Table of Contents
In the Table of Contents below, records are listed by subject.
Briefest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Shortest Generation Time | Chapter 6 | Tang Li |
| Shortest Reproductive Life | Chapter 37 | Craig H. Welch |
| Shortest Sexual Life Cycle | Chapter 16 | Likui Yang |
Fastest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Fastest Flyer | Chapter 1 | T.J. Dean |
| Fastest Runner | Chapter 39 | Thomas M. Merritt |
| Fastest Wing Beat | Chapter 9 | C.W. Scherer |
Fewest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Greatest Host Specificity | Chapter 25 | G.H. Schneider |
| Lowest Lifetime Fecundity | Chapter 17 | Bianca Cecilie Nygård |
Largest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Largest | Chapter 30 | David M. Williams |
| Largest Blood Meal | Chapter 31 | K.E. McKenzie |
| Largest Eggs | Chapter 40 | Salvatore Vicidomini |
| Largest Swarm | Chapter 27 | Hussein Sanchez-Arroyo |
Longest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Longest | Chapter 33 | Deanna Branscome |
| The Longest Migration | Chapter 11 | Christopher Tipping |
| Largest Lepidopteran Wing Span | Chapter 32 | Hugo L. Kons, Jr. |
| Longest Regularly Repeated Migration | Chapter 35 | J. Akers Pence |
Most Numerous
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Highest Lifetime Fecundity | Chapter 18 | Henning Brueland |
| Greatest Host Range | Chapter 2 | Richard A. Worth |
| Largest Parasitoid Brood | Chapter 26 | Juan Manuel Alvarez |
| Least Specific Sucker of Vertebrate Blood | Chapter 10 | L.M.A. Okedi |
| Most Instars | Chapter 13 | B.R. Sojack |
| Most Polyandrous | Chapter 36 | Hector Cabrera-Mireles |
Most Prolonged
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Longest Adult Life | Chapter 34 | Ramazan Cetintas |
| Longest Diapause Among Insects | Chapter 3 | Marcos R. de Faria |
| Longest Life Cycle | Chapter 12 | Yong Zeng |
Most Spectacular
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Most Spectacular Batesian Mimicry | Chapter 28 | Mark Salvato |
| Most Spectacular Mating | Chapter 8 | Doug Sieglaff |
Most Tolerant
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Adapted to Greatest Depth | Chapter 19 | A.A. Akers |
| Least Oxygen Dependent | Chapter 20 | Andy Rasmussen |
| Most Heat Tolerant | Chapter 21 | Van Sherwood |
| Most Saline Tolerant | Chapter 22 | Dina Richman |
| Most Tolerant of Cold | Chapter 4 | Jason P.W. Hall |
| Most Tolerant of Desiccation | Chapter 5 | Kerri Schwarz |
Smallest
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Smallest Adult | Chapter 38 | Jerry E. Gahlhoff, Jr. |
| Smallest Eggs | Chapter 7 | Varsovia E. Cevallos |
Miscellany
| Subject | Chapter | Author |
| Greatest Bioluminescence | Chapter 29 | Hazel C. Levy |
| Loudest | Chapter 24 | John M. Petti |
| Most Parental Sharing of Brood Care | Chapter 14 | Kevina Vulinec |
| Most Toxic Insect Venom | Chapter 23 | W.L. Meyer |
| Resistant to Most Insecticides | Chapter 15 | Barbra Larson Vasquez |