Back-issues of Wings

Wings: Back Issues

Here is a list of Wings from Spring 1987 to the most recent issue. Most are available for $5.00 each, but, before placing an order, please confirm availability (call 503-232-6639 or email info@xerces.org). If an issue is out of stock, we will be happy to send you a black-and-white photocopy.

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1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Spring 1987 (Vol 12, #1)
Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen: A View of Land Slugs: Soft Bodies in Hard World
Paul Opler: Invertebrate Surveys in North America are Necessary
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Summer 1987 (Vol 12, #2)
Adrian Forsyth: Lomas Barbudal: Ecological Oasis and Island
Mary Troychak: Regrowing a Dry Tropical Forest
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Winter 1987 (Vol 12, #3)
Edward O. Wilson: The Little Things that Run the World
Mary Troychak: National Zoo Adds Invertebrate Exhibit
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Spring 1988 (Vol 13, #1)
Dennis D. Murphy: Ecology, Politics, and the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly
Mary Troychak: Xerces to Publish Butterfly Gardening Book
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Summer 1988 (Vol 13, #2)
Michael H. Robinson: Weavers of Webs, Slayers of Insects: The Wondrous Ways of Spiders
John S. Edwards: Aeolian Communities: Mt. Saint Helens and Mauna Kea
Elizabeth Pennisi: Museum Focuses on Arthropods
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Winter 1988 (Vol 13,#3)
Howard Ensign Evans: Providing Homes for Beneficial Bees and Wasps
Sue Hubbell: The Cicada's Song
Ann B. Swengel: Discoveries in Southern Texas
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Spring 1989 (Vol 14,#1)
Dave Winter: Moths and the Garden at Night
Miriam Rothschild: What do Butterflies See?
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Summer 1989 (Vol 14,#2)
Lincoln P. Brower and Stephen B. Malcolm: Endangered Phenomena
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Spring 1990 (Vol 15, #1) Butterflies
Stuart B. Weiss and Dennis D. Murphy: Montane Butterfly Distribution and the Potential Impacts of Global Warming
Bernard S. Jackson: The Log Pile as a Shelter for Butterflies
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Summer 1990 (Vol 15, #2) PNW forests
Spencer S. Beebe: Ecosystem Conservation in the Temperate Rainforest
John D. Lattin: Arthropod Diversity in the Northwest Old-growth Forests
Andrew Moldenke: One Hundred Twenty Thousand Little Legs
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Winter 1991 (Vol 15, #3) Butterfly houses
Robert Michael Pyle: Housing Boom for Butterflies
Burke Day: Planting Seeds of Conservation
Thomas C. Emmel and Ronald Boender: Wings in Paradise: Florida's Butterfly World
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Summer 1991, (Vol 16, #1) Beetle exhibit
David Furth: Beetlemania!
