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Organic Gardening & Sustainable Agriculture (ENVST 3280): Garden Insects

An information guide to find information resources about organic gardening and the Edible Campus Gardens program at the University of Utah.

Research Strategy

Keywords:

Insects -- North America
Garden Pests
Beneficial Insects
Names of invertebrates: Ants, Spiders, Beetles, etc...

Backyard Insects and Garden Pests

Utah Pests
One-stop shopping for Utah pest management information (USU Extension)
Common Insect Pests of Northern Utah
Powerpoint Plant Pest Diagnostic Training (USU)
Beneficial Insects-- Fact Sheets
(USU)

Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Cranshaw
ISBN: 0691095612
Publication Date: 2004-03-28
eBook or print (Marriott Library Level 1: General Collection, SB605.N7 C73 2004

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers."
Sánchez-Bayo, Francisco, and Kris AG Wyckhuys. Biological Conservation 232 (2019): 8-27.

Insect Field Guides

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders by National Audubon Society Staff; Lorus Milne; Margery Milne; Susan Rayfield (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0394507630
Publication Date: 1980-11-12
A Field Guide to Insects by Roger T. Peterson; Donald J. Borror (Illustrator); Richard E. White (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395911710
Publication Date: 1998-04-15
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America by Kenn Kaufman; Eric R. Eaton; Rick Bowers (As told to); Nora Bowers (As told to); Eric Eaton
ISBN: 9780618153107
Publication Date: 2007-02-28
Ants of North America by Brian L. Fisher; Stefan P. Cover
ISBN: 9780520934559
Publication Date: 2007-11-02
Common Spiders of North America by Richard A. Bradley; Steve Buchanan (Illustrator); American Arachnological Society Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0520274881
Publication Date: 2012-12-18
eBook
50 Common Insects of the Southwest by Carl Olson
ISBN: 1583690425
Publication Date: 2004-05-01

Websites

Insect Identification for the Casual Observer
BugGuide.net
Utah Lepidopterists' Society
(butterflies and moths)
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation: Mountain Region

Insect Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Insects by Vincent H. Resh (Editor); Ring T. Cardé (Editor)
ISBN: 9780123741448
Publication Date: 2009-06-17
eBook or print (Marriott Library Level 1: General Collection (QL462.3 .E485 2003)
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Gale Research Staff
ISBN: 0787657778
Publication Date: 2003-11-21
v.3: Insects
Encyclopedia of Invasive Species by Susan L. Woodward; Joyce Ann Quinn
ISBN: 9780313382215
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
eBook

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