Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio. David. C. Iftner, John A. Shuey & John V. Calhoun. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin 9(1). 1992; 212 pp. $40.00 (paper, 8.5 x 11). ISSN 0078-3994, ISBN 0-86727-107-8. Ohio Biolog- ical Survey, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212-1192; phone: 614-292-9645.

(excerpt) It is rare that a publication this complete and well-illustrated is issued on the fauna of a state, and even rarer still, that such a publication is made possible by a collaborative effort of many individuals and several agencies. The Butterflies and Skippers of Ohio is a volume made possible by the efforts of the Ohio Lepidopterists and the Ohio Biological Survey. The Ohio Lepidopterists are for the most part, a number of serious amateurs and professional entomologists that have long desired to provide a check-list of the Ohio Butterfly fauna

Distribution and Biology of the Sphecine Wasps of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae)

Biological information and distribution maps are provided for the 26 species of thread-waisted wasps that occur in Michigan. Podium luctuosum is a new state record. Sixty percent of the eastern North America sphecine fauna is represented in Michigan

Bibliographic Guide to the Terrestrial Arthropods of Michigan

Papers dealing with distribution, faunal extensions, and identification of Michigan insects and other terrestrial arthropods are listed by order, and cover the period of 1878 through 1982

Beetles of Eastern North America. Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton &University Press, 560 pp., 8x10 paperback. ISBN:9780691133041. Price: 35.00.

(excerpt) My early interests in entomology were augmented with How to Know the Beetles by H.E. Jacques (1951), and the Peterson Guide - A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America by Richard E. White (1983). In addition, Dillon and Dillon’s (1972) A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America was extremely helpful to a beginning collector trying to identify his catches

Social Wasps of the Huron Mountains, Michigan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

Ten species of social wasps were collected from the Huron Mountains area, Marquette Count, Michigan during me summers of 1983-1985. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of some species are discussed

Caterpillars of Eastern Forests. David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon and Michael L. McManus. 1997. USDA Forest Service FHTET-96-34, 113 pp., soft cover.

(excerpt) Over the years, I have lamented the lack of a popular guide to Lepidoptera larvae. Aside from the classic Golden Guide to Butterflies and Moths (R.T. Mitchell and H. S. Zim, 1987. Golden Press, NY, 160 pp.), field guides have given scant attention to the larvae, illustrating only a few examples of common species

\u3ci\u3eDiploplectron Peglowi,\u3c/i\u3e A New Record for Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Astatinae)

Diploplectron peglowi is recorded from Michigan for the first time. Collecting data indicate that D. peglowi is probably bivoltine and widespread but not common within the state. This is only the second state east of the Mississippi River in which D. peglowi has been found

\u3ci\u3eEnallagma Basidens\u3c/i\u3e (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) Expands Its Range Into Michigan

Enallagma basidens Calvert, a small bluet damselfly, has been expanding its range across North America since the early part of this century. It is now recorded from two widely-separated localities in the lower peninsula of Michigan

A Further Note on \u3ci\u3eGlenosticta Pictifrons\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Michigan

(excerpt) In a previous paper (O\u27Brien 1989) I listed a single record of G/enostielia pietjfrons (Smith) from Michigan. The female specimen was from the E.S. George Reserve in Livingston Co., and I stated that it was the only record from the George Reserve

Biology and Distribution of \u3ci\u3eTachysphex Aethiops\u3c/i\u3e in Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae)

Tachysphex aethiops is a primarily western species that also occurs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Females nest in mossy, sand slopes and utilize pre-existing burrows of other insects. One shallow, five-celled nest contained a single, third-instar nymph of Spharagemon sp., probably bolli, in each cell. Three prey were parasitized by miltogrammine flies