A Year of Garden Bees & Bugs
£20.00
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With an insect for every week of the year, accompanied by a QR code that takes you to a video bringing the bug to life, leading wildlife experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton offer insight and knowledge about the wealth of garden bees and bugs around the world. From the vast appetites of ladybirds, which can devour hundreds of aphids a day, to the world of the lethal Sydney funnel web spider in Australian gardens, the authors cover not only the seasonal behaviour of these creatures but also folklore and history.
Dimensions
22cm (9in) x 16cm (6in)
Features
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With an insect for every week of the year, accompanied by a QR code that takes you to a video bringing the bug to life, leading wildlife experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton offer insight and knowledge about the wealth of garden bees and bugs around the world. From the vast appetites of ladybirds, which can devour hundreds of aphids a day, to the world of the lethal Sydney funnel web spider in Australian gardens, the authors cover not only the seasonal behaviour of these creatures but also folklore and history.
Insights
Dominic Couzens is a British author and journalist specialising in natural history subjects. He contributes regularly to BBC Wildlife magazine and is a professional field trip guide. Gail Ashton is a wildlife photographer and writer with a passion for entomology. A few years ago, she photographed and documented 500 UK invertebrates, which sent her down a path of discovery that has become a passion.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Batsford
- Hard cover
- Colour illustrations
- Number of pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9781849947954
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