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Title: Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1552976122
ISBN 13: 9781552976128
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1 Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 3.16 pounds

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Combining authoritative, easy-to-read essays with accurate illustrations and full color photographs, this encyclopedia covers all of the families that encompass the million-plus species of insects and spiders. A unique and thoroughly current volume, it includes:

In addition to a comprehensive text, each species entry also has a Factfile for quick retrieval of essential data:

Scientists, zoologists and expert researchers have contributed specially commissioned articles. These specialists, all experts in their fields, are actively involved in conducting frontline scientific or behavioral research. The inclusion of their latest findings and interpretations sets this title apart.

About the Author

Christopher O'Toole works in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History where he runs the Bee Systematics and Biology Unit. His research has taken him to the deserts of the Middle East and North America and the savannahs of South America and Africa. He has collaborated on natural history films about insects, most recently the six-part BBC TV series Alien Empire, for which he wrote the accompanying book, and has written 14 additional books on insect behavior and natural history, including Bees of the World (with Anthony Raw) and Bumblebees.

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