Insects of South-Eastern Australia
Insects of South-Eastern Australia

Author: Roger Farrow

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 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.

Backyard Insects of South-East Queensland
Backyard Insects of South-East Queensland

Author: Christopher James Burwell

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780977594399

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A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to the insects commonly found in Brisbane backyards. This pocket companion contains information on ants, roaches, bees and many more insects that you'll find in a Brisbane household. Filled with their appetites, activities and habitats, it's the essential guide for any Brisbanite curious about insects.

Backyard Insects of Brisbane
Backyard Insects of Brisbane

Author: Chris Burwell

Publisher:

Published: 2023-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780648800576

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A pocket-sized guide to insects commonly found in Brisbane backyards and homes.

Australian Backyard Naturalist
Australian Backyard Naturalist

Author: Peter Macinnis

Publisher: National Library Australia

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0642277427

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This book is written by Peter Macinnis, the recipient of the Eve Pownall award in the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards for the sister publication, Australian Backyard Explorer. In Australian Backyard Naturalist, Peter enthusiastically explores the animals that inhabit the places in which we live, from the furry to the slimy, the large to the tiny. He keeps readers entertained with stories about his own adventures with Australias creepy crawlies and other creatures, as well as collectors and naturalists stories from the times of first European settlement to recent times.

Backyard Insects
Backyard Insects

Author: Paul Horne

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780522852028

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A guide that allows anyone to recognize the insects that are most often found in Australian cities. It describes whether they are poisonous or pests, what they eat and other details of their lives.

Insects of South-Eastern Australia
Insects of South-Eastern Australia

Author: Roger Farrow

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2016-05

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1486304753

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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.

Backyard Insects Updated Edition
Backyard Insects Updated Edition

Author: Paul Horne

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 0522869629

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Love them or loathe them, we can't avoid insects. From aphids to flies, ladybirds to wasps, insects of all shapes and sizes share our homes and gardens. Now in updated edition, the bestselling Backyard Insects explores the secrets and habits of more than one hundred little critters that are common to backyard Australia. Crawling with full-colour, larger-than-life photographs for easy identification, Backyard Insects is an indispensable guide for nature lovers, gardeners and kids of all ages.

Miniature Lives
Miniature Lives

Author: Michelle Gleeson

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1486301398

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We can’t avoid insects. They scurry past us in the kitchen, pop up in our gardens, or are presented to us in jars by inquisitive children. Despite encountering them on a daily basis, most people don’t know an aphid from an antlion, and identifying an insect using field guides or internet searches can be daunting. Miniature Lives provides a range of simple strategies that people can use to identify and learn more about the insects in their homes and gardens. Featuring a step-by-step, illustrated identification key and detailed illustrations and colour photographs, the book guides the reader through the basics of entomology (the study of insects). Simple explanations, amusing analogies and quirky facts describe where insects live, how they grow and protect themselves, the clues they leave behind and their status as friend or foe in a way that is both interesting and easy to understand. Gardeners, nature lovers, students, teachers, and parents and grandparents of bug-crazed kids will love this comprehensive guide to the marvellous diversity of insects that surrounds us and the miniature lives they lead.

Pests, Diseases and Beneficials
Pests, Diseases and Beneficials

Author: F David Hockings AM

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2014-03-03

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1486300227

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Helps gardeners identify and deal with common insects and small animals that are found in every Australian garden.

Amazing Facts about Australian Insects & Spiders and Other Bush and Garden Creatures
Amazing Facts about Australian Insects & Spiders and Other Bush and Garden Creatures

Author: Pat Slater

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781875932351

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Invertebrates, which make up approximately 95 percent of animals, includes creatures of all sizes, shapes and lifestyles. Many land invertebrates, such as earthworms, spiders and a huge number of insects, affect human existence for better or for worse every day. Some invertebrates, such as oysters, grasshoppers, snails and crabs, are eaten by humans. This volume attempts to convey the diversity and fascination of the invertebrates which live in every Australian habitat, from rainforest to desert salt lake, from mountain peak to suburban home. Look closely and you will discover that these small creatures are not "creepy-crawlies", but marvellous members of the great world of living things. This book is intended to be an observer's introduction to Australia's wealth of land and freshwater invertebrate animals. The photographs showcase representatives of less well-known, as well as familiar, groups. Welcome to a world of often small, but always remarkable, creatures!