[PDF] Insects Of Australia eBook

Author : Roger Farrow
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1486304761

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A walk in the bush reveals insects visiting flowers, patrolling the air, burrowing under bark and even biting your skin. Every insect has characteristic feeding preferences and behaviours. Insects of South-Eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for identifying insects. Richly illustrated with colour photographs, the different species of insects found in Australia’s temperate south-east, including plant feeders, predators, parasites and decomposers, are presented. The guide is complemented by an introduction to the insects of the region, including their environment, classification, life history, feeding strategies and behaviour. Fascinating boxes on camouflage, mimicry and many other topics are also included throughout. Whether you are a field naturalist, entomologist or just want to know what’s in your backyard, Insects of South-Eastern Australia will help you to identify the insects most likely to be encountered, as well as understand the basics of their ecology and behaviour.

Author : Paul D Brock
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0643099700

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Australia has a rich diversity of phasmids – otherwise known as stick and leaf insects. Most of them are endemic, few have been studied and new species continue to be found. Stick insects are, by far, Australia’s longest insects – some of them reach up to 300 mm in body length, or more than half a metre if you include their outstretched legs. Many stick insects are very colourful, and some have quite elaborate, defensive behaviour. Increasingly they are being kept as pets. This is the first book on Australian phasmids for nearly 200 years and covers all known stick and leaf insects. It includes photographs of all species, notes on their ecology and biology as well as identification keys suitable for novices or professionals.

Author : Paul Zborowski
Publisher : Reed A H
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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Copiously illustrated practical guide providing a key to the 26 orders of insects in Australia, and describing the characteristics of the largest and most common families. Gives information about insect biology and life cycles and collecting insects. Includes a glossary and an index. Zborowski is an entomologist working for the CSIRO, and Storey is curator of the QDPI's Mareeba insect collection.

Author : Tim R. New
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400717806

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The book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background. It bridges the gap between photographic essays on insect identification and more technical texts, to illustrate and discuss many aspects of taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary diversity in the Australian insect fauna, and its impacts in human life, through outlines of many aspects of insect natural history.

Author : Phillip W. Hadlington
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780868404653

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The revised edition of this textbook incorporates more than 70 changes to scientific and common names and the reclassification of some insect species.

Author : Alan Henderson
Publisher : Museum Victoria
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 0975837087

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Looking after Australian invertebrates in captivity.

Author : David C. Rentz
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643095543

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This is the first well illustrated guide to Australian Katydids aimed at a general readership. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia explores this diverse group of insects from the family Tettigoniidae, which comprises about 2000 species in Australia.