Garden Insects of North America 2nd Edition

This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other bugs found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrassfrom aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden. Authors David J Shetlar and Whitney Cranshaw