Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Some References for Insect and Spider Information

Publications Specific to the Park
Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park
   Symposium at Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, April 4-5,1975
A distributional analysis of aquatic invertebrates of McKittrick Creek of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
   Green, T.M. Ph.D. dissertation Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 1993
Biotic Assessment of Manzanita Spring, E. Walsh and R. Worthington, internal report 1996
Scorpions of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Henson, R., Research Report in Park Library VF5 Box 65
The Guadalupe Mountains Symposium
   Symposium held in Carlsbad, New Mexico, April 22-25, 1998
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park Texas,
    Knudson, E. and Bordelon, C., Texas Lepidoptera Survey publication #4, 1999

Texas and Related
Field Guide to Common Texas Insects by Drees, B.M. and Jackman, J.A., Gulf Publishing*, 1998
Learn About .. Texas Insects, Texas Parks and Wildlife Press
Odonata (dragonflies & damselflies) of the South Central Nearctic Regions, including Northeastern Mexico
   Abbott and Stewart, Ent. News, 109 pp 201-212, 1998
Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico, Richman, D.B. et al., NMSU, 1993
Field Guide to the Butterflies of Texas, Neck, R., Gulf Publishing*, 1996 (out of print - at UTEP library)
The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas:
   Part I Subfamily Myrmicinae Moody and Francke, Grad. Stud. Texas Tech University, 27, pp 1-80, 1982
   Part II .......... Cokendolpher and Francke, Sp. Pub. The Museum of Texas Tech University no. 30, 1990
   Part III Additions and Corrections Cokendolpher, Sp. Pub. The Museum of Texas Tech University no. 31, 1990
Field Guide to the Spiders and Scorpions of Texas, Jackman, J.A., Gulf Publishing*, 1999
Tarantulas of Texas, Breene, R.G., Dean, D.A., Cokendolpher, J.C. and Reger, B.H., American Tarantula Society, 1999

*Gulf Publishing sold this line to TaylorWilson of Houston who seem to have passed it on to someone. Field Guide to the Common Texas Insects is currently available on the web (see web references below).

Some General (i.e. North American) Field Guides
Peterson Field Guide to the Insects - America North of Mexico, Borror, D.J. and White, R.E.
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects, Arnett, R.H. and Jacques, R.L.
Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders, Milne, L. and M.

Identification References for Specific Orders

Information Available Over The Internet - Web Sites

Links

Note: This is a personal web site and is not affiliated with the National Park Service or Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Contact information for the author, Ron Lyons, is accessible through the Index Page referenced below. Thank you.