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The Resource Bugs rule! : an introduction to the world of insects, Whitney Cranshaw and Richard Redak

Bugs rule! : an introduction to the world of insects, Whitney Cranshaw and Richard Redak

Label
Bugs rule! : an introduction to the world of insects
Title
Bugs rule!
Title remainder
an introduction to the world of insects
Statement of responsibility
Whitney Cranshaw and Richard Redak
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Provides a lively introduction to the biology and natural history of insects and their noninsect cousins, such as spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. This richly illustrated textbook features more than 830 color photos, a concise overview of the basics of entomology, and numerous sidebars that highlight and explain key points. Detailed chapters cover each of the major insect groups, describing their physiology, behaviors, feeding habits, reproduction, human interactions, and more
Cataloging source
YDX
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Cranshaw, Whitney
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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Redak, Richard
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Insects
  • Entomology
  • Arthropods
  • Insects
  • Insects
  • Insecta
  • Entomology
  • Insectes
  • Entomology
  • Entomologie
  • Insects
  • entomology
  • Insekten
  • Entomologie
Label
Bugs rule! : an introduction to the world of insects, Whitney Cranshaw and Richard Redak
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Jumpers and strollers : grasshoppers, crickets, and walkingsticks
  • Variety is the spice of life : some minor, but interesting, insect orders
  • Roach cities and assassin cousins
  • Lousy nitpickers
  • Life on an all-fluid diet
  • Insect bruisers and their lacewinged cousins
  • City builders that rule
  • Scale-winged beauties and custom homebuilders
  • "Gift" bearers of plague : or a plump insect wedding present
  • Marvels of the air : two-winged wonders
  • Introduction to the arthropods
  • What one sees on the outside : external features of insects
  • The internal organization
  • Growth and metamorphosis
  • The arachnids : spiders, scorpions, mites, and other eight-legged wonders
  • The "other" arthropods
  • Oldies but goodies
  • Insects fly!
Control code
841391611
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xi, 480 pages
Isbn
9781400848928
Lccn
2013934688
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)841391611
Label
Bugs rule! : an introduction to the world of insects, Whitney Cranshaw and Richard Redak
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • Jumpers and strollers : grasshoppers, crickets, and walkingsticks
  • Variety is the spice of life : some minor, but interesting, insect orders
  • Roach cities and assassin cousins
  • Lousy nitpickers
  • Life on an all-fluid diet
  • Insect bruisers and their lacewinged cousins
  • City builders that rule
  • Scale-winged beauties and custom homebuilders
  • "Gift" bearers of plague : or a plump insect wedding present
  • Marvels of the air : two-winged wonders
  • Introduction to the arthropods
  • What one sees on the outside : external features of insects
  • The internal organization
  • Growth and metamorphosis
  • The arachnids : spiders, scorpions, mites, and other eight-legged wonders
  • The "other" arthropods
  • Oldies but goodies
  • Insects fly!
Control code
841391611
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xi, 480 pages
Isbn
9781400848928
Lccn
2013934688
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
System control number
(OCoLC)841391611

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