
Insects of the world : a fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals / Paul Zborowski.
Título:
Insects of the world : a fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals / Paul Zborowski.
ISBN:
9781925546095
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Información de publicación:
Frenchs Forest, NSW : New Holland Publishing, 2019.
©2019
Descripción física:
447 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Contenido:
Introduction -- Evolution -- The insect body -- Classification -- Bristletails -- Silverfish -- Mayflies -- Dragonflies and damselflies -- Stoneflies -- Cockroaches -- Termites -- Mantids -- Heel-walkers, gladiators and rock-crawlers -- Ice-crawlers -- Earwigs -- Crickets and grasshoppers -- Stick insects and leaf insects -- Web-spinners -- Zorapterans -- Booklice -- Parasitic lice -- True bugs, hoppers, cicadas, aphids and scale insects -- Thrips -- Alderflies and dobsonflies -- Snakeflies -- Lacewings and antlions -- Beetles -- Stylopids -- Scorpionflies -- Fleas -- Flies -- Caddisflies -- Moths and butterflies -- Wasps, sawflies, ants and bees.
Síntesis:
This wonderfully illustrated book is essentially a photographic guide to the fascinating diverse insect families of the world. It encompasses all key families, including the likes of butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, ants, bees and so on. Each of the 1000+ stunning images, taken of wild insects in their natural surroundings, is accompanied by useful text on ID, interesting features and geographical distribution. Insects of the World is an essential reference for bug enthusiasts everywhere, from children fascinated with creepy crawlies right through to academics.
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DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
on1130053081
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