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    The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia
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    The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia

    By Günther Theischinger and John Hawking

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    About this ebook

    Dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous insects – many are large and brightly coloured. Here for the first time is a comprehensive guide to the Australian dragonfly fauna.
    The book includes identification keys not only for adults but also for their larvae, commonly known as ‘mud eyes’ and often used as bait for freshwater fish. With stunning full-colour images and distribution maps, the book covers all 30 families, 110 genera and 324 species found in Australia.
    Dragonflies are valuable indicators of environmental well-being. A detailed knowledge of the dragonfly fauna and its changes is therefore an important basis for decisions about environmental protection and management. Their extraordinary diversity will interest entomologists and amateur naturalists alike.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCSIRO PUBLISHING
    Release dateOct 12, 2006
    ISBN9780643099692
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    The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia
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    Günther Theischinger

    Günther Theischinger has had a lifelong interest in aquatic insects. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, and over the years has described more than 60 new species and several new genera of Australian dragonflies. He has been a visiting scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, and is a Research Associate of the Australian Museum and a Visiting Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, USA.

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    • 4/5
      This book is fabulous. Even not knowing anything at all about dragonflies, the book is simple enough to use to enable me to identify a dragonfly that I may have taken photos of. Which is exactly what I want this book for!