[.ca] The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour (ISBN 0262161370)

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You may think a book with a title like The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour would be soporifically dry, but nothing is further from the truth. Open up to any page and the color photography, sterling prose, and astounding variety of nature's idiosyncrasies will snare you. Take the hangingflies (Bittacidae), for example. Their courtship is fascinating. A male presents a female with an insect as a nuptial gift--the larger the gift, the longer time the female will schedule for copulation. Pictured is a hangingfly, presumably with big lovemaking plans in mind, presenting a large, plump insect to his hangingfly mate. The encyclopedia covers sexual, egg-laying, parental, feeding, and defensive behaviors for spiders, scorpions, and slugs (the photo of Roman snails in midcourtship dance is truly remarkable), ticks, centipedes, woodlice, and a variety of insects; it succeeds as a stunning work of scholarship (suitable for the shelves of biologists and students) and an addictive introduction for the invertebrate ignoramus. --Stephanie Gold

A complete work.:
This is a book which appears to describe all there is to describe as far as Land Invertebrate behaviour is concerned. It is well written, easy to follow and supported by photographs of a very high quality throughout. Whilst my own forte is underwater photography closely followed by high-speed natural history photography, I must confess there are times when I get down (and usually get very dirty!) and attempt to photograph insects and invertebrates. This book has always proved to be an excellent inspiration for me on those occasions. For those who study such creatures, this is a book which is beautifully produced and contains much, if not all, the information they might require. Well worth 5 stars. NM