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Bugs
Andrea Mills
The award-winning Find Out series introduces a range of topics, from the human body to animals and the solar system. Brief texts and hundreds of photographs and diagrams present key facts, with a glossary of special terms, and most of the titles also include an interview with an expert. Age 6+

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Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
John Tampion;Maureen Tampion
Every garden has the potential to attract butterflies. This illustrated guide shows how to encourage these vital pollinators by providing them with the right plants to feed on and places to breed and hibernate. Chapters cover the butterfly lifecycle, common garden butterflies, and preferred habitats. A directory lists food plant species, while a final chapter offers tips on photographing butterflies.

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Butterflies
Messages from Psyche
Philip Howse
People have long marvelled at the patterns on the wings of butterflies and moths without understanding them. This remarkable book shows how they have evolved to deter predators and how, seen from the perspective of a bird or lizard, they appear to be the eyes of a fox or owl, a snake’s head, or the tail of a scorpion. Illustrated with close-up photographs and works of art, the book also explores the way these symbols have influenced human culture.

£25.00

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Green Guide to Butterflies Of Britain and Europe
Robert Goodden;Rosemary Goodden
In addition to a catalogue arranged by family such as Pierids (whites) and Nymphalids (admirals and fritillaries), this guide covers the anatomy of butterflies and caterpillars, when and where to see them, breeding and conservation issues.

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Locust
The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped
Jeffrey A Lockwood

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The Aurelian Legacy
British Butterflies and Their Collectors
Michael A Salmon;Peter Marren et al
After a history of butterfly collecting in Britain and a chapter on the methods of the early lepidopterists, this volume presents profiles of 101 collectors, from Thomas Moffet (1553–1604) to John Heath (1922–1987), each illustrated with a contemporary portrait. The ‘Aurelians’ are followed by a survey of some of the historically interesting species they collected, and a discussion of conservation and collecting. Finally, the book lists all British and Irish butterflies, with past and present common names.

£30.00

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Metamorphosis
Astonishing Insect Transformations
Rupert Soskin
The transformation of unpromising larvae into complex and delicate adult insects is one of the wonders of nature. This photographic celebration records the metamorphoses of a variety of creatures including crickets and grasshoppers, butterflies and moths, ants, bees, flies and beetles. The detailed close-ups reveal their life-cycles from the hatching of an egg to the emergence of the adult, and the accompanying text explores the mechanisms that drive the process and why insects have evolved these remarkable solutions to survival.

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Spiders, Scorpions and Creepy Crawlies
Claudia Martin
The pages of this book crawl with some of the biggest, scariest and strangest invertebrates on the planet, as Martin profiles more than 40 species in chapters devoted to spiders, scorpions, ants, flies and wasps, and worms. Colour photos and detailed, annotated illustrations provide close-up views of such fearsome creatures as the king baboon spider, the tarantula hawk wasp and the eerie velvet worm, while the accessible text includes locator maps, facts and figures, and behavioural information.

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