| Edition |
Original edition. |
| Description |
xx, 135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-127) and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Invertebrates as laboratory animals.
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Captive invertebrates.
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Invertebrates.
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| ISBN |
0894645552 (acid-free paper) |
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