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The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia
Paul D. BrockJack W. Hasenpusch
出版Csiro Publishing, 2009
主題Nature / Animals / Insects & SpidersScience / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
ISBN06430941809780643094185
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Yhk4VPZPdX0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Australia has a rich diversity of phasmids--otherwise known as stick and leaf insects. Most of them are endemic, few have been studied and new species continue to be found. Stick insects are, by far, Australia's longest insects--some of them reach up to 300 mm in body length and more than 500 mm including outstretched legs. Many stick insects are very colorful and some have quite elaborate, defensive behavior. Increasingly they are being kept as pets.

This is the first book on Australian phasmids for nearly 200 years. It includes photographs and distribution maps for all species, notes on their ecology and biology as well as identification keys suitable for novices or professionals.