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BUGS ALIVE! An exciting new book from the Melbourne Museum

Giant mantids, stick insects, scorpions and spiders — coming to a pet shop near you!

These amazing creatures and other minibeasts are becoming increasingly popular as pets and as displays in schools, zoos and other education venues.

This exciting new title is the first book on keeping Australian invertebrates. Bugs Alive! contains detailed descriptions (including life-cycle, breeding and feeding) of over 90 species, as well as easy to follow instructions for housing and caring for your invertebrate. Stunning colour photographs and line-art are used extensively throughout the book to describe animals and their anatomy, as well as to depict construction of housing,feeding methods and special displays.

Available at all good bookstores and the Melbourne Museum Shop. Telephone: 03 8341 7620

Further information and links to purchasing options on the Melbourne Museum Website