Study Materials for the Entomology Contests

FFA Study Materials
for Entomology Contests

January 2003

J. A. Jackman
Professor and Extension Entomologist
Texas Cooperative Extension
The Texas A&M University System
College Station, TX

J. Scott Armstrong
Associate Professor, Entomologist
Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science
and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Lubbock, TX

Bonnie B. Pendleton
Assistant Professor of IPM - Entomology
Division of Agriculture
West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX

Table of Contents

I.	Introduction
II.	Structure of Arthropods
III.	Metamorphosis
IV.	Classification
V.	Insect and Arachnid Orders
VI.	Insect Importance and Management
VII.	Collection and Preservation of Insects
VIII.	Glossary
IX.	Information Sources
X.	Study Lists of Common Insects in Texas