Bibliograph

Insects of the world, a fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals, Paul Zborowski

Type

Label

Insects of the world, a fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals, Paul Zborowski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Insects of the world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1130053081

Responsibility statement

Paul Zborowski

Sub title

a fully illustrated guide to the planet's most populous group of animals

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification