The California Insect Survey was formally initiated as a project in the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1940. It arose out a growing realization among entomologists that our knowledge of the most basic aspects of insect biology was far below the level required for effective application to agricultural and other practical problems. The strong systematic community in the San Francisco Bay area made an excellent point of genesis for such a program. A series of bulletins illustrate the diversity and composition of the terrestrial arthropod fauna of California, with an emphasis on native species and natural communities, and includes geographical and seasonal distributions, ecological ranges, and biological relationships.
All volumes (1950 – 1985) are available in a downloadable PDF format.
Middlekauff, W. W. 1950. The Horse Flies and Deer Flies of California (Diptera, Tabanidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(1): 1-24, 1 pl. 1(2)
Freeborn, S. B. and R. M. Bohart. 1951. The Mosquitoes of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(2): 25-78 pls. 2-8
Linsley, E. G. and J. W. MacSwain. 1951. The Rhipiphoridae of California (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(3): 79-88, pl. 9
Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1951. The California Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(4): 89-118, pl. 10, 1 text fig.
Hurd, P. D., Jr. and E. G. Linsley. 1951. The Melectine Bees of California (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(5): 119-140, pl. 11, 5 maps
Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1952. The Scoliidae of California (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 1(6): 141-152, pls. 12, 13
Keifer, H. H. 1952. The Eriophyid Mites of California (Acarina: Eriophyidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 2(1): 1-124, pls. 1-39
Pritchard, A. E. 1953. The Gall Midges of California Diptera: Itonididae (Cecidomyiidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 2(2): 125-150, pl. 40
Simons, J. N. 1954. The Cicadas of California (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 2(3): 151-196, pls. 41-48, 1 text fig., frontis
Hurd, P. D., Jr. and C. D. Michener. 1955. The Megachiline Bees of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 3: 1-248, pls. 1-24, 1 table, 112 maps
James, M. T. 1955. The Blowflies of California (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(1): 1-34, pls. 1-2, 1 text fig.
Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1955. The Carpenter Bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(2): 35-72, pls. 3-6, 4 maps
Bohart, R. M. and R. C. Bechtel. 1957. The Social Wasps of California (Vespinae, Polistinae, Polybiinae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(3): 73-102, pls. 7, 8, figs. 1-34, 7 maps, frontis
Bohart, R. M. and E. I. Schlinger. 1957. California Wasps of the Genus Oxybelus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabroninae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(4): 103-142, pls. 9-16, 23 maps, frontis
Bailey, S. F. 1957. The Thrips of California, Part I: Suborder Terebrantia. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(5): 143-220, pls. 17-23
McKenzie, H. L. 1956. The Armored Scale Insects of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 5: 1-210, pls1-3 (color), 133 figs., 1 map
Eldridge, B. F. and M. T. James. 1957 The Typical Muscid Flies of California (Diptera: Muscidae, Muscinae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(1): 1-18, pls. 1-3, 4 maps
Camras, S. and P. D. Hurd, Jr. 1957. The Conopid Flies of California (Diptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(2): 19-50, 4 figs., 25 maps, frontis
Ross, E. S. 1957. The Embioptera of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(3): 51-58, 7 figs., frontis
Middlekauff, W. W. 1960. The Siricid Wood Wasps of California (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(4): 59-78, pls. 4-5, frontis
James, M. T. 1960. The Soldier Flies or Stratiomydiae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(5): 79-124, pls. 6-10, 19 maps
Jewett, S. G., Jr. 1960. The Stoneflies (Plecoptera) of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(6): 125-178, 41 text figs., 1 table, frontis
Hardy, D. E. 1961. The Bibionidae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 6(7): 179-195, 17 text figs., 3 maps
Foote, R. H. and F. L. Blanc. 1963. The Fruit Flies or Tephritidae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 7: 1-117, 118 figs., 104 maps, colored frontis
Alexander, C. P. 1967. The Crane Flies of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 8: 1-269, 524 figs., 106 maps, frontis
Grigarick, A. A. and L. A. Stange. 1968. The Pollen-Collecting Bees of the Anthidiini of California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 9: 1- 113, 227 figs., 41 maps
Strohecker, H. F., W. W. Middlekauff and D. C. Rentz. 1968. The Grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 10: 1-177, 175 figs., 107 maps, frontis
Middlekauff, W. W. 1969. The Cephid Stem Borers of California (Hymenoptera: Cephidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 11: 1-19, 12 figs., 5 maps, frontis
Huckett, H. C. 1971. The Anthomyiidae of California, Exclusive of the subfamily Scatophaginae (Diptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 12: 1-121, 111 figs., 27 maps
Bohart, R. M. and D. S. Horning, Jr. 1971. California Bembicine Sand Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 13: 1-49, 74 figs., 18 maps
Merritt, R. and M. T. James. 1973. The Micropezidae of California (Diptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 14: 1-29, 43 figs., 6 maps
Hogue, C. L. 1973. The Net-Wing Midges or Blepharoceridae of California (Diptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 15: 1-83, pls. 1-32, 15 maps
Bright, D. E., Jr. and R. W. Stark. 1973. The Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of California (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 16: 1-169, pls. 1-16, 93 maps
Lawrence, J. F. 1974. The Ciid Beetles of California (Coleoptera: Ciidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 17: 1-41, 37 figs., 15 maps
Huckett, H. C. 1975. The Muscidae of California Exclusive of Subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxyinae (Diptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 18: 1-148, 59 figs., 73 maps
Bohart, R. M. and E. E. Grissell. 1975. California Wasps of the Subfamily Philanthinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 19: 1-92, 151 figs., 46 maps
Langston, R. L. and J. A. Powell. 1975. The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 20: 1-25, 11 figs., 10 maps
Menke, A. S. (ed.) et al. 1979. The Semiaquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of California (Heteroptera: Hemiptera). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 21: 1-166, 277 figs., 59 maps
Middlekauff, W. W. and R. S. Lane. 1980. Adult and Immature Tabanidae (Diptera) of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 22: 1-99, 133 figs.
Thorp, R. W., D. S. Horning, Jr. and L. L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23: 1-79, 168 figs.
Fisher, T. W. and R. E. Orth. 1983. The Marsh Flies of California (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 24: 1-117, 31 pl.
Furman, D. P. and E. C. Loomis. 1984. The Ticks of California (Acari: Ixodida). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 25: 1-239, 356 figs.
Wasbauer, M. S. and L. S. Kimsey. 1985. California Spider Wasps of the Subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 26: 1-130, 198 figs.
Bohart, R. M. and J. E. Gillaspy. 1985. California Sand Wasps of the Subtribe Stictiellina. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 27: 1-89, 16 pl.