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Insects Are Survivors. Since Their Evolution In The Devonian, Some 365 Million Years Ago, They Have Penetrated Almost Every Habitat On Earth. Today In Australia There Are Over 100,000 Species Crawling, Flying, Hopping And Hurrying Across The Continent. Their Responses To The Challenges Of This Vast And Often Inhospitable Land Have Been An Array Of Clever Adaptations. Every Major Insect Group Has Found A Way To Live Here Successfully And Some Of The World's Oldest Lineages Of Insects Continue To Survive In Australia Despite Their Extinction Elsewhere. Australian Insects: A Natural History Records The Physical Attributes And Lifestyle Developments That Have Mad Elife On This Continent Possible For Insects. It Reveals Worlds That We Often Glimpse At But Rarely Stop To Consider. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Lives Of Insects: -- Chapter One - An Insect's Body -- Chapter Two - Life Cycles -- Chapter Three - Wings And Flight -- Chapter Four - Behaviour And Survival -- Chapter Five - Habits And Habitats -- Chapter Six - Collection And Observation -- 2 Australian Insects: -- Chapter Seven - Pseudo Insects -- Chapter Eight - Primitive Wingless Insects -- Chapter Nine -

Author

Bert Simon-Brunet

Publisher

New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781877069710

Subjects

Science, Stem