The Spider-Winged Cupid and the Platypus

Howse, P. E.

Erscheinungsdatum: 2022

Beschreibung

It reveals what no museum collection can tell us about the evolution of mimicry that has produced creatures that can be mistaken by predators for dead leaves, toxic beetles, scorpions, venomous snakes, lizards, frogs, bats, or insect-eating birds. A selection from hundreds of thousands of photographic images shows how butterflies and moths in their natural environment deceive their enemies by their colour patterns and behaviour. The book introduces us to an amazing world that most naturalists and biologists never knew existed, and explains why this is so. For biologists this book opens up a new dimension to our understanding of evolutionary theory. For others it will, it is hoped, intensify their desire to help preserve the precious environments in which these seemingly alien but astonishingly beautiful insects are to be found. XXV + 171 pp., color photos, b/w illustrations, cloth bound gr. 8 [18.5 x 26 cm] [with dust jacket]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers W36288

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Spider-Winged Cupid and the Platypus

Erscheinungsdatum: 2022

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag