Six-Legged Ghosts
Subtitle: The Insects of Aotearoa
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Published: 2024
Place of publication: Christchurch, New Zealand
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781988503431
Copyright date: 2024
Table of contents: title: Knowing insects. Te aitanga pepeke: insects in te ao Māori; title: Creepy-crawly: the power of language; title: Mechanical visions: looking at insect art; title: Terrible grasshopper: the science of insect names; title: Insects and us. The amateur entomologist: the life and work of George Hudson; title: Pins, puns and pundits: insects in the museums of Aotearoa; title: Insects in crisis. Six-legged ghosts: historic insect extinctions in Aotearoa; title: Unseen, unsung, uncharismatic: understanding the insect apocalypse; title: For the love of insects. Little bus, big picture: insect conservation in Aotearoa; title: Metamorphosis: changing the conversation about insects