Insectopedia – The secret world of southern African insects by Erik Holm

By Erik Holm

Insectopedia uncovers the interesting and infinitely various global of bugs. It explores their interesting behaviour and biology – from mating and breeding, metamorphosis and circulate to sight, odor, listening to and their diversifications to warmth and chilly. A bankruptcy on superorganisms probes the curious phenomenon of social groups between bugs; one other covers the serious function that those creatures play in retaining the delicate stability of existence on our planet. The e-book concludes with a 60-page illustrated box advisor, describing so much insect orders and their major households. formerly released as Insectlopedia of Southern Africa, this totally revised and redesigned version comprises updated details all through, an increased identity part, and several other hundred new photos. revenues issues: greater than seven-hundred images, many depicting seldom photographed insect behaviours, transparent, effortless to learn textual content, and more than a few characteristic and truth bins that upload a full of life contact, comprises an identity part with images and line illustrations, the writer is widely known for his radio talks on insects.

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