Third revised edition
Edited by Christopher O'Toole
With around one million species, insects and their allies are by far the most successful, variable and bizarre group of living things to have evolved on our planet. Yet much of their biology continues to remain a mystery. In this definitive and beautifully written book, Christopher O'Toole has compiled an authoritative overview of all the world's terrestrial anthropods. Written by the world's leading experts in entomology, the accounts are accessible to both scientific and general readers. Taking each group in turn, from millipedes to mantids and from spiders to scorpions, this volume provides a summary of the current scientific understanding of this fascinating group of animals. Exceptionally illustrated with specially commissioned artwork illuminating the text, this work is the one-stop guide to the host of largely unseen ‘mini-beasts’ that share our world.
Christopher O'Toole is from the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. As well as conducting entomological research he has collaborated in the making of many natural history films and books about insects, such as the BBC series Alien Empire
Print edition ISBN: 9780198525059; 0198525052
Publishing history: First edition 2002
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