Throughout Canada, mosquitoes are familiar to everyone as biting pests. In addition to their importance as a nuisance, a few species occasionally create problems out of all proportions to their numbers by transmitting disease organisms. This publication identifies adults and ful…
The insects and arachnids of Canada
by Wood, D. M.
fromThe insects and arachnids of Canada
Guide to identification of species found in Canada.
"Mosquito Ecology: Field Sampling Methods is the Third Edition of this popular reference work, originally devised and written by Professor M W Service and now updated by John B Silver. The purpose of the third edition is in keeping with the original vision of Professor Service t…
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. In this ground-breaking medical history, Andrew McIlwaine Bell explores the impact of two terrifying mosquito-borne maladie…
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malariaa mosquito-borne illness that aff…