Princeton University Press, 2022. — 288 p. Moths are among the most underappreciated insects on the planet, yet they make up the majority of some 180,000 known species of Lepidoptera. Filled with striking images, The Lives of Moths looks at the remarkable world of these amazing and beautiful creatures. While butterflies may get more press than moths, Andrei Sourakov and Rachel...
Princeton University Press, 2023. — 600 p. This amazing field guide enables you to identify all 783 families of insects currently recognized in the United States and Canada. Richly illustrated with more than 3,700 stunning photos along with keys to families for many of the orders, Insects of North America features a comprehensive introduction that discusses classification and...
Princeton University Press, 2022. — 288 p. Moths are among the most underappreciated insects on the planet, yet they make up the majority of some 180,000 known species of Lepidoptera. Filled with striking images, The Lives of Moths looks at the remarkable world of these amazing and beautiful creatures. While butterflies may get more press than moths, Andrei Sourakov and Rachel...
The University of Alberta Press, 2019. — 272 p. In The Flying Zoo, Michael Stock gives readers an enthusiastic tribute to birds and the parasites that live in and on them. From the Crozet Archipelago and the Galapagos Islands to our backyards, parasites - fleas, lice, ticks, and flukes - live in a sinister yet symbiotic relationship with their host birds. With a scientist's...
Illustriert von Frantiäck Severa. — Prag: Artia, 1969. — 239 S. The enchanting light of beetles is accessible from behind the scenes. Anyone who carefully follows the bugs in nature will find many surprises, be it in the beauty of shapes and colors or the variety of manifestations of life. The beauty of the beetles in itself brings satisfaction to the newcomers, even before...
Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural), 2006. — Sup. N.º9. — P. 5-139. — ISSN 0870-3876. Being the first of a series dealing with the entomofauna of the Madeira and Selvagens Islands, this catalogue is a list of all Lepidoptera recorded from this region of Macaronesia, with references to the relevant literature. The checklist includes 37 families, 211 genera...
Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural), 2006. — Sup. N.º11. — P. 5-167. — ISSN 0870-3876. Based on a revision of the relevant taxonomic and faunistic literature, as well as of previously published and unpublished material, a critically updated catalog of the Staphylinidae of Madeira and the Selvagens is compiled. 25 species are deleted from the list of...
Illustriert von Frantiäck Severa. — Prag: Artia, 1969. — 239 S. The enchanting light of beetles is accessible from behind the scenes. Anyone who carefully follows the bugs in nature will find many surprises, be it in the beauty of shapes and colors or the variety of manifestations of life. The beauty of the beetles in itself brings satisfaction to the newcomers, even before...
Springer, 2018. — 296 p. — ISBN: 331977784X This is the most comprehensive book available on Mexican species of stingless bees. It addresses the biology, management and conservation of these important insects for Latin America and the world at large. This book draws on extensive scientific evidence and offers an important reference guide for different audiences
University of Minnesota Press, 1976. — 341 p. — ISBN: 978-1299945722. Mayflies have fascinated man for centuries because of the brief span of their adult lives. These aquatic insects spend most of their lives as nymphs in water, then develop into winged stages and soon die, most species having an adult life of only two or three days. This brevity is implied in the very name of...
University of California Press, 1993. — 594 p. — ISBN: 9780520078499. This is the first comprehensive guide to insect life in a part of the world known for its abundant, and endangered, life forms. Charles Hogue’s scholarship embraces vast geographical territory — Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Color photographs and first-rate drawings illustrate the...
Pensoft Pub, 2006. — 646 p. — ISBN: 9546422592. Mayflies represent a large part of the freshwater benthic biomass and are of central importance for the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. The nymphs of many taxa are sensitive to changes in habitat and water quality and most bioindicator systems include their occurrence. This book contains the currently known reference data on...
CSIRO Publishing, 2001. — 216 p. — ISBN: 9780643094185. 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...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007. — 391 p. — ISBN: 0618153101 Comprehensive yet compact, authoritative yet easy to understand, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about the fascinating and diverse insects of North America. Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify, but here readers will find a wealth of information on the amazing...
Penguin Random House South Africa, 2005. — 444 p. — ISBN: 1770070613. This new guide will be of great value to entomologists, both amateur and professional, as well as to students, nature conservation officers, game rangers, gardeners, farmers, tourists and anyone with an interest in natural history. An introductory chapter discusses the insect body, life history,...
Sardegna: Ente Foreste della Sardegna, 2013. — 64 pagine. Le schede illustrano le principali specie di insetti sardi e sono corredate da illustrazioni e da brevi testi scientifici ed informativi per fornire un aiuto alla conoscenza delle specie elencate. Le schede contengono inoltre indicazioni sulle peculiarità e curiosità riguardo ciascun esemplare. Infine è presente un...