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Metamorphosis : how insects are changing our world / Erica McAlister with Adrian Washbourne.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
595.7 MCAL	Adult Non Fiction		Panania .	. On Loan .	1 Jul 2024

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781486318902 (hardback)
Name	McAlister, Erica author.
Title	Metamorphosis : how insects are changing our world / Erica McAlister with Adrian Washbourne.
Published	Clayton, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2024]
Published	©2024
Description	216 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 21 cm
Notes	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Insects are incredibly weird. Their morphology is about as alien to us as you can get without leaving this planet. They outnumber us 200 million to one. Before humans stamped their mark on this planet, insects had shaped it into the colourful and extraordinary world we all share today. Whether it's the astonishing properties of resilin, the protein that makes fleas jump; the proboscis of the mosquito's mouth being used to develop smart needles; or the computational dynamics gleaned from studying locust swarms in Africa - Erica McAlister and Adrian Washbourne reveal the wonder of insects, the historical figures who have made great breakthroughs in understanding them, and the increasingly vital role they play in ensuring life, as we know it, continues.
Subjects	Insects
Subjects	Entomology
Other Names	Washbourne, Adrian author.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Entomology . Insects . See Also: Butterflies . Entomology . Insect pests . Insect societies . Invertebrates . Moths . Authors: McAlister, Erica . Washbourne, Adrian .