{"id":6254,"date":"2014-03-09T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T17:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/?page_id=6254"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:34:49","slug":"bugbooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/4h\/programs\/family-and-plant-sciences\/bugbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bug Books &amp; Websites : Resources for the Ent-thusiast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(Compiled by Sharon J. Collman (WSU Extension, Retired))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entomology and Insect Identification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(A fairly comprehensive list of other scientific or taxonomic guides is listed at <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3\/bgref\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3\/bgref\">The Bug Guide website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insects &#8211; General<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>(For the Pacific Northwest \u2013 these insect guides are recommended.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Kaufman\u2019s Guide to Insects of North America. 2007.<br>Ken Kaufman and Eric R. Eaton. ISBN-13\/EAN: 9780618153107; $18.95<br>ISBN-10: 0618153101. 392 pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insects of the Pacific Northwest<br>Haggard and Haggard. Timber Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Butterflies of Cascadia: A Field Guide to All the Species of Washington, Oregon, and Surrounding Territories (Paperback). by Robert Michael Pyle (Author), Idie Ulsh (Photographer), David Nunnallee (Photographer)<br> Seattle Audubon, publisher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles. Arthur Evans and Charles L. Bellamy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simon and Schuster&#8217;s Guide to the Insects. 1981. Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Richard L. Jaques, Jr. Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 0-671-25014-0 (pb).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. 1980. Lorus and Margery Milne. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN: 0-394-50763-0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rodale&#8217;s Color Handbook of Garden Insects. 1979. Anna Carr. Rodale Press, Inc. ISBN: 0-87857-250-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Practical Entomologist. Rick Imes. Simon and Schuster Fireside Book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Golden Nature Guide: Insects. 1987. Herbert S. Zim and Clarence Cottam. Golden Press, Western Publishing Co. ISBN:0-307-24055-X.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Golden Nature Guide: Insect Pests. 1987. Herbert S. Zim and Clarence Cottam. Golden Press, Western Publishing Co. ISBN:0-307-24055-X.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Golden Nature Guide: Spiders and Their Kin. Golden Press, Western Publishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Butterflies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The Butterflies of Cascadia: A Field Guide to All the Species of Washington, Oregon, and Surrounding Territories (Paperback).<br>\nby Robert Michael Pyle (Author), Idie Ulsh (Photographer), David Nunnallee (Photographer)<br>\nSeattle Audubon, publisher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watching Washington Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle.<br>1974. Seattle Audubon Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butterflies Afield by W.A. Neill and D.J. Hepburn.<br>1976. Pacific Search.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest by James R. Christensen.<br>1981. University of Idaho Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Butterflies of Oregon by E.J. Dornfield.<br>1980. Timber Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Butterflies in the Arboretum&#8221; by B.J.D. Meeuse.<br>1976. Arboretum Bulletin 39(2):2-9 and 39(3):16-23.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audubon Society Field Guide to the Butterflies by Robert Michael Pyle.<br>1981. Alfred A. Knopf.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butterflies and Moths by Robert T. Mitchell and Herbert S. Zim.<br>1977. Golden Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Golden Nature Guide: Butterflies and Moths. 1987. Herbert S. Zim and Clarence Cottam. Golden Press, Western Publishing Co. ISBN:0-307-24055-X<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diagnosis Books (with good color photos)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs by Whitney Cranshaw. Princeton Field Guides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insects that Feed on Trees and Shrubs. 1991. Warren T. Johnson, and Howard H. Lyons. Cornell University Press. 560pp. ISBN: 0-8014-1515-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Websites<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3\/bgref\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3\/bgref\">Bug Guide Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buggy Websites: This<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/garden\/gardening-resources\/bug-websites\/\">list of websites<\/a><\/span> was compiled by Dave Pehling, WSU Snohomish County Extension (Retired). Many websites are themselves comprehensive lists of other insect sites; especially those with .edu in the URL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scarabs \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/crawford.tardigrade.net\/bugs\/index.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/crawford.tardigrade.net\/bugs\/index.html\">Bug Society website<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For A Good Read<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nonfiction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs by Sue Hubbell. 1993. Random House. ISBN: 0-679-40062-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insects Did It 1st by Roger Akre, Greg Paulsen and E. Paul Catts. 1992. YeGalleon Press, Fairfield, Wa. ISBN: 0-87770-517-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life on a Little-Known Planet by Howard Ensign Evans. 1968. E.P. Dutton. ISBN: 0-525-47493-5\n<ul>\n<li>Also by Howard Ensign Evans\n<ul>\n<li>Wasp Farm;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pleasures of Entomology;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pioneer Naturalists:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Discovery and Naming of North American Plants and Animals (Paperback)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Man Who Loved Wasps: A Howard Ensign Evans Reader by Howard Ensign Evans, Mary Alice Evans, and Edward O. Wilson (Paperback &#8211; May 30, 2004)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ninety-Nine Gnats, Nits and Nibblers by May R. Berenbaum. 1989. University of Illinois. ISBN: 0-252-06027-X (pb).\n<ul>\n<li>Berenbaum has also written:\n<ul>\n<li>Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses on Sex, Bugs, and Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers and others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration by Bert H\u00f6lldobler and Edward O. Wilson\n<ul>\n<li>Autobiographical but also enjoyable facts about ants in the process;\n<ul>\n<li>Includes info on how to keep a colony of ants in a Formicarium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To Know a Fly by Vincent. 1962. G. Dethier. Holden-Day, San Francisco. Library of Congress: 62-21838\n<ul>\n<li>An account of research on fly biology and behavior with a bit of humor to keep it enjoyable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The World of the Tent-Makers: A Natural History of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar<br>\nby Vincent Gaston Dethier; Dethier follows the life of the eastern tent caterpillar within the context of the environment surrounding their tree, and weaves in research along the way.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Living Garden: The 400-Year History of an English Garden by George Ordish.\n<ul>\n<li>Ordish also wrote\n<ul>\n<li>The Constant Pest: A Short History of Pests and Their Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Living American House: The 350 Year Story of a Home, an Ecological History John Curtis and the Pioneering of Pest Control (The Great innovators)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Year of the Butterfly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;The Year of the Ant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm by Edwin Way Teale and Ann Haymond Zwinger.\n<ul>\n<li>Other books by Edwin Way Teale are also worth reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage. by Robert Michael Pyle<br>\nOther books by Robert Michael Pyle include:<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wintergreen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listening to the Land\u2019s Heart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Thunder Tree: Lessons from Urban and Wildland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nabokov\u2019s Butterflies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Sacred Beetle and Others by Jean-Henri Fabre who also wrote\n<ul>\n<li>The Life of the Spider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glowworm and Other Beetles,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Life of the Scorpion,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Life of the Weevil and many more plus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabre\u2019s Insects \u2013 superbly illustrated by Detmold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable and Enjoyable Fiction Based on Insect Facts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ned Kelly and the City of Bees by Thomas Keneally and Stephen Ryan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trouble in Bugland: A collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries by William Kotzwinkle, and illustrated by Joe Servello. 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