This second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other bugs found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada. Featuring 3,300 full-color photos and concise, detailed text, this fully revised book covers the hundreds of species of insects and mites associated with fruits and vegetables, shade trees and shrubs, flowers and ornamental plants, and turfgrass--from aphids and bumble bees to leafhoppers and mealybugs to woollybears and yellowjacket wasps--and much more. This new edition also provides a greatly expanded treatment of common pollinators and flower visitors, the natural enemies of garden pests, and the earthworms, insects, and other arthropods that help with decomposing plant matter in the garden.

Designed to help you easily identify what you find in the garden, the book is organized by where insects are most likely to be seen--on leaves, shoots, flowers, roots, or soil. Photos are included throughout the book, next to detailed descriptions of the insects and their associated plants.

An indispensable guide to the natural microcosm in our backyards, Garden Insects of North America continues to be the definitive resource for amateur gardeners, insect lovers, and professional entomologists.

• Revised and expanded edition covers most of the insects, mites, and other bugs one may find in yards or gardens in the United States and Canada--all in one handy volume
• Features more than 3,300 full-color photos, more than twice the illustrations of the first edition
• Concise, informative text organized to help you easily identify insects and the plant injuries that they may cause

Whitney Cranshaw is emeritus professor of entomology at the College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Colorado. 

During his 37 year career at Colorado State he pursued a broad based research program largely related to Integrated Pest Management of all arthropods affecting horticultural commodities in Colorado, particularly vegetables, shade trees, turfgrass and specialty crops. In retirement he plans to continue to work on entomology related projects of all sorts, related to things that most interest him These include, but are by no means limited to, biological control of Japanese beetle, pin oak kermes/drippy blight, and hemp entomology.

For the near future he also will be maintaining listserv discussion groups (ornaent, pesterv-l) websites (Insect Information Website, Hemp Insect Website) and Extension fact sheets related to entomology. He will be open to continue doing programs.  For the most part he is planning to work on various long delayed writing projects including publications related to regional household insects, hemp insects and their management, and (ultimately), with Boris Kondratieff, a review of all the insects of Colorado.

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• Education
   
• B.A. (1976) Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
  M.S. (1979) University of Minnesota (Entomology)
  Thesis title - "Contributions to potato pest management in the Red River Valley"
  Ph.D. (1981) University of Minnesota (Entomology; minors in Horticulture, Plant Pathology)
  Dissertation title - "Integrated control of insect contaminants of processed peas" 

Source: Colorado State University