This helpful guide is self-contained, holding all of the information you will need for the preparation of histological slides of all types of insect tissues. It explains the essential procedures for their preparation, providing step-by-step information on each phase, for example, on fixation, dehydrating, clearing, embedding, and staining. The laboratory manual explains the cutting-edge methodology carried out today, and provides a thorough collection of both historically established and modern insect histology techniques side-by-side. It is the first book to present these various techniques appropriate to insects. Key issues covered include: * the use of genetic markers in insect histology; * important approaches for the preparation of tissues and organs for SEM and TEM Fluorescence; * new immunohistochemical techniques; * histological problems encountered in insect tissues such as sclerotized chitin, yolk-laden eggs, chromosomes, genitalia, etc., and how to deal with them.