The Insects: An Outline of Entomology 5th Edition

Like most general entomology books, identifying major groups of insects is one focus of this text. Unlike other classic texts, such as Borer & Delong's "Study of Insects" (now authored by Triplehorn & Johnson, 7th ed.) that are mainly taxonomy oriented for identification of insect families among the various orders, this text focuses more on biological information in the context of physiological ecology, community ecology, etc. The book has extensive narratives about various aspects of insects in different environments. For example, one chapter focuses on aquatic insects and another focuses on below ground insects. Obviously each habitat will have many taxa represented, but the text is useful in that it gives the big biological picture as related to the ecology. I think this approach will be most useful to many biology students so that they see the study of insects as really integrated across all hierarchies of biological organization. So, the book has all the basics about anatomy, physiology, development, evolution, and genomics that it should (and it seems quite up to date especially with that latter subject area), but its use of thematic chapters to explore the concepts might just be more amenable for student engagement.

This is a well written and detailed textbook on entomology. I just wish the editor had chosen a slightly larger font for the text. Otherwise, it answers every question I have about insect anatomy, physiology and behavior!

I wish I had bought this book

This is a very dense, heavy, informative book. I wouldn't pick it up for studying on my own but it was definitely a welcome additional resource for my entemology class. I wouldn't recommend it if you have NO background because this book dives in and goes deep.I loved the detailed descriptions of mouthparts and flying the most :)

Great book. Very complete and easy to use, even by a non scientest

Love this book, Thanks!

Very nice

great