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Fall 1991 (Vol 16, #2) Ants
Thomas E. Lovejoy and Edward O. Wilson: An Introduction
Edward O. Wilson: Ants
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Summer 1992 (Vol 16, #3) Madagascar
Dennis D. Murphy: Invertebrates and the Conservation Challenge
Frans Lanting: Madagascar: A World Out of Time
Porter P. Lowry II: Conservation and Development in Madagascar
Claire Kremen: Butterflies as Ecological and Biological Indicators
Claire Kremen: Ny Fizahana Lolo Eto Madagasikara
George E. Schatz: The Race Between Deep Flowers and Long Tongues
Dennis D. Murphy and Paul Ehrlich: Protecting Biotic Diversity in the Tropics
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Winter 1992 (Vol 17, #1) Insects--Sorry, no longer available for purchase
Thomas Eisner: The Master Chemists
William E. Conner and Melinda N. Conner: Moths That Go Click in the Night
Beth B. Norden: The Importance of Stinging Insects
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Summer 1993 (Vol 17, #2) Endangered Species--not available for purchase
Thomas Eisner: Portrait Artists of the Wild: An Introduction
Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager: Images of Extinction
Michael J. Bean: Invertebrates and the Endangered Species Act
J. Hall Cushman and Dennis D. Murphy: Susceptibility of Lycaenid Butterflies to Endangerment
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Spring 1994, (Vol 17, #3) Art and Literature--not available for purchase
Carol Kaesuk Yoon: Sculpted in Glass: A Marine Menagerie
Thomas Eisner: Master Engravers: Roesel and Lyonet
Miriam Rothschild: Vladimir Nabokov and the Small Gilded Fly
Thomas Eisner and Maria Eisner: Exploring Inner Space: The Art of SEM Photography
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Spring 1995 (Vol 18, #1) Butterfly farming
Thomas Hanscom and William Toone: Economic Independence and Conservation in the Tropics
Thomas Hanscom: Papua New Guinea: AButterfly Farming Success Story
William Toone: How a Bird Man Became a Butterfly Farmer in Costa Rica
Brent Davies: Field Notes from a Coast Rican Butterfly Farm
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Fall 1995 (Vol 18, #2) Memoirs of Conservationists
Edward O. Wilson: A Grassroots Jungle in Vacant Lot
Miriam Rothschild: Ages Five to Fifteen: Wildflowers, Butterflies, and Frogs
Thomas Eisner: The End of Superstition
Robert Michael Pyle: Butterflies in Winter
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Spring 1996 (Vol 19, #1) Stories
Natalie Angier: The Flea Files
Christine Davitt: The Water Bear
May Berenbaum: Entomophobe to Entomophile: A Metamorphosis
Bernd Heinrich: Flight into the Forest
Beth Norden: Cross-eyed Worms
Mary Troychak: A Look at Children's Books and Magazines
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Fall 1996 (Vol 19, #2) Aquatic Biomonitoring--Sorry, no longer available for purchase
Dennis D. Murphy: On the Fate of our Forests
David Quammen: Living Water
Bernd Heinrich: Insect Architects: Caddisfly Larvae
Ann Haymond Zwinger: Under the Silver Ceiling
Sue Mauger: A Good Insect Stream
James R. Karr: Aquatic Invertebrates: Sentinels of Watershed Condition
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Spring 1997 (Vol 20, #1) Pollination
Stephen L. Buchmann: Native Bees: Carpenters, Architects, and Masons
Vince Tepedino: Wild Bees and Floral Jewels
Mark Deyrup: Learning the Language of Insects and Flowers
Gary Paul Nabhan: Homeworm's Homeground: Conserving the Diversity of Interactions
Robert Michael Pyle: Burning Bridges
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Fall 1997 (Vol 20, #2) Discovery
Thomas Eisner: Tribute to a Mint Plant
May R. Berenbaum: The Fly that Changed the Course of Science
Miriam Rothschild: Discovering Details
Robert Michael Pyle: The Lepidoptera as a Vessel of Discovery
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Spring 1998 (Vol 21, #1) Marine I
Sylvia A. Earle: Why Care About Life in the Sea?
Clyde F. E. Roper: Tracking the Giant Squid: Mythology and Science Meet Beneath the Sea
Jerry McCormick-Ray: Preserving the Temperate Reef: The Case of the Eastern Oyster
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Fall 1998 (Vol 21, #2) Marine II
Carl Safina: Searching for a Cure Beneath the Waves
Majorie L. Reaka-Kudla: Cryptic Crustaceans: The Lilliputians of the Sea
James G. Morin: Living Light from Cnidarians
Ronald L. Shimek: Subtidal Splendor in the Northeastern Pacific
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Spring 1999 (Vol 22, #1) Arachnids
Densey Clyne: A Netcaster Down Under
Natalie Angier: Admirers of the Scorpion
Rosemary Gillespie: A Gem Worth Protecting: the Hawaiian Happy Face Spider
W. Mitchell Masters: The Spider's World of Vibration
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Fall 1999 (Vol 22, #2) Caterpillars
Edward S. Ross: I Like Caterpillars
May Berenbaum: Shelter-making Caterpillars: Rolling their Own
Densey Clyne: The Craftsmanship of Caterpillars
Mark and Nancy Deyrup: The Caterpillar that Recycles Turtles
Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald: A Hunger for Poison
Michael J. Bean: Throwing Caution to the Wind: Monarchs and Bt Pollen
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Spring 2000 (Vol 23, #1) True bugs
Douglas W. Tallamy: Maternal Lace Bugs: To Care or Not to Care
Dan A. Polhemus: Hawaiian Heteroptera: A Case Study in Insular Evolution
Nancy A. Moran: The Secret to Success in Sap-sucking Insects
Thomas J. Henry: The Predatory Miridae: A Glimpse at the Other Plant Bugs
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Fall 2000 (Vol 23, #2) Edward S. Ross
Melody Mackey Allen: The Extraordinary Career of Edward S. Ross
Edward S. Ross: Forays Into the World of Invertebrates
Ed Grosswiler and Scott Hoffman Black: Xerces in Transition
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Spring 2001 (Vol 24, #1) Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) Sorry, no longer available for purchase
Dennis Paulson: Dragonflies and Damselflies: Bugs of Prey
Sidney W. Dunkle: Spiketails
Dan A. Polhemus: Hawaiian Damselflies: Insular Diversity at Risk
Dan M. Johnson, Daniel A. Soluk, and Diane Debinski: The Endangered Hines' Emerald
Dragonfly
Michael Bean: Discovering More about Odonata
News Briefs
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Fall 2001 (Vol 24, #2) Endangered Species (30th Anniversary of Xerces Society) Sorry, no longer available for purchase
Thomas Eisner, Robert Michael Pyle, and Melody Mackey Allen: Reflections at Thirty
Mark A. Deyrup and Thomas Eisner: Snapshots at the Edge of a Cliff
Michael J. Bean: Lessons from Two Endangered Invertebrates
Brendan Cummings: White Abalone: The First Marine Invertebrate Protected Under the
Endangered Species Act
Robert Michael Pyle: Resurrection Ecology: Bring Back the Xerces Blue!
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Spring 2002 (Vol 25, #1) Invertebrate Conservation in Great Britain
Andrew Nixon and Helen McConnell: Marsh Bloodsuckers
Valerie Keeble: Stag Beetles
Roger S. Key: Moccas, an English Deer Park
Alan Stubbs: Bug Life: The Birth of the Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Robert Michael Pyle: Book Reviews
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Fall 2002 (Vol 25, #2) Diptera Sorry, no longer available for purchase
Carol Ann Kearns: Flies and Flowers: An Enduring Parnership
Thomas Eisner: The Mosquito's Buzz
May Berenbaum: Picture-Winged Flies: Worth a Thousand Words?
Rick Rogers: Giant Flower-Loving Flies
Robert Michael Pyle: An Obituary for Jo Brewer, Co-founder of the Xerces Society
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Spring 2003 (Vol. 26, #1) Snails and Slugs
Jim Atkinson: Living in a World of Tastes and Smells
William Leonard and Kristiina Ovaska: Jumping-Slugs!
