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An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America

An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America
From Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

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This book is for the professional entomologist or anyone serious about identifing aquatic insects. This book is the go to book for many state and federal agencies and is required for some university courses. I'm confident there isn't a finer identification book on the market. It's over an inch thick and contains only black and white images. This ID book is best used when combined with a stereo microscope.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #659139 in Books
  • Published on: 1995-04
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Spiral-bound
  • 862 pages

Customer Reviews

Editors should have paid more attention to details3
Unfortunately, Merritt, Cummins and Berg did not pay close enough attention to the details of this 4th edition. There are numerous mistakes and revisions that are not correct. They lifted whole sections from the 3rd edition and put them into new pages without changing the page numbers the keys direct you to. The Coleoptera section has too many changes and uses outdated or incorrect terminology. The best part is the new color photos at the beginning, even though they were not used in the keys themselves. Unfortunately there are mistakes in the labeling of some of the photos. Maybe this edition was put out too soon. Hopefully a correction edition will come out soon.

Nothing else like it4
The 4th edition of an Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America is a great upgrade from the 3rd edition. There is nothing else out there that compares to this book. That being said, there are a number of errors in this book. There are couplets that take you to the wrong place. It is especially prevalent in the Hemiptera family key where it sends you to the Odonata section for the genus keys. It seems like the section was lifted from the 3rd edition and pasted in this one without updated the page numbers. All in all a great book, just needed a better review before being released.

A taxonomist's bible5
This is the one book for every aquatic insect taxonomist. Any book like this needs constant updating and the editors do this very well. There is no other taxonomic document as comprehensive as this one for North American Insects.The drawings are a real help in the identification of aquatic insects.