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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Insects & spiders
Authoritative and informative, Southern African Moths & Their Caterpillars provides a comprehensive overview of the moth fauna of the region.
Featuring more than 1,500 of the 11,000 species occurring here, the guide focuses on those that are most abundant, of economical or ecological importance, conspicuous or unusual.
This essential guide offers:
- Authoritative text richly supported with photographs of both adult moth and larva
- Clear ID pointers plus information on biology, habitat and distribution
- An informative introduction covering evolution, life cycle, diversity and ecological importance of moths
Thoroughly revised and updated, this long-awaited new edition of Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa remains the most comprehensive guide to South African spiders published to date.
It features over 780 of the more common spider species encountered in the field and in homes and gardens, as well as representative species from some of the rarer spider families.
- ‘Quick Keys’ to the 72 South African spider families provide a useful starting point to identification.
- Succinct genus and species accounts cover identifying characteristics, breeding, behaviour, distribution and conservation status.
- Colour photographs and/or illustrations as well as distribution maps support each entry.
- Introductory chapter discusses spider morphology, spider life cycle, the functions of silk, as well as spider collection techniques.
- Section on venom identifies species that pose a danger to humans, unpacks neurotoxic and cytotoxic venom, and details the symptoms and treatment of spider bites.
Verken die wonderlike wêreld van Suider-Afrika se spinnekoppe – hulle
kom in hordes verskillende vorms en groottes, en is veel slimmer as wat
jy dink! Hierdie stampvol kinderboek verduidelik waar spinnekoppe woon,
wat hulle eet, hoe hulle jag, watter gif hulle
het, en hoe hulle hul kleintjies beskerm. Treffende makrofotografie
verken die wêreld van spinnekoppe soos nooit tevore nie. Ontmoet ’n
spinnekop wat spoeg om sy prooi te vang, een wat in seeskulpe wegkruip,
nog een wat as ’n mier vermon is . . . en meer as vyftig
ander – van die welbekende Langbeenspinnekop tot die pragtige
Blomkrapspinnekop, stekelrige Krimpvarkiespinnekop en
goedgekamoufleerde Basspinnekop.
PLAY AND LEARN: learn about bees and biodiversity as you play this
family strategy game for age 6+, based on traditional Mancala
SCREEN-FREE FUN for two players aged 6 and up
SOMETHING TO TREASURE: this is a quality product made to last, with
bespoke illustration and sleek and stylish packaging
EXPLORE THE ENTIRE SERIES: this game is one of our nature games, others
include Bird Bingo, I Saw It First! Ocean, Match a Leaf, Under the Sea
LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING has been capturing imaginations and inspiring
creativity in new and unexpected ways for over 30 years, with playful
and eye-catching games, gifts and books
Buzz the bees to the flowers to collect pollen and then back to the
hive to make honey for feeding and growing your very own bee colony.
The player with the largest colony wins! Based on the ancient gameplay
of mancala, Beehive Mancala is a fun strategy game for adults and
children aged 6+. Includes facts about the bees and flowers featured,
plus details on the honey-making process and the importance of bees
from the beekeeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
A book of evocative and atmospheric photographs taken by Dick
Hawkes to create a representative record of this precious and
ecologically unique habitat - before much of it is lost to the many
threats it faces. Chalk streams have been described as England's
"rainforest". Around 85% of the world's chalk streams are in
England. They are beautiful, biologically distinct and amazingly
rich in wildlife, but are under threat from man-made issues of
abstraction, pollution from chemicals and effluent, development for
housing, and climate change. Included in the book are images of
typical habitats and species of wildlife found in chalk streams and
water meadows, highlighting those that are rare or most under
threat.
Thirty years of Butterflies in traditional Lancashire and Cheshire.
A regional butterfly atlas with a difference: taking three ten-year
periods (last decade of the 20th century and the first two decades
of the 21st), this book documents the changes in distribution and
abundance of all the butterfly species which occur of have occurred
within vice-counties 58, 59, 60 and the furness portion of 69,
which equate to the true historic or traditional English counties
of Cheshire and Lancashire a " a a no legislation has ever changed
the boundaries of Britaina s traditional countiesa a From a base in
the MerseyValley, close to the border between the counties, the
author explores the length and breadth of both of them, noting how
the butterflies have been affected by human activities as well as
by the forces of Nature, and also takes a closer look at the
1974-created administrative areas of Merseyside and Greater
Manchester, and their central cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
There is also a section of flowers which butterflies use for their
nutrition within the two counties.
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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Sasol Eerste Veldgids tot Spinnekoppe & Skerpioene van Suider-Afrika bied aan die jong leser Æn fassinerende blik op die ryke verskeidenheid spinagtiges wat in die streek voorkom. Met behulp van volkleur fotoÆs en maklik leesbare teks, sal die jong volwassene en ontluikende natuur liefhebber die algemene spesies in Suider-Afrika identifiseer.
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