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In Volume I of Insect Phenotypic Plasticity, the plasticity inherent in insects is documented. Phenotypically plastic traits include morphological, behavioral, and physiological characteristics. These environmentally induced differences can serve ...

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This book explores the profound importance of phenotypic plasticity as a central organizing theme for understanding biology. The chapters take a broad, integrative approach to explain how physical and biological environmental stimuli (temperature,...

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Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life. They have a complex physiological structure particularly with regard to the processes of growth (molting), metabolic regulation, and reproduction. Crustaceans are ideal as model org...

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Featuring sequential photographs of the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and emerging butterfly, this work looks at the butterfly transformations. It explores the life cycles of 22 common butterflies, and covers caterpillar behaviour, changes in the c...

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Fully illustrated and easy to use, this convenient guide features non-technical language and up-to-date range maps for a wide variety of butterflies and moths. Illustrations.

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This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of I...

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This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of I...

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Drosophila melanogaster has been the model system of choice for many inv- tigators over the past hundred years. Due to its long-standing tradition as a model organism, many techniques used in Drosophila have been established and c- tinue to be dev...

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Accessible introduction to the biology, life cycle, natural history, and classification of moths Moths are a crucial insect group encompassing more than 160,000 species, and they are among the most ancient of Earth's inhabitants, with some fossils...

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Butterfly identification is now simple for everyone! This handy field guide focuses on 102 species of Florida butterflies, arranged by color. See a blue butterfly? Turn to the blue section. Perfect for backyard or field use, this book features ful...

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Butterfly identification is now simple for everyone! This handy field guide focuses on 164 species of Georgia butterflies, arranged by color. See a blue butterfly? Turn to the blue section. Perfect for backyard or field use, this book features ful...

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Fireflies: Summertime Magic! Watching fireflies is a summertime tradition. Bring back those childhood memories as you learn more about these delightful insects. Fun facts about fireflies, such as the different flashing patterns for various species...

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Your Quick Guide to Identifying Butterflies At the park, in the garden, or on a walk, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Jaret C. Daniels' best-selling butterfly field guides and featuring only Midwest species, Butterflies of the Mid...

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A Celebration of Beautiful Butterflies More than 700 species of butterflies live in North America, and all are worthy of our admiration. Butterflies are perhaps the most beautiful and easily recognizable insects in the world. They hold our attenti...

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Your Quick Guide to Identifying Butterflies in the Northwest At the park, in the garden, or on a walk, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Jaret C. Daniels' best-selling butterfly field guides, Butterflies of the Northwest features on...

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Drosophila melanogaster has been the model system of choice for many inv- tigators over the past hundred years. Due to its long-standing tradition as a model organism, many techniques used in Drosophila have been established and c- tinue to be dev...

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With the help of this book, readers will discover the amazing life transformations happening right in their own backyards. Hundreds of full-colour, close-up photographs capture the various stages in the development of a wide variety of common inse...

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This practical, non-technical introduction to insect classification offers a well-illustrated, straight-forward primer in entomology. Whether you are part of a master naturalist program, are interested in environmentally friendly pest management, ...

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An essential reference book for every collector and researcher of American seashells, Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells is a complete sourcebook and up-to-date identification guide, covering an unprecedented nine hundred species of seashells and mol...

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Dazzling in appearance, dragonflies have long captured the imagination of people in various cultures. In this volume, dozens of full-color photographs enable readers to learn about the needs, life cycle, and food preferences of these long-bodied i...

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No matter the size or shape of your growing area, this will guide you through creating a butterfly-friendly space. Mother Earth News Welcome the worlds most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces...

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This publication is an account of the distribution, morphology, biology and classification of those scorpions considered to be of medical importance. The book also contains information on the clinical aspects of scorpion envenomation, and on metho...

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American Indians worshiped them as creators of the world, Napoleon ate them to celebrate his victories, Swedes have them shipped in from halfway around the world, and for Louisiana's Cajuns the humble crawfish is the centerpiece of cuisine, a symb...

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Being little can be tough. You can't really see much from low to the ground. As Butter, the caterpillar grows she finds she has a much larger view of the world. This is a story of a caterpillar that grows into a butterfly she did not know existed....

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Monarch of the Butterflies describes in detail the life story of this, one of the best-known and most-loved of nature's creatures. In it the author introduces us to what we've learned from and about the monarch, through science, literature and art.

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This welcome addition to Iowas popular series of laminated guidesthe twenty-seventh in the seriesillustrates fifty-one species commonly found in the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Sat...

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In Immersion: The Science and Mystery of Freshwater Mussels, Abbie Gascho Landis brings readers to a hotbed of mussel diversity, the American Southeast, to seek mussels where they eat, procreate, and, too often, perish. Accompanied often by her hu...

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An eminent krill scientist takes us on a journey through the dark, icy world of krill. Krill. Its a familiar word that conjures oceans, whales, and swimming crustaceans. Scientists say they are one of most abundant animals on the planet. But few c...

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A vibrant graphic adaptation of the classic science memoir Regarded as one of the world's preeminent biologists, Edward O. Wilson spent his boyhood exploring the forests and swamps of south Alabama and the Florida panhandle, collecting snakes...

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Insects are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with over a million described species. In common with all other life forms, insects suffer from viruses that cripple and kill. Admittedly, insects transmit...

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