Author : Kari Heliövaara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789526612386
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)
Book Synopsis Jumpers and Glowers: Finnish Click Beetles, False Click Beetles, False Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles, and Jewel Beetles by : Kari Heliövaara
Download or read book Jumpers and Glowers: Finnish Click Beetles, False Click Beetles, False Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles, and Jewel Beetles written by Kari Heliövaara and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first time the Finnish beetle fauna of click beetles, false click beetles (Eucnemidae), false metallic wood-boring beetles (Throscidae), and bright metallic jewel beetles (Buprestidae) are presented in book form. This book presents these four beetle tribes from the whole of Finland, a total of 114 species. All the species are shown with a photo, distribution map and rich species profile, detailing, amongst other things, ways of life, flight time, the abundance and the conservation status. This book presents all information known on these beetles. This also includes one of Europe's great beetle rarities, Hylochares cruentatus, the presence of which has been the basis of the establishment of protected forest in Finland. Click beetles, false click beetles and Throscidae have the unique ability to jump. They have a small spine on the prosternum that can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, which allows the supine beetle to launch himself up to half a meter in the air with incredible speed. A sudden change in posture and snap can remove these beetles straight from the grip of the ants or spider silk. The beautiful jewel beetles can not jump, but they are often equally quick and skillful pilots.Some of the species in the book are general forest and meadow dwellers that anyone can find, and for which this book can help to determine them to species level. Some of the species are both rare and endangered. This book allows you to dive into this beautiful and wonderful world of insects" -- Vendor's website.