wrote:
>
> Karen Pearson asks about bug books for Australia.
>
> For moths and also butterflies many of the Australain books are rather
> technical treatises rather than ready to use identification guides.
> As far
> as I'm aware there have not been any recent guides to this sort of
> thing
> but the following should be accessable via a good library.
>
> Braby, M. F. (2000) Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification,
> Biology
> and Distribution. ANIC/CSIRO Entomology: Canberra. CSIRO
> Collingwood.
> Common, I.F.B. (1993) Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Press.
> ISBN
> 0 522 84326 3
> Goode, J. (1980) Insects of Australia. Angus & Robertson, London.
> Harvey, M.S. and Yen, A.L. (1989) Worms to Wasps. Oxford University
> Press.
> ISBN 0 19 553081 0
> Zbrowski, P. and R. Storey. (1995) A Field Guide to Insects in
> Australia. Reed Books, Sydney
> and
> CSIRO (1991) The Insects of Australia - A textbook for students and
> research workers. 2nd edition. Vols. I and II. CSIRO and Melb.
> Univ.
> Press. ISBN 0 522 84454 5
>
> Martin O'Brien
> Executive Scientific Officer, Scientific Advisory Committee
> Department of Sustainability and Environment
> 4/250 Victoria Pde. (PO Box 500), East Melbourne 3002
>
>
> Tel: 9412 4567 Fax: 9412 4586
> (prefixes: Interstate 03 International 613)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> A non-technical but accurate book on common butterflies and moths is called
> "Flying Colours" - can't check authors' names (maybe Gardner?) as my copy has
> been borrowed.
Colour photos of adults and larvae and good text.
All children should be encouraged to rear caterpillars on their
food-plant. How lucky I was to have a mother who was just as interested
to know what would emerge from cocon or chrysalis as I was.
Anthea Fleming
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