Insects - successful models of evolution: fascinating and threatened
Auteur :
Gnatzy, Werner / Tautz, Jürgen
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN :
9783662710289
Date de publication :
17 mai 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
Fascinating texts accompany the pictures and explain, among other things, how the great diving beetle uses vertebrate hormones as knock-out drops when attacked by fish, the pine moth beetle locates distant forest fires, the bombardier beetle emits pulsed explosions with its firing apparatus or the blue butterfly caterpillar glamours ants.