Insects and their ways; The anatomy of insects; The physiology of insects; The development and metamorphosis of insects; Classification, nomeclature, and identification; Phylum arthropoda: arthropods; Class insecta: insects; Subclass apterygota: protura, Thysanura, Diplura, and collembora; Ephemeroptera; Odonata; Orthoptera; Cockroaches; Isoptera; Dermaptera; Embioptera; Plecoptera; Psocoptera; Zoraptera; Mallophaga; Anoplura; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Homoptera; Coleoptera; Strepsiptera; Mecoptera; Neuroptera; Trichoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera; Siphonaptera; Hymenoptera; Artropods other than insects; The relations of insects to man; Collecting and preserving insects; Activies and projects in insect study.

This text uses a taxonomic approach to introduce students to the science of entomology. Extensive use of identification keys acquaints students with all the families of insects in the United States and Canada and provides means for students to identify 95% or more of the insects found occurring in North America.