general editor peter cribb (1 Ergebnisse)

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. The Amateur Entomologists' Society, Published 1992. Wraps, v, 73 pp; 21 cm; new edition; staple bound; illustrated with line drawings and black-and-white photographic plates. In Very Good condition. Green illustrated wrappers, staple bound; light bumping to the edges and mild to moderate shelf wear, with a bit of color loss to the front cover near the spine. Original retailer's sticker (BioQuip Products) inside the front cover and original price sticker ($9.50) on the back cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A practical handbook for the amateur entomologist on keeping, breeding, and studying phasmids (stick and leaf-insects), issued as Volume 22 of The Amateur Entomologist. First published as AES Leaflet No. 30 in 1970 (Rearing Stick Insects), revised in 1985 as The Phasmid Rearer's Handbook, and here issued as a new and expanded edition. Covers taxonomy, morphology, life-history, rearing methods, and detailed species accounts, with line drawings by Paul Brock and Tony James and black-and-white photographic plates by R.W.J. Uffen and Paul Brock. Contents: Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Taxonomy, and notes on the major publications on Stick-insects and Leaf-insects; Morphology; Life-history and Development; Predators, Parasites and Diseases; Rearing stick and leaf-insects in captivity; Eggs; Nymphs; Adults; The main species, Carausius morosus, the Laboratory Stick-insect; Other species covered in detail (Stick-insects; Leaf-insects); Other species in culture (brief notes); Locating and collecting stick-insects; Preservation of stick and leaf-insects; Photography; Glossary; Sources of supply; Further reading.