Butterflies - Messages from Psyche
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (833 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1901092801 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He has developed novel environmentally-friendly methods for the control of insect pests, and this has been recognised by a number of awards, including a Prince of Wales Award for Innovation, and the OBE. . After a career spent mainly at Southampton University during which he travelled widely setting up projects for the control of tropical insect pests, he has now retired but continues writing about the insects that have fascinated him since he was a boy. About the Author Professor Philip Howse has published several books and numerous researc
These insectivores, it is argued, detect their prey by perceiving small details of shape and colour rather than the 'whole picture' of the insect. People have always marvelled at the colours, patterns and designs on the wings of butterflies and moths, but there has been little attempt to decode them or recognise any great significance in them. Over the millennia, they have been incorporated into mythologies and transformed into the Mother Goddesses of many cultures from those of Palaeolithic man to the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and the Aztecs.. They have a similar effect: to unsettle the way in which things are normally perceived: to confuse and shock. Many butterflies and moths have bizarre combinatio
After a career spent mainly at Southampton University during which he travelled widely setting up projects for the control of tropical insect pests, he has now retired but continues writing about the insects that have fascinated him since he was a boy. Professor Philip Howse has published several books and numerous research articles on insect behaviour and ecology. . He has developed novel environmentally-friendly methods for the control of insect pest