States, for providing 
photographs or drawings of them, and for the outline of the story about each insect. The other subject- | 
matter divisions of the Bureau reviewed all references to the biology and control of the insects listed. 
Acknowledgment is also made to the extension entomologists and 4-H club workers in the States who 
offered suggestions that have aided in making this manual useful and workable. 
