FRONT COVER -- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSECTS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA -- CONTRIBUTORS -- GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- A -- Acari -- Accessory Glands -- Acoustic Behavior -- Aedes Mosquito -- Aestivation -- Africanized Bees -- Agricultural Entomology -- Alderfly -- Amber -- Anatomy: Head, Thorax, Abdomen, and Genitalia -- Anopheles Mosquito -- Anoplura -- Antennae -- Ants -- Aphids -- Apis Species -- Aposematic Coloration -- Apterygota -- Aquatic Habitats -- Arachnida -- Archaeognatha -- Arthropoda and Related Groups -- Auchenorrhyncha -- Autohemorrhage -- Autotomy -- B -- Bedbugs -- Bee -- Beekeeping -- Bee Products -- Beetle -- Biodiversity -- Biogenic Amines -- Biogeographical Patterns -- Biological Control of Insect Pests -- Bioluminescence -- Biotechnology and Insects -- Blattodea -- Blood -- Blood Sucking -- Body Size -- Boll Weevil -- Bombyx mori -- Book Louse -- Borers -- Brain and Optic Lobes -- Bristletail -- Bubonic Plague -- C -- Caddisfly -- Caste -- Caterpillars -- Cat Fleas -- Cave Insects -- Cell Culture -- Chemical Defense -- Chemoreception -- Chiggers and Other Disease-Causing Mites -- Chitin -- Chromosomes -- Chrysalis -- Cicadas -- Circadian Rhythms -- Circulatory System -- Classification -- Cockroach -- Cocoon -- Codling Moth -- Coevolution -- Cold/Heat Protection -- Coleoptera -- Collection and Preservation -- Collembola -- Colonies -- Colorado Potato Beetle -- Coloration -- Commercialization of Insects and Their Products -- Conservation -- Crickets -- Crypsis -- Cultural Entomology -- Cuticle -- D -- Daddy-Long-Legs -- Damselfly -- Dance Language -- DDT -- Defensive Behavior -- Delusory Parasitosis -- Dengue -- Dermaptera -- Development, Hormonal Control of -- Diapause -- Digestion -- Digestive System -- Diplura -- Diptera.

Diversity -- Division of Labor in Insect Societies -- Dobsonfly -- Dog Heartworm -- Dormancy -- Dragonfly -- Drosophila melanogaster -- Dung Beetles -- E -- Earwig -- Ecdysis -- Ecdysteroids -- Eggs -- Egg Coverings -- Ekbom Syndrome -- Embiidina -- Embryogenesis -- Endangered Insects -- Endopterygota -- Entomological Societies -- Ephemeroptera -- Estivation -- Evolution -- Excretion -- Exopterygota -- Exoskeleton -- Extension Entomology -- Eyes and Vision -- F -- Fat Body -- Feeding Behavior -- Fire Ants -- Flea -- Flight -- Fly -- Folk Beliefs and Superstitions -- Food, Insects as -- Forensic Entomology -- Forest Habitats -- Fossil Record -- Freshwater Habitats -- Fruit Fly -- G -- Gallmaking and Insects -- Genetically Modified Plants -- Genetic Engineering -- Genetic Variation -- Grasshopper -- Genomics -- Grassland Habitats -- Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, and Insects -- Growth, Individual -- Grylloblattodea -- Gypsy Moth -- H -- Hearing -- Hemiptera -- Hemolymph -- Heteroptera -- Hibernation -- History of Entomology -- Homeostasis, Behavioral -- Homoptera -- Honey -- Honey Bee -- Honeydew -- Hornet -- Host Seeking, by Parasitoids -- Host Seeking, for Plants -- House Fly -- Human History, Insects Effect on -- Hymenoptera -- Hypermetamorphosis -- Hyperparasitism -- I -- Imaginal Discs -- Immunology -- Industrial Melanism -- Insecta, Overview -- Insecticides -- Insecticide and Acaricide Resistance -- Insectivorous Plants -- Insectivorous Vertebrates -- Insect Zoos -- Integrated Pest Management -- Integument -- Introduced Insects -- Island Biogeography -- Isoptera -- J -- Japanese Beetle -- June Beetles -- Juvenile Hormones -- K -- Katydid -- Killer Bees -- L -- Lacewing -- Ladybugs -- Larva -- Learning -- Legs -- Lepidoptera -- Lice -- Lice, Human -- Locusts -- M -- Magnetic Sense -- Malaria -- Mantodea -- Mantophasmatodea -- Marine Insects.

