Interesting Insects (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by The Natural History Museum, London, 2020
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Hardcover. Londons Natural History Museum holds the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world with over 34 million insect and arachnid specimens.Interesting Insects showcases the weird, wonderful, and often surprisingly beautiful world of bugs, from shimmering stag beetles to dazzling dragonflies.For each stunning specimen there is a close-up photograph and accompanying text describing its appearance, lifestyle, distribution and size, together with its key characteristics. Interesting Insects presents striking and surprisingly photogenic insect portraits, each specially selected from the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world - 34 million specimens held by London's Natural History Museum. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- Interesting Insects (Hardcover)
- Author
- Gavin Broad
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum, London
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 056509503X
- ISBN 13
- 9780565095031
Smithsonian Handbook of Interesting Insects presents striking photographic profiles of insects, each one specially selected from the 34 million specimens found in one of the oldest and most important entomology collection in the world, held by London's Natural History Museum. The book showcases more than one hundred significant bug species, including the ruby-tailed wasp, the garden tiger moth, the jewel beetle, the flying stick insect, the orchid bee, and many others.
Magnificent full-color photographs show the bugs in detail, so that readers can learn to distinguish, for example, the translucent abdomen of the great pied hoverfly from the yellow or orange markings on a giant scoliid wasp. Each detailed and dazzling photograph is accompanied by a caption describing the bug's lifestyle, distribution, size, and key characteristics. An insightful introduction also explores the different orders and families found in the insect classes and an explanation of how they have evolved. Based on the most up-to-date science and accessibly written, the book will appeal to scientists and amateur science readers alike.
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