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Guide to Spiders of Australia
ISBN: PB: 9781921517242, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, October 2015
448 pp., 21.1x17.2 cm
Few animals rival spiders in their diversity of forms and colour, ecological abundance and importance, and complexity of behaviours. Spiders have inspired awe amongst arachnologists and naturalists and at the same time are feared by many. The Austral...
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£24,99
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Planet of the Bugs Evolution and the Rise of Insects
ISBN: PB: 9780226325750, ISBN: HB: 9780226163611, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 colour plates, 31 halftones
Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth – and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw – millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient...
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£13,00
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£22,00
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All about Butterflies of Australia
ISBN: PB: 9781921517433, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, August 2015
176 pp., 21x15 cm, 300 colour illus.
This new title investigates the always-popular subject of Australian butterflies.Early chapters explore the lifecycle of these magestic insects, with stunning images showing the progression from egg through caterpillar and chrysalis stages to adult b...
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£14,99
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Dragonflies Magnificent Creatures of Water, Air, and Land
ISBN: HB: 9780300197082, Yale University Press, May 2015
176 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 172 colour illus.
Almost without our noticing, dragonflies dart through our world, flying, seeing, hunting, mating. Their lives are as mysterious as their gossamer wings are beautiful. In this book Pieter van Dokkum reveals many of the dragonfly's secrets, capturing t...
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£30,00
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Cockroach Papers A Compendium of History and Lore
ISBN: PB: 9780226260471, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
208 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 21 halftones
Skittering figures of urban legend – and a ubiquitous reality – cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches' basic design of...
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£11,50
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