Intended for the professional as well as the amateur entomologist, this guide provides information for the identification of grasshoppers, cockroaches, and allied insects indigenous to the United States. The keys and the minimal technical terminology enables anyone to use this manual in the identification of 760 species. Following introductory material, keys are provided for such Orthopteroids as walkingsticks, praying mantids, termites, grasshoppers, cockroaches, katydids, and crickets. In addition to descriptions, most of the species are pictured. Collection and preservation techniques are also discussed. An appendix with additional information on species, a bibliography, and an index and pictured glossary are appended.