Download or read book The Guide to Owning Millipedes and Centipedes written by Jerry G. Walls and published by TFH Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Giant Millipedes written by Orin McMonigle and published by Elytra and Antenna. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and adatations of the giant millipede.

Download or read book Planet of the Bugs written by Scott Richard Shaw and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the evolution of insects and explains how evolutionary innovations have enabled them to disperse widely, occupy narrow niches, and survive global catastrophes. --Publisher's description.

Download or read book Giant Centipedes written by Orin McMonigle and published by Elytra and Antenna. This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Centipedes include some of the most massive and impressive anthropods on earth. Many species display incredible colors and striking combinations of red, blue, green, yellow, orange and black...Giant Centipedes is written to promote the centipede hobby and offer information not readily available to the hobbyist" BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Invertebrate Histology written by Elise E. B. LaDouceur and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive reference to invertebrate histology Invertebrate Histology is a groundbreaking text that offers a comprehensive review of histology in invertebrates. Designed for use by anyone studying, diagnosing, or researching invertebrates, the book covers all major taxonomic groups with details of the histologic features, with color photographs and drawings that clearly demonstrate gross anatomy and histology. The authors, who are each experts in the histology of their respective taxa, bring together the most recent information on the topic into a single, complete volume. An accessible resource, each chapter focuses on a single taxonomic group with salient gross and histologic features that are clearly described in the text and augmented with color photographs and greyscale line drawings. The histologic images are from mostly hematoxylin and eosin stained microscopic slides showing various organ systems at high and low magnification. In addition, each chapter provides helpful tips for invertebrate dissection and information on how to process invertebrates for histology. This important book: Presents detailed information on histology of all major groups of invertebrates Offers a user-friendly text that is organized by taxonomic group for easy reference Features high-quality color photographs and drawings, with slides showing histology and gross photographs to demonstrate anatomy Provides details on invertebrate dissection and processing invertebrates for histology Written for veterinary pathologists, biologists, zoologists, students, and other scientists studying these species, Invertebrate Histology offers the most updated information on the topic written by over 20 experts in the field.

Download or read book Regenerative Engineering of Musculoskeletal Tissues and Interfaces written by Syam Nukavarapu and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues is generating substantial interest within the biomedical community. Consequently, these are the most researched tissues from the regeneration point of view. Regenerative Engineering of Musculoskeletal Tissues and Interfaces presents information on the fundamentals, progress and recent developments related to the repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal tissues and interfaces. This comprehensive review looks at individual tissues as well as tissue interfaces. Early chapters cover various fundamentals of biomaterials and scaffolds, types of cells, growth factors, and mechanical forces, moving on to discuss tissue-engineering strategies for bone, tendon, ligament, cartilage, meniscus, and muscle, as well as progress and advances in tissue vascularization and nerve innervation of the individual tissues. Final chapters present information on musculoskeletal tissue interfaces. - Comprehensive review of the repair and regeneration of musculoskeletal individual tissues and tissue interfaces - Presents recent developments, fundamentals and progress in the field of engineering tissues - Reviews progress and advances in tissue vascularization and innervation

Download or read book 20 Fun Facts About Centipedes written by Matthew Elkin and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people are familiar with the common house centipede. This long-legged bug is often found hiding in dark closets and damp basements. However, the house centipede is just one of many kinds of centipedes living all over the world. Centipedes come in many sizes and colors, but they all have one thing in common—lots of legs. Readers will enjoy the informative and engaging text paired with brilliant photographs of the world’s most interesting centipedes.

Download or read book Millipeds in Captivity written by Orin McMonigle and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orin McMonigle, with contributions by the late Dr. Richard L. Hoffman, assembles the definitive resource guide with reproductive and developmental data for those spectacular terrestrial arthropods, the millipeds (or millipedes). Invertebrate hobbyists can successfully culture a number of colorful and gigantic diplopods by following specific methodologies outlined in this book. From the world's largest African giant millipeds to the most astoundingly colorful members of the Orders Polydesmida and Spirobolida, there are plenty of species to attract the beginning enthusiast or to challenge the advanced keeper.

Download or read book Treatise on Zoology Anatomy Taxonomy Biology The Myriapoda written by Alessandro Minelli and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Myriapoda” is the first comprehensive monograph ever on all aspects of myriapod biology, including external and internal morphology, physiology, reproduction, development, distribution, ecology, phylogeny and taxonomy. It is thus of major interest for all zoologists and soil biologists.

Download or read book Atlas of European Millipedes Class Diplopoda written by Richard Desmond Kime and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Centipedes in Captivity written by Orin McMonigle and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about sinister centipedes are legendary but behind the myths lie an important, valuable, and harmless group of invertebrate predators performing a vital service to ecosystems by helping to keep plant-eating pest populations in check. Orin McMonigle's Centipedes in Captivity details the five chilopod orders, highlighting the biggest and most beautiful species commonly kept in captivity. Those who want to learn more about these magnificent creatures, their toxicology, biology, and variety will find the accounts just as useful as those interested in containing, mating, and successfully reproducing the more spectacular centipedes in the laboratory, or at home.

Download or read book The Biology of Millipedes written by Klaus Rohde and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1992 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millipedes are common components of the leaf-litter fauna of most terrestrial environments. The Biology of Millipedes is the first single-volume review of this important group and covers their ecology, behaviour, physiology, and evolution. This book is essential reading for terrestrialecologists, zoologists, and students taking courses in invertebrate biology. Introductory chapters consider millipede taxonomy and phylogeny, basic anatomy, locomotion, and ecomorphology. Later chapters review feeding and digestion, metabolism, nerves, and neurosecretion, together with all aspects of millipedes in decomposition processes, and their role as pests. Theauthors provide an extremely comprehensive bibliography of research papers and literature.

Download or read book Pacific Northwest Insects written by Merrill A. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This field guide sets a new standard for insect identification, making it an indispensable resource to naturalists, educators, gardeners, and others. Engaging and accessible, Pacific Northwest Insects features detailed species accounts, each with a vivid photograph of a living adult, along with information for distinguishing similar species, allowing the reader to identify more than 3,000 species found from southern British Columbia to northern California and as far east as Montana. The book features most of the commonly encountered insects, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, and kin in the Pacific Northwest, as well as representatives of an amazing variety of unusual and interesting insects living in the area. After more than a decade of research, reviewing hundreds of thousands of museum specimens and scouring the technical entomological literature, Merrill Peterson has brought together for the first time in a single volume a wealth of information on the region's insect life. Detailed identifying information on over 3,000 species Complete description of 1,200 species Organized by insect group for easy identification Up-to-date taxonomy 1,725 color photos, 50 line drawings, and 2 maps

Download or read book The Biology of Centipedes written by J. G. E. Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of centipede biology providing a critical review of the work on this subject.

Download or read book Alkaloids written by S. William Pelletier and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium 1705 written by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Lannoo Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a full-size facsimile of the magnum opus of Maria Sibylla Merian, a significant contributor to the field of entomology because of her careful observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly. Merian, a German naturalist and scientific illustrator, was one of the foremost female scientists of the 17th century. In 1705, she published Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, for which she became famous. No more than 30 copies of this masterwork are left worldwide.

Download or read book Centipedes and Millipedes written by Theresa Greenaway and published by Hodder Wayland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Minibeast Pets series can be used in a cross-curricular setting and connects with core curriculum themes. The simple instructions & clear text encourage children to find, identify, study and collect specific types of minibeasts. This book focusses on the world of centipedes and millipedes