David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton: Kahuli: The Tree Snails of Hawai'i
Tom Aley and David Ashley: Saving the Tumbling Creek Cavesnail
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Fall 2003 (Vol. 26, #2) Beetles
Jonathan R. Mawdsley: Beetles: Overlooked Pollinators
Erin J. Stephens and John E. Losey: The Decline of C-9--New York's State Insect
Charles L. Bellamy: The Stunning World of Jewel Beetles
Joel Sartore and Steve Spomer: Last Stand for the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle
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Spring 2004 (vol. 27, #1) Lepidoptera Conservation
Jaret C. Daniels and Thomas C. Emmel: Florida's Precious Miami Blues
May Berenbaum: Friendly Fire
Robert Michael Pyle and Mia Monroe: Conservation of Western Monarchs
Scott Hoffman Black and Mace Vaughan: Protecting the Northwest Prairies and Their Butterflies
Jim Asher, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul Harding, Gail Jeffcoate, and Stephen Jeffcoate: Saving Britain's Butterflies
Xerces News
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Fall 2004 (vol. 27, #2) The "Expanding the Ark" Symposium
Sacha Spector: Introduction
David Strayer: The Crisis for Freshwater Invertebrates
Timothy R. New: Velvetworms: Charismatic Invertebrates for Conservation
Gary E. Davis: Spiny Lobsters As Flagship Species for Marine Ecosystems
Piotr Naskrecki: The Taxonomic Impediment: A Colonial Legacy
Mary Seddon: Invertebrate Conservation and the Red List
Xerces News
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Spring 2005 (vol. 28, #1) "Wings" in Africa
Scott Hoffman Black: Introduction
Piotr Naskrecki: On the Benefits of a Prepared Mind: The History of Heelwalkers
Dino J. Martins: Children of Sisyphus: The Eternal Labors of Dung Beetles
Bruce G. Marcot: The Ecological and Cultural Functions of Invertebrates in the Congo River Basin
Michael Samways: Damsels Get Reprieve from Distress
Barbara Gemmill, Edwin Selempo, and Alfred Ochieng': Upon the Shoulders of Small Creatures
In Memoriam: Dame Miriam Rothschild
Xerces News
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Fall 2005 (vol. 28, #2) "Invertebrates and Plants"
Scott Hoffman Black: Introduction
May Berenbaum and Terry Harrison: Micro-Moths: The Nuts and Bolts of Prairie Communities
Piotr Naskrecki: Predators as Plants
Scott Hoffman Black: Demystifying Bark Beetles
David Dussourd: In the Trenches: Bioprospecting with a Caterpillar Probe
Aaron M. Ellison: Turning the Tables: Plants Bite Back
Xerces News
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Spring 2006 (vol. 29, #1) "Invertebrates as Inspiration"
Introduction by Robert Michael Pyle, guest editor
Thomas Eisner, Hidden Splendor
Susan J. Tweit, Restoring a Creek, Restoring Hope
Dame Miriam Rothschild, Lost Among the Poppies
Robert Michael Pyle, A Passion for Worms
Ann Haymond Zwinger, Notes of a Nearsighted Naturalist
Poetry by Margarita Engle, Michele Glazer, Pattiann Rogers, and Bill Yake
Mixed-Media Invertebrates, artwork by Gwynn Popovac
An appreciation: Tom Eisner, outgoing Xerces Society president
Xerces News
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Fall 2006 (vol. 29, #2) "Crustaceans"
Scott Hoffman Black, Introduction: The World of Crustaceans
Susan B. Adams, Dainties of the First Order
Stephen Nicol, Critical Krill
John H. Christy and Patricia R. Y. Backwell, Signalling Safety
Tim B. Graham, Hidden Life
Marilyn Schotte, Roly-Poly Lifestyles
Xerces News
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Spring 2007 (vol. 30, #1) "Wings at Twenty"
Scott Hoffman Black, Introduction: Wings at Twenty
Ingrid Deyrup-Olsen, A View of Land Slugs: Soft Bodies in a Hard World
Thomas Eisner, Insects: The Master Chemists
Edward O. Wilson, A Grassroots Jungle in a Vacant Lot
Natalie Angier, The Flea Files
Ann Haymond Zwinger, Under the Silver Ceiling
May Berenbaum, The Fly That Changed the Course of Science
Mark and Nancy Deyrup, The Caterpillar That Recycles Turtles
Dennis Paulson, Dragonflies and Damselflies: Bugs of Prey
Xerces News
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