Hymenoptera : The Natural History and Diversity of Wasps, Bees and Ants, Hard...

by Stephen A. Marshall

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Hymenoptera : The Natural History and Diversity of Wasps, Bees and Ants, Hardcover by Marshall, Stephen A., ISBN 0228103711, ISBN-13 9780228103714, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Stephen A. Marshall's natural history titles - Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity, Beetles: The Natural History and Diversity of Coleoptera and Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera - are among the most respected books on the insect world published in the last 20 years. More admirable than ths' rigorous science, however, is that they are wholly suitable for a lay audience, including high school students interested in entomology. Ths have been adopted as classroom texts at the university level and are on the reference shelves of many practicing entomologists. In Hymenoptera, Marshall has again applied his broad knowledge of insects to the world of wasps, bees and ants. The subject of this book is an enormous one, since Hymenoptera is arguably the largest order of living things. Comprehensive and packed with richly illustrated keys and thousands of color photographs identified with help from nearly 100 of the world's best hymenopterists, this volume provides the reader with a colorful and enjoyable introduction to a huge group of organisms, along with an overview of the diversity of fascinating families included in the group. Marshall opens with a description of what makes a wasp a wasp, and then introduces the diversity, importance and natural history of the order with

• Publisher: Firefly Books, The Limited
• Year: 2023
• ISBN: 9780228103714
• Condition: Fine

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