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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822414403321

Autore

Henderson Alan

Titolo

Bugs alive [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates / / Alan Henderson, Deanna Henderson and Jessie Sinclair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Melbourne, VIC, : Museum Victoria, 2012

ISBN

1-921833-20-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HendersonDeanna

SinclairJessie

Disciplina

595.0994

Soggetti

Invertebrates - Australia

Animals - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Amazing Australian bugs; Where do I get bugs?; What are bugs?; How to use this book; Care Guides; Ants; Beetles; Butterflies and moths; Cockroaches; Crickets and katydids; Grasshoppers; Mantids; Phasmids; True bugs; Wasps; Primitive spiders; Scorpions; Centipedes; Millipedes; Snails and slugs; Housing; Escape prevention; Temperature; Humidity; Lighting; Substrates; Enclosure fit-out; Food and water; Food; Water; Health; Why is my bug sick?; Quarantine; Diseases; Parasites; Physical injuries; Stress; Deficiencies in captivity; Emergency food; Effects of aging; Euthanasia

Display your invertebratesTips for creating good displays; Gypsum cement; Polystyrene and epoxyresin; Acknowledgements; Authors; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This exciting new title is the first book on keeping Australian invertebrates; previously, only titles on European or American species were available. Bugs Alive contains detailed descriptions (life-cycle, breeding, feeding) of over 90 species, as well as detailed instructions for housing and caring for your bug. Stunning colour photographs and line-art are used extensively throughout the book to display and describe animals and their anatomy, as well as to depict construction of housing and environment.