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Insects in camera : a photographic essay on behaviour
- Title
- Insects in camera : a photographic essay on behaviour / text, Christopher O'Toole ; photography, Ken Preston-Mafham.
- Author
- O'Toole, Christopher.
- Publication
- Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL496 .O86 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Preston-Mafham, Ken.
- Description
- xiii, 154 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- Insects in Camera is about the behaviour of insects, the most successful animals on Earth. It contains 287 colour photographs of live insects from 5 continents - some of the subjects have never been photographed before.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 146-147.
- Contents
- I The life of Insects -- 1. Success in diversity -- 2. Food and feeding -- 3. Finding a mate -- 4. Investments for the future: egg-laying and parental care -- 5. The social option -- II Designed for survival: insects and the outside world -- 6. Parasites, nest scavengers, and cuckoos -- 7. Defence in a hostile world
- ISBN
- 0192176943
- 9780192176943
- LCCN
- 84005648
- OCLC
- ocm10557690
- 10557690
- SCSB-9645943
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library