Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry

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2003
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Illustrated with the author's own photographs taken in jungles around the world, this book examines the crucial role of camouflage and mimicry in insect survival. During the course of roughly 400 million years on this planet, insects have developed over one million species with a great diversity of shape and colour to protect them from predators. Stunning colour photographs reveal insect secrets that we would never get a chance to observe ourselves as they attempt to blend into tree trunks or to imitate sticks, leaves, other insects or even bird dropping.

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Illustrated with the author's own photographs taken in jungles around the world, this book examines the crucial role of camouflage and mimicry in insect survival. During the course of roughly 400 million years on this planet, insects have developed over one million species with a great diversity of shape and colour to protect them from predators. Stunning colour photographs reveal insect secrets that we would never get a chance to observe ourselves as they attempt to blend into tree trunks or to imitate sticks, leaves, other insects or even bird dropping.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Published: 05 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 1552976637
ISBN 13: 9781552976630

Media Reviews

Purser's text and 300 dramatic color photos offer entertaining content for the curious adult.--Linda Piwowarczyk Chicago Sun Newspapers (11/13/2003)
Reveals the amazing ways insects hide from their predators ... beautifully illustrated with the author's photos.-- (08/01/2003)
The most beautiful entomological photographs that this reviewer has seen in 12 years as an entomologist and 15 years as a librarian ... This unique treasure is the result of more than 30 years of entomological photography ... text is clearly written ... an excellent addition to any library. Summing Up: Essential.-- (11/01/2003)
Excellent comparisons between insect camouflage and mimicry... superb color photographs help to make reading the book a real pleasure.-- (10/15/2003)

Author Bio

Bruce Purser spent the first ten years of his life on a sheep farm in New Zealand where he developed his lifelong fascination with insects. He trained as a geologist, which led him to the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra. He visited many tropical forests, notably those of South America. In the 1970s he moved from collecting insects to photographing them.