The Natural History Of Insects
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Author | : Martin Walters |
Publisher | : Armadillo |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781844764686 |
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.
Author | : Steven A. Marshall |
Publisher | : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books |
Total Pages | : 790 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
An examination of the characteristics, habitat and behavior of insects, including comprehensive picture keys for insect identification.
Author | : Richard Jones |
Publisher | : Pelagic Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2021-05-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1784272515 |
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.
Author | : Michael S. Engel |
Publisher | : Sterling |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2018-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781454923237 |
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.
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1820 |
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A father tells his child about the wonder of the natural world from a Christian point of view.
Author | : Xavier Belles |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2020-03-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128130210 |
Insect Metamorphosis: From Natural History to Regulation of Development and Evolution explores the origin of metamorphosis, how it evolved, and how it is it regulated. The book discusses insect metamorphosis as a key innovation in insect evolution. With most of the present biodiversity on Earth composed of metamorphosing insects—approximately 1 million species currently described, with another 10-30 million still waiting to be discovered, the book delves into misconceptions and past treatments. In addition, the topic of integrating insect metamorphosis into the theory of evolution by natural selection as noted by Darwin in his On the Origin of Species is also discussed. Users will find this to be a comprehensive and updated review on insect metamorphosis, covering biological, physiological and molecular facets, with an emphasis on evolutionary aspects. - Features updated knowledge from the past decade on the mechanisms of action of juvenile hormone, the main doorkeeper of insect metamorphosis - Aids researchers in entomology or developmental biology dealing with specialized aspects of metamorphosis - Provides applied entomologists with recently updated data, especially on regulation, to better face the problems of pest control and management - Gives general evolutionary biologists context on the process of metamorphosis in its larger scope
Author | : Jerry A. Powell |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780520037823 |
What is that creature that just landed on my arm? What will that funny-looking caterpillar turn into? What do lady-bugs eat? This book will help you to answer such questions (and many more) about your local insects. - From inside cover.
Author | : R.P. Lane |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 733 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401115540 |
Surprising though it seems, the world faces almost as great a threat today from arthropod-borne diseases as it did in the heady days of the 1950s when global eradication of such diseases by eliminating their vectors with synthetic insecticides, particularly DDT, seemed a real possibility. Malaria, for example, still causes tremendous morbidity and mortality throughout the world, especially in Africa. Knowledge of the biology of insect and arachnid disease vectors is arguably more important now than it has ever been. Biological research directed at the development of better methods of control becomes even more important in the light of the partial failure of many control schemes that are based on insecticide- although not all is gloom, since basic biological studies have contributed enormously to the outstanding success of international control programmes such as the vast Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa. It is a sine qua non for proper understanding of the epidemiology and successful vector control of any human disease transmitted by an arthropod that all concerned with the problem - medical entomologist, parasitologist, field technician - have a good basic understanding of the arthropod's biology. Knowledge will be needed not only of its direct relationship to any parasite or pathogen that it transmits but also of its structure, its life history and its behaviour - in short, its natural history. Above all, it will be necessary to be sure that it is correctly identified.
Author | : Sarah Albee |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2014-04-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0802734227 |
A funny, insightful exploration of the clash between the human and insect worlds - to sometimes disastrous results
Author | : David Grimaldi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 790 |
Release | : 2005-05-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521821490 |
Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the 3 billion-year history of life on Earth, and the most ecologically dominant animals on land. This book chronicles for the first time the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. The book is illustrated with 955 photo- and electronmicrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photos, many in full colour and virtually all of them original. The book will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity: professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists.