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Tables of Contents for In a Desert Garden
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PREFACE: TROUBLE IN PARADISE, AND A PARTIAL SOLUTION
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CHAPTER 1: HOW TO REVOLUTIONIZE A YARD Xeriscaping and its entomological benefits
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10
CHAPTER 2: THE GARDENER'S FRIENDS Ladybird beetles and biocontrol; praying mantises and sexual cannibalism
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14
CHAPTER 3: COMPOST LOVERS How to make a desert compost heap; earwigs and their cerci; rove beetles and mate guarding
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CHAPTER 4: LAWN LOVERS Scarab beetles and the risks they take to mate; desert termites and their nuptial flights
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14
CHAPTER 5: NATIVE STINGERS Paper wasps and one-queen rule; zucchini bees and the squash they pollinate; sleeping bees and their enemies
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CHAPTER 6: CAMOUFLAGE EXPERTS Grasshoppers and gravel mimicry; inchworms and twig mimicry; swallowtail caterpillars and bird-dropping mimicry
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14
CHAPTER 7: ALIENS Whiteflies and the trouble they now cause; "killer" bees and the trouble they will cause
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CHAPTER 8: TRANSIENTS Mayflies away from water; milkweed bugs on the march
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14
CHAPTER 9: PARTHENOGENS AND POISON EATERS Milkweed aphids and how to be a single mother; "killer" hover flies and how aphids fight back
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CHAPTER 10: PARADISE REGAINED The return of the sleeping bees
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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6
APPENDIX
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2
INDEX
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