Biology, ecological importance and diversity of southern African insects

In this innovative book, the authors document the stories of southern African insects in over 800 pages, with about 3200 beautiful photographs illustrating the rich morphological diversity and biological attributes of regional insect species.

Early chapters offer a text book like coverage of fundamental aspects of insect biology. But more than that, the work emphasises the environmental importance of insects as ecosystem service providers, and describes, highlights, and illustrates many of the interesting, often remarkable, aspects of their life histories and behaviour.

A beautiful full-colour book written in an accessible style aimed not only at scientists but also at ordinary readers.