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The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects: A natural history and identification guide to beetles, flies, bees wasps, springtails, mayflies, ... crickets, bugs, grasshoppers, fleas, spide
Martin Walters
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Description for The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects: A natural history and identification guide to beetles, flies, bees wasps, springtails, mayflies, ... crickets, bugs, grasshoppers, fleas, spide
Hardcover. An identification guide to every order of the insect world including fleas, beetles, cockroaches and crickets, as well as many less visible creatures. It includes an in-depth look at insect defence mechanisms such as camouflage, mimicry, hissing, bites and stings, and colouration that suggests danger. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: GBC; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1352.
This is a wide-ranging, expert identification guide to every order of the insect world including fleas, beetles, cockroaches and crickets, as well as many less visible creatures. Identification details are provided for more than 650 insect species, and many are illustrated with specially commissioned watercolours. This book includes an in-depth look at insect defence mechanisms such as camouflage, mimicry, hissing, bites and stings, and colouration that suggests danger. Each stage of the insect life cycle is described with illustrations depicting different development phases. It includes 1000 spectacular photographs and anatomically correct watercolours provide a fascinating visual record of the insect ... Read more
This is a wide-ranging, expert identification guide to every order of the insect world including fleas, beetles, cockroaches and crickets, as well as many less visible creatures. Identification details are provided for more than 650 insect species, and many are illustrated with specially commissioned watercolours. This book includes an in-depth look at insect defence mechanisms such as camouflage, mimicry, hissing, bites and stings, and colouration that suggests danger. Each stage of the insect life cycle is described with illustrations depicting different development phases. It includes 1000 spectacular photographs and anatomically correct watercolours provide a fascinating visual record of the insect ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1336g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754819097
SKU
V9780754819097
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-50
About Martin Walters
Martin Walters is a writer, editor and naturalist. He studied Zoology at Oxford, and worked for several years as Biological Sciences Editor at Cambridge University Press where he was responsible for developing the botany, ecology and natural history lists, before becoming a freelance editor and writer. He is a keen field naturalist, with a special interest in botany, birds, habitats ... Read more
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