Invertebrates of Southern Africa & their Tracks and Signs,

“Once you start looking at these tiny things, the world of invertebrates becomes more and more fascinating.” – Lee Gutteridge This handbook covers a never-before-explored aspect of Southern African nature and is an essential new addition to the library of every nature lover. It was researched and written over the last 4½ years to open a door to a little known micro-world that exists all around us. Invertebrates – which include commonly seen creatures such as butterflies, spiders, beetles, worms and scorpions – are everywhere. The signs of their day-to-day activities are all around us if we know where to look. The life cycles and behaviours of many animals are discussed, with a special focus on interactions between mammals and invertebrates – a fascinating subject in itself. While working on this book, Lee Gutteridge spent many hours in the field with expert entomologists and arachnologists, many of whom commented that; even though they had spent a lifetime in the field, this experience, of invertebrate tracking, had changed the way that they see the invertebrate world. ** Wonderful photographs THROUGHOUT: tracks, signs, webs, nests, droppings, eggs and feeding signs of hundreds of creatures are discussed in detail, and the book includes photographs of the critters themselves. ** This book will help you to identify many creatures, some of which are quite newly described. In fact, several new creatures were found during the production of this book, and many ranges of known animals were expanded … some by thousands of kilometres! ** For professional field guides and trackers, in the words of a very respected international guide; this book will revolutionise the guided walk! Lee Gutteridge is an experienced, enthusiastic wild life author, nature guide and trainer. With 25 years of experience in the bush, he has come to realise that guiding is not just about knowledge, but more importantly about how we share it with our guests from around the world. He personally trains for many well-known and highly experienced guide and tracker teams at some of the southern and central African region’s top lodges, with programmes focusing on a wide range of subjects including track identification skills.