Further Details

Title: A Guide to Crickets of Australia
Condition: New
EAN: 9781486305063
ISBN: 9781486305063
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 01/06/2019
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 215mm
Item Length: 148mm
Item Weight: 906g
Author: David Rentz, You Ning Su
Genre: Home Garden & Pets
Release Year: 2019
Description: Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia’s remarkable cricket biodiversity. Crickets are notable for a variety of reasons. When their population booms, some of these species become agricultural pests and destroy crop pastures. Some introduced species are of biosecurity concern. Other crickets are important food sources for native birds, reptiles and mammals, as well as domestic pets. Soon you might even put them in your cake or stir-fry, as there is a rapidly growing industry for cricket products for human consumption.

Featuring keys, distribution maps, illustrations and detailed colour photographs from CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection, A Guide to Crickets of Australia allows readers to reliably identify all 92 described genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies. Natural history enthusiasts and professionals will find this an essential guide.

Features

• Comprehensive account of all 92 genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies.
• Keys, illustrations, detailed colour photographs and distribution maps to aid identification.
• Chapters on biology, morphology, collecting crickets and crickets as food.

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