Contents
Preface: Trouble in Paradise, and a Partial Solution
Chapter 1: How to Revolutionize a Yard: Xeriscaping and its entomological benefits
Chapter 2: The Gardener's Friends: Ladybird beetles and biocontrol; praying mantises and sexual cannibalism
Chapter 3: Compost Lovers: How to make a desert compost heap; earwigs and their cerci; rove beetles and mate guarding
Chapter 4: Lawn Lovers: Scarab beetles and the risks they take to mate; desert termites and their nuptial flights
Chapter 5: Native Stingers: Paper wasps and one-queen rule; zucchini bees and the squash they pollinate; sleeping bees and their enemies
Chapter 6: Camouflage Experts: Grasshoppers and gravel mimicry; inchworms and twig mimicry; swallowtail caterpillars and bird-dropping mimicry
Chapter 7: Aliens: Whiteflies and the trouble they now cause; "killer" bees and the trouble they will cause
Chapter 8: Transients: Mayflies away from water; milkweed bugs on the march
Chapter 9: Parthenogens and Poison Eaters: Milkweed aphids and how to be a single mother; "killer" hover flies and how aphids fight back
Chapter 10: Paradise Regained: The return of the sleeping bees
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Appendix
Index