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Summary:

CONTENTS:

• Introduction

• 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 a collection.
  • (3) Rearing and observing them while alive.

• Chapter III The Grasshopper:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the grasshopper.
  • (2) Field studies.
  • (3) Breeding cage observations.
  • (4) Study of specimen.

• Chapter IV The House Fly or Typhoid Fly:
  • (1) Discussion of the life cycle of the fly, its habits, danger from it and how it can be stamped out.
  • (2) Study of the fly and its work.

• Chapter V The Mosquito:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the life habits and stages of the mosquito.
  • (2) Observations and study.

• [vi]Chapter VI The Cabbage Miller:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the caterpillar, the chrysalis, the butterfly, and its work.
  • (2) Observations and study.
  • (3) Breeding work.

• Chapter VII The Apple Worm:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the different stages of the pest, its work and remedies for its control.
  • (2) Observations and breeding work.

• Chapter VIII The Tomato or Tobacco Worm:
  • (1) Brief discussion of stages, work and habits.
  • (2) Study and observation.

• Chapter IX The Firefly:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the insect.
  • (2) Observations and studies.

• Chapter X The White Grub or June-bug:
  • (1) Discussion of the insect as a pest and its habits and stages.
  • (2) Observations and studies.

• Chapter XI The Colorado Potato Beetle:
  • (1) Brief discussion of the pest.
  • (2) Observations and studies.

• Chapter XII The Lady-Beetle:
  • (1) Brief discussion of habits and appearance of the lady-beetles, and their value as friends.
  • (2) Observations and studies.

• Chapter XIII The Dragon-Fly:
  • (1) Discussion of life and habits of insect.
  • (2) Observations and field studies.

• [vii]Chapter XIV The Squash Bug:
  • (1) Discussion of habits, injury and control of pest.
  • (2) Observations and field studies.

• Chapter XV The Plant-Louse:
  • (1) Discussion of habits, injury and control of pest.
  • (2) Observations and field studies.

• Chapter XVI The Honey Bee:
  • (1) Discussion of the honey bee as to habits in its home and outdoors, its value to man and the colony as a village.
  • (2) Observations and studies.

• Chapter XVII The Ant:
  • (1) Discussion of ant life and behavior, the colony as a unit, its work and remarkable instincts.
  • (2) Studies and observations.