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Introduction to Entomology (1908). A Manual for the study of insects (1930) jointly credited and illustrated by Anna Botsford Comstock. The Spider book: a manual for the study of the spiders and near relatives (1912). Notes on Entomology (Ithaca, 1875). Annual Reports of Entomologist (Washington, 1879–1881). Report on Cotton Insects (1879).
Kirby began planning his Introduction to Entomology, [8] a celebrated title, in 1808. This was the practical result of a friendship formed in 1805 with William Spence and appeared in four volumes between 1815 and 1826. Much of the work fell to Kirby owing to Spence's ill health. The book was illustrated by John Curtis. It reached its seventh ...
Charles Valentine Riley (18 September 1843 – 14 September 1895) was a British-born American entomologist and artist. He was one of the first individuals to use biological pest control and authored over 2,400 publications.
The Fly Fisher's Entomology (PDF). London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. this 231 page, well illustrated treatment of British stream insects of importance to the trout and grayling angler laid the foundation for the detailed works on artificial fly imitation theory that followed for the next 100 years, see also The Fly-fisher's ...
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (entomon) 'insect' and -λογία 'study') [1] is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists.
A pioneering work of American entomology. John Henry Comstock becomes professor of entomology at Cornell University. Henri Gadeau de Kerville Les Insectes phosphorescents : notes complémentaires et bibliographie générale (anatomie physiologie et biologie) : avec quatre planches chromolithographiées, Rouen, L. Deshays, published.
He wrote the critical 16-page introduction for the 1956 Everyman Edition of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. [5] [6] His introduction was reprinted by the Evolution Protest Movement in 1967. [6] Thompson rejected natural selection. Historian of science Sharon E. Kingsland has noted that:
The first edition of his A General Textbook of Entomology appeared in 1925, published by Methuen and remained in print until his death. By then it had become the premier entomological textbook, rivaled at that time only by the earlier An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock .