THE POCKET BOOK OF INSECT ANATOMY. By Marianne Taylor.

2020 1st edition. 8vo paperback (144 x 214mm). Pp224. Colour photographs throughout, colour diagrams, location maps, bibliography.

The author adresses the question of what insects are, and how they got that way. "Each chapter tackles a particular body system or aspect of insect biology, from respiration to digestion, movement to metamorphosis. Using a step by step approach, the book breaks down structures and processes and explores the myriad ways they are expressed in different insect groups." Chapters include: Ancestors and evolution; The insect body plan; The senses and nervous system; Movement; Feeding and digestion; The respiratory and circulatory systems; The reproductive system; Eggs and larvae; Metamorphosis; Behaviour and anatomy; Cells and biochemistry; Diversity and conservation. An excellent book which covers a great deal of ground not usually seen outside specialist text-books.