INCREDIBLE INSECTS
Mike Bruton, ichthyologist, museum and science centre development consultant
Monday 20 January 1.00 pm COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R55
What is it like to be an insect, with a chitinous exoskeleton and six legs, lurking in the undergrowth near the bottom of the food chain? This richly illustrated lecture will explore why insects worldwide are so successful, their diversity and evolution, their extraordinarily varied lifestyles, why they have adopted