Stick and leaf insects of Australia

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The Complete Field Guide to Stick and Leaf Insects of Australia
Paul D. Brock & Jack W. Hasenpusch
216 pages
1st edition
ISBN-13: 978-0643094185
ISBN-10: 0643094180

Australia has a rich diversity of phasmids―otherwise known as stick and leaf insects. Most of them are endemic, few have been studied and new species continue to be found. Stick insects are, by far, Australia’s longest insects―some of them reach up to 300 mm in body length and more than 500 mm including outstretched legs. Many stick insects are very colorful and some have quite elaborate, defensive behavior. Increasingly they are being kept as pets.

This is the first book on Australian phasmids for nearly 200 years. It includes photographs and distribution maps for all species, notes on their ecology and biology as well as identification keys suitable for novices or professionals.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword v
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
Habitat and ecology 15
Collecting, preserving, photographing and rearing 21
Guide to species 33
Appendix 1: Keys to genera and species 149
Appendix 2: Classification of phasmids 182
Appendix 3: Checklist of Australian phasmids 185
Glossary 192
References 195
More about phasmids 197
Index of common names 198
Index of valid scientific names 201

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