Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses

by Alpheus Spring Packard

Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

162 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2005

About the author

Alpheus Spring Packard Jr., LL.D. (February 19, 1839 – February 14, 1905) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. (1798–1884) and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1878 until his death. He was a vocal proponent of the Neo-Lamarckian theory of evolution.

His chief work was the classification and anatomy of arthropods, and contributions to economic entomology, zoogeography, and the phylogeny and metamorphoses of insects. Packard was appointed to the United States Entomological Commission in 1877 where he served with Charles Valentine Riley and Cyrus Thomas. He wrote school textbooks, such as Zoölogy for High Schools and Colleges (eleventh edition, 1904). His Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America was published in three parts (1895, 1905, 1915, edited by T. D. A. Cockerell).

Reviews

[Wendy Crittenden · Rating 3 out of 5]

so i bought this for drawing reference too, not as great as i wanted it to be. looking for a specific insect that didn't have any decent illustrations of. it will probably come in handy in the future, when i get drawing fever again.