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Which New Zealand Insect?

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Displaying more than 650 colour photographs, Which New Zealand Insect? is both a field guide and a gallery. It covers native and introduced insects of the home, garden and farm, forest, mountains, lakes, and streams—an often overlooked side of New Zealand wildlife. Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Which New Zealand Insect?

Ninety per cent of New Zealand's insects are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these unique creatures play an important role in our ecology. Both a field guide and a gallery, this latest "Which" book displays the variety and beauty of an often overlooked side of New Zealand wildlife.

Discover and identify New Zealand's amazing insects, by best-selling author Andrew Crowe.

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Displaying more than 650 colour photographs, Which New Zealand Insect? is both a field guide and a gallery. It covers native and introduced insects of the home, garden and farm, forest, mountains, lakes, and streams—an often overlooked side of New Zealand wildlife.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141006369

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2002

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Penguin Group (NZ)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 167.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 334g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Andrew Crowe is a best-selling author with a special interest in helping make nature accessible to beginners of all ages. He has written over 40 nature books covering seashells, insects, spiders, birds and other animals and plants. Andrew has won numerous New Zealand book awards, including the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2009 for his overall contribution to children's literature and the Ashton Wylie Award in 2005 for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama. His latest book, Pathway of the Birds- The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors (Bateman), received 4 book awards in 2019.

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