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Captive invertebrates : a guide to their biology and husbandry / Fredric L. Frye.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malabar, Fla. : Krieger Pub. Co., 1992.Edition: Original edDescription: xx, 135 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0894645552 (acidfree paper)
  • 9780894645556 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 639.4 FRY
Contents:
Chapter 1. Caging -- Accommodations for terrestrial invertebrates -- Accommodations for arboreal invertebrates -- Accommodations for aquatic invertebrates -- Chapter 2. Arachnids -- Tarantulas and other spiders -- Scorpions -- Pseudoscorpions and whip scorpions -- Sun spiders (solifugids) -- Chapter 3. Chilopods and diplopods -- Centipedes -- Millipedes -- Chapter 4. Insects -- Metamorphosis -- Praying mantises -- Phasmatid stick and phylliitid leaf insects -- Tomato hormworms (Sphinx moth larvae) -- Stag, rhinoceros, and elephant beetles -- Exotic cockroaches -- Aquatic insects -- Chapter 5. Crustaceans -- Terrestrial and arboreal hermit crabs -- Aquatic crabs -- Crayfish -- Chapter 6. Pulmonates -- Terrestrial snails and giant banana slugs -- Chapter 7. Turbellarians -- Aquatic and terrestrial flatworms -- Chapter 8. Culture of prey species -- Earthworms -- True crickets, mormon crickets, and similar insects -- Mealworms (meal beetle larvae) -- Silkworms (mulberry silk moth larvae) -- Waxworms (wax moth larvae) -- Fruit fly and housefly culture.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-127) and indexes.

Chapter 1. Caging -- Accommodations for terrestrial invertebrates -- Accommodations for arboreal invertebrates -- Accommodations for aquatic invertebrates -- Chapter 2. Arachnids -- Tarantulas and other spiders -- Scorpions -- Pseudoscorpions and whip scorpions -- Sun spiders (solifugids) -- Chapter 3. Chilopods and diplopods -- Centipedes -- Millipedes -- Chapter 4. Insects -- Metamorphosis -- Praying mantises -- Phasmatid stick and phylliitid leaf insects -- Tomato hormworms (Sphinx moth larvae) -- Stag, rhinoceros, and elephant beetles -- Exotic cockroaches -- Aquatic insects -- Chapter 5. Crustaceans -- Terrestrial and arboreal hermit crabs -- Aquatic crabs -- Crayfish -- Chapter 6. Pulmonates -- Terrestrial snails and giant banana slugs -- Chapter 7. Turbellarians -- Aquatic and terrestrial flatworms -- Chapter 8. Culture of prey species -- Earthworms -- True crickets, mormon crickets, and similar insects -- Mealworms (meal beetle larvae) -- Silkworms (mulberry silk moth larvae) -- Waxworms (wax moth larvae) -- Fruit fly and housefly culture.

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