500 Insects: A Visual Reference (Firefly Visual Reference)

Marshall, Stephen A.

ISBN 10: 1554073456 / ISBN 13: 9781554073450

Published by Firefly Books, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 500 Insects: A Visual Reference (Firefly Visual Reference)
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554073456
• ISBN 13: 9781554073450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

Fascinating insects from around the world, including some newly discovered species.

From the Introduction
"Insect diversity, especially the almost untapped diversity of little-studied insects, should be seen as a rich ore... to be mined for generations to come."

Insects account for more than half of the approximately 1.7 million named species of all living things. The number of insect species yet undiscovered runs into many further millions.

Stephen Marshall has selected 500 of the most interesting insects from his travels to North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Beautiful photographs show the insects in their natural habitats, and informative "factfiles" provide further details about the lives of these fascinating creatures. Some of the insects are new species, photographed here for the first time.

In addition to the entries for each of the species, there is an introduction on insect biology, classification and distribution, along with information on collecting and photographing insects.

About the Author

Stephen A. Marshall is a professor of entomology at the University of Guelph, where he developed a major insect collection and carries out research on insect systematics and biodiversity. He has discovered hundreds of new species, several new genera and even two new subfamilies. He is also the author of Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity, a Booklist Editor's Choice Reference selection for 2006.