- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Firefly Books (April 5 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1552976718
- ISBN-13: 978-1552976715
- Product Dimensions: 28.3 x 22 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 921 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,201,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Insects have lived on our planet for about 450 million years and are found in every one of the habitats that have appeared over that long period. The roughly 1 million species of insects all have predators, and during their long tenure, they have evolved many subtle ways to escape being eaten. Camouflage--the ability to hide in plain sight--and mimicry--the ability to mimic other dangerous or unpalatable animals--are two strategies very well developed in the insect world. Purser has been photographing insects in jungle areas all over the world since the 1970s, and this collection of his images reveals the amazing ways insects hide from their predators. From moths and katydids that resemble leaves to butterfly chrysalids that dangle like crumpled foliage, the camouflage exhibited by tropical insects is truly amazing. Even more astonishing are the mimics: palatable butterflies that have copied the wing patterns of poisonous species and butterflies with false heads on their wings. In common with other Firefly productions, this book is beautifully illustrated with the author's photos. Nancy Bent
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Reveals the amazing ways insects hide from their predators ... beautifully illustrated with the author's photos. (Nancy Bent Booklist 20030801)
Purser's text and 300 dramatic color photos offer entertaining content for the curious adult. (Linda Piwowarczyk Chicago Sun Newspapers 20031113)
The most beautiful entomological photographs that this reviewer has seen in 12 years as an entomologist... clearly written... Essential. (K. Fescemyer Choice 200311)
Excellent comparisons between insect camouflage and mimicry... superb color photographs help to make reading the book a real pleasure. (Paul P. Shubeck Science Books and Films 20031015)
Purser's text and 300 dramatic color photos offer entertaining content for the curious adult. (Linda Piwowarczyk Chicago Sun Newspapers 20031113)
The most beautiful entomological photographs that this reviewer has seen in 12 years as an entomologist... clearly written... Essential. (K. Fescemyer Choice 200311)
Excellent comparisons between insect camouflage and mimicry... superb color photographs help to make reading the book a real pleasure. (Paul P. Shubeck Science Books and Films 20031015)
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THE AIM OF Jungle Bugs is to illustrate the many, sometimes incredible, forms of camouflage and mimicry in the insect world. Read the first page
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THE AIM OF Jungle Bugs is to illustrate the many, sometimes incredible, forms of camouflage and mimicry in the insect world. Read the first page
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Jungle Bugs, Jan 30 2006
By L. Heikes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry (Paperback)
For those who like to look at photos of real-life bugs up close and in their environment, this is the book for you. The pictures are amazing. There are more photos of camouflage and mimicry than in any other book of its kind that I've looked at--and I've looked at many! It's appropriate for all ages because it contains good information, but it is also worth it just for the pictures!
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Rainforests camouflage at its best, Jan 19 2012
By MR JEROME GUBLIN - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry (Paperback)
Jungle Bugs is one of the very few books - if not the only - on camouflage and mimicry in tropical rainforests. For others perspectives go on Blurb and look for Evolution book that deals on the same subject from Borneo to Amazonia, Madagascar and lot of others rainforests around the world.
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