The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 193, Issue 3National Geographic Society., 1998 - Geography |
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Page 103
... species of scarab beetles ; the world has more than 30,000 . And they make up just one family of beetles . More than 150 other beetle families exist , from pine - flower snout beetles to the clan called pleasing fungus beetles . In fact ...
... species of scarab beetles ; the world has more than 30,000 . And they make up just one family of beetles . More than 150 other beetle families exist , from pine - flower snout beetles to the clan called pleasing fungus beetles . In fact ...
Page 111
... species , approach or exceed body length . Recyclers of dead plants , some also have a taste for live vegetation . LEAF BEETLE Plant material , preferably living , is the diet of this family . Though some are destructive pests , others ...
... species , approach or exceed body length . Recyclers of dead plants , some also have a taste for live vegetation . LEAF BEETLE Plant material , preferably living , is the diet of this family . Though some are destructive pests , others ...
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... species that we've recorded in the Virgin Islands " -over 1,200 . Hiking along a wolf - tracked floodplain , Mike paused at a charred pine and pointed out the pinhole - size borings of ambrosia beetles , which cultivate a wood fun- gus ...
... species that we've recorded in the Virgin Islands " -over 1,200 . Hiking along a wolf - tracked floodplain , Mike paused at a charred pine and pointed out the pinhole - size borings of ambrosia beetles , which cultivate a wood fun- gus ...
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Naples Unabashed A city schooled in passion chaos and | 32 |
The Rise of Life on Earth Microscopic lifeforms | 54 |
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