Description: Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth by Michael S. ENGEL. Published by the American museum of natural history, New York. Copyright 2018. Featuring illustrations from one of the worlds great rare book collections. Engel is a research affiliate at the American museum of natural history in New York. He is also university distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionarily biology and senior curator of entomology at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. To Date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species are added to the ranks every year. It is estimated that there are somewhere around 5 million insect species on earth, making them the most diverse lineage of all life by far. This magnificent volume tells the incredible story of these innumerable animals: their evolution; metamorphosis; pests, parasites, and plagues; society and language; camouflage; and pollination - plus tales of discovery by intrepid entomologists. With more than 180 illustrations, you’ll discover a world observed, and documented down to its tiniest, astonishing detail, from butterflies’ iridescent wings to beetles’ vibrant colors.
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
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Book Title: Innumerable Insects : the Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Topic: Animals / Insects & Spiders, Natural History, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
Publication Year: 2018
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Art, Science
Author: Michael S. Engel
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 9 in
Book Series: Natural Histories Ser.
Format: Hardcover