Mating Behaviors -- Mechanoreception -- Mecoptera -- Medical Entomology -- Medicine, Insects in -- Megaloptera -- Metabolism -- Metamorphosis -- Migration -- Mimicry -- Mites -- Molting -- Monarchs -- Mosquitoes -- Moth -- Mouthparts -- Movies, Insects in -- Muscle System -- Museums and Display Collections -- N -- Neosomy -- Neotropical African Bees -- Nervous System -- Nest Building -- Neuropeptides -- Neuroptera -- Nomenclature and Classification, Principles of -- Nutrition -- O -- Ocelli and Stemmata -- Odonata -- Orientation -- Orthoptera -- Ovarioles -- Oviposition Behavior -- P -- Parasitoids -- Parental Care -- Parthenogenesis in Insects and Mites -- Pathogens of Insects -- Phasmida -- Pheromones -- Phoresy -- Photography of Insects -- Phthiraptera -- Phylogeny of Insects -- Physical Control of Insect Pests -- Phytophagous Insects -- Phytotoxicity -- Plant Diseases and Insects -- Plant-Insect Interactions -- Plecoptera -- Pollination and Pollinators -- Pollution, Insect Response to -- Polyembryony -- Population Ecology -- Praying Mantid -- Predation/Predatory Insects -- Prosorrhyncha -- Protura -- Psocoptera -- Pterygota -- Puddling Behavior -- Pupa and Puparium -- Q -- Queen -- R -- Raphidioptera -- Rearing of Insects -- Recruitment Communication -- Regulatory Entomology -- Reproduction, Female -- Reproduction, Female: Hormonal Control of -- Reproduction, Male -- Reproduction, Male: Hormonal Control of -- Research Tools, Insects as -- Respiratory System -- River Blindness -- S -- Salivary Glands -- Scale Insect -- Scales and Setae -- Scorpions -- Segmentation -- Sericulture -- Sex Determination -- Sexual Selection -- Silk Moth -- Silk Production -- Silverfish -- Siphonaptera -- Snakefly -- Sociality -- Soil Habitats -- Sound Production -- Spermatheca -- Spermatophore -- Spiders -- Springtail -- Stamps, Insects and -- Sterile Insect Technique.

Sternorrhyncha -- Stonefly -- Stored Products as Habitats -- Strepsiptera -- Swimming, Lake Insects -- Swimming and Other Movements, Stream Insects -- Symbionts Aiding Digestion -- Symbionts, Bacterial -- Systematics -- T -- Taste -- Taxonomy -- Teaching Resources -- Temperature, Effects on Development and Growth -- Termite -- Terrestrial Insects -- Thermoregulation -- Thrips -- Thysanoptera -- Thysanura -- Ticks -- Touch -- Tracheal System -- Trichoptera (Caddisfiies) -- Tsetse Fly -- U -- Urban Habitats -- V -- Venom -- Veterinary Entomology -- Vibrational Communication -- Vinegaroons -- Vision -- Vitellogenesis -- W -- Walking and Jumping -- Wasps -- Water and Ion Balance, Hormonal Control of -- Wings -- Wolbachia -- Worker -- Y -- Yellow Fever -- Yellowjacket -- Z -- Zoonotic Agents, Arthropod-Borne -- Zoraptera -- Zygentoma -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.