The Natural History of Insects

Author: Martin Walters
Publisher: Armadillo
ISBN: 9781844764686
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the arthropoda phylum, insects are one of the most successful species, and spiders are one of the largest groups. This book studies how they organize their lives. The first section provides information of every aspect of insect life: evolution, anatomy, life cycles, flight and social organization. The last section describes the 30 orders within the class Insecta, demonstrating the huge variety of insects, from microscopic creatures to giant stick insects and large beetles. Typical features of insects in each order are highlighted. With expert text, illustrations and clear photographs, this guide will be enjoyed by all who take an interest in natural history.

Innumerable Insects

Author: Michael S. Engel
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9781454923237
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. It is estimated that there are around five million insect species on Earth, and this magnificent volume tells their incredible story. It covers everything from insect evolution, metamorphosis, and camouflage to society, language, and pollination--plus tales of discovery by intrepid entomologists. More than 180 illustrations describe these fascinating animals down to their tiniest details, from butterflies' iridescent wings to beetles' vibrant colors.

Insects

Author: Steven A. Marshall
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 790

Book Description
An examination of the characteristics, habitat and behavior of insects, including comprehensive picture keys for insect identification.

A Natural History of Insects in 100 Limericks

Author: Richard Jones
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784272515
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Insects are often overlooked because they are small or ignored because they are deemed trivial, and many are dismissed as nuisance pests. But their numbers and diversity are mind-numbing, and under even a modest hand lens they are beautiful or bizarre. Insects dominate the centre ground of all terrestrial and most aquatic ecosystems. They inform us of the conservation value of ancient woodland and chalk downland. They help monitor the purity or pollution levels of ponds, streams and rivers. And they can demonstrate the effects of climate change, acting as warning lights to alert us to the damage that humans are doing to the world. Recent insectageddon headlines are starting to make people sit up and take more notice. What better way to promote an interest in these fascinating creatures than by poetizing them? This cornucopia of discordant nonsense, with some quite frankly dubious rhyming clashes, is offered up so that entomological outreach will at least benefit from their shock value.

The Book of Nature

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A father tells his child about the wonder of the natural world from a Christian point of view.

True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera)

Author: Randall T. Schuh
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801420665
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
This monumental reference work treats an entire worldwide order of insects. It summarizes, from both a biological and sytematic perspective, current knowledge on the Heteroptera, or true bugs, a group containing approximately 35,000 species, many of which are important to agriculture and public health. To introduce the reader to this group, Randall T. Schuh and James A. Slater offer chapters on the history of the study of the Heteroptera, research techniques, and sources of specimens. They also cover attributes of general biological interest, including habitats, habits, mimicry, and wing polymorphism; selected taxa of economic importance; and basic morphology.Presenting a current classification of the Heteroptera, the authors synthesize to the subfamily and sometimes tribal level the enormous, scattered literature, including diagnoses, keys, general natural history, a summary of distributions, and a listing of important faunistic works. In addition to a wealth of detailed illustrations, they provide a glossary to help the reader deal with the confusing terminology that has evolved over the years, as well as an extensive bibliography of more than 1350 entries.Meticulously prepared by two of the world's leading specialists, this major work will be the standard reference on the Heteroptera for many years to come.

ABC Insects

Author: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
ISBN: 9781454911944
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Teaches young readers the alphabet along with introducing insects, from egg-laying aphids to the striped zebra longwing butterfly, with fun facts about the insects on each page.--

History of Insects

Author: A.P. Rasnitsyn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0306475774
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524

Book Description
This is the first single book to cover the whole of the fossil history of insects so comprehensively. The volume embraces subjects from the history of insect palaeontology to the diagnostic features of all insect orders, both extant and extinct.

Cockroaches

Author: William J. Bell
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801891752
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 781

Book Description
The essential volume on the biology and behavior of these remarkable insects. “This transformative work will be an inspiration to students of entomology.” —Choice The cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, the book explores the fascinating natural history and behavior of cockroaches, describing their various colors, sizes, and shapes, as well as how they move on land, in water, and through the air. In addition to habitat use, diet, reproduction, and behavior, Cockroaches covers aspects of cockroach biology, such as the relationship between cockroaches and microbes, termites as social cockroaches, and the ecological impact of the suborder. With over 100 illustrations, an expanded glossary, and an invaluable set of references, this work is destined to become the classic book on the Blattaria. Students and research entomologists can mine each chapter for new ideas, new perspectives, and new directions for future study. “Well-written . . . visually attractive . . . This book is much needed to educate biologists about the fascinating biology and diversity of cockroaches.” —Integrative and Comparative Biology “A must-have for any insect hobbyest.” —Allpet Roaches Forum “This contribution is an important source of information on cockroach natural history and diversity.” —The Quarterly Review of Biology “Suitable for researchers, students, and naturalists, chapters are topical, exploring the diversity of cockroaches.” —Southeastern Naturalist

Bugged

Author: Sarah Albee
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802734227
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
A funny, insightful exploration of the clash between the human and insect worlds - to sometimes disastrous results