A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's butterfliesPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover.
Information, inspiration, tips and trivia to help you make the most of your gardening yearThis guide to how to look after and enjoy your garden month by month is the ideal thoughtful gift for any gardener.
Identifying wildlife in Britain and Ireland is quick and easy with this complete practical field guide to the animals, plants, and fungi of the British Isles.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biologyHoney bees are marvelously charismatic organisms with a long history of interaction with humans.
The touchstone handbook for treating and preventing ailments from insidious bites This illustrated guide shows you how to identify ticks, spiders, mites, and their bite marks on human skin as well as on house pets; offers proven advice on how to prevent getting bitten; and explains what to do if you have been bitten.
An updated edition of the most complete resource on backyard insects availableThis second edition of Garden Insects of North America solidifies its place as the most comprehensive guide to the common insects, mites, and other ';bugs' found in the backyards and gardens of the United States and Canada.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biologyHoney bees are marvelously charismatic organisms with a long history of interaction with humans.
A surefire hit with young backyard diggers and bug-watchers, BasicIllustrated Guide to Frogs, Snakes, Bugs, and Slugs combines detailed illustrations of bugs, slugs, snakes, toads, and other creepy crawlies with clear and kid-friendly information to help the young bug-lover identify what's crawling up the tree, buzzing in his ear, or hiding under a log.
A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the worldBeetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on Earth: almost 400,000 species have been formally described so far, and it is likely that this number merely scratches the surface.
A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the worldBeetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on Earth: almost 400,000 species have been formally described so far, and it is likely that this number merely scratches the surface.
The definitive single-volume fully illustrated guideThis is the first fully illustrated guide to all 336 dragonfly and damselfly species of eastern North America-from the rivers of Manitoba to the Florida cypress swamps-and the companion volume to Dennis Paulson's acclaimed field guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of the West.
How honeybees make collective decisions-and what we can learn from this amazing democratic processHoneybees make decisions collectively-and democratically.
A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural worldFollowing the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today.
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West is the first fully illustrated field guide to all 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in western North America.
Este trabajo presenta 298 especies de mariposas diurnas, agrupadas en seis familias y 22 subfamilias, encontradas en la ciudad de Santa Marta, en su Sierra Nevada y en sus estribaciones (Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona).
Meist nimmt man viele der kleinen und unscheinbaren Tierchen im Garten erst wahr, wenn sie in größerer Anzahl auftreten oder durch Fraßschäden deutlich sichtbar werden.
Haltung und Nachzucht von Gespenst- und Stabschrecken sowie Wandelnden Blättern, die zusammengefasst die Insektenordnung der Phasmatodea bilden und als Phasmiden bezeichnet werden, gewinnen in der Terraristik immer mehr Anhänger.
Die Stabschrecken, auch Phasmiden genannt, zählen nicht gerade zu den Favoriten unter den eigentlichen Terrarientieren, doch nimmt die Anzahl der begeisterten Halter und Züchter stetig zu.
Entgegen seinen sonstigen literarischen Gewohnheiten befasst sich Ewers in diesem populärwissenschaftlichen Werk mit der Gattung der Ameisen, einer Tierart, die ihn seit jeher fasziniert hat.
Selbst gebaute und gestaltete Nützlingsquartiere - vom Insektenhotel bis zum Fledermauskasten - bieten vielen Tieren geeignete Ruhe- oder Überwinterungsplätze.
•Gestaltung von nützlingsgerechten Lebensräumen•Nisthilfen, Insektenhotels, Behausungen für kleine Säugetiere•Über 100 TierartenNützlinge helfen bei der natürlichen Bekämpfung von Schädlingen.
Der Erfolgstitel zum Thema Bienen• Das brandaktuelle Thema Bienen in einem einzigartigen Bildband• Die faszinierende Welt unseres wertvollsten Insekts• Spannende Lektüre voller Informationen 350 Naturaufnahmen• Vollständig überarbeitete Neuausgabe auf wissenschaftlich aktuellem Stand118 000 Imker betreuen 820 000 Bienenvölker in Deutschland - und es werden täglich mehr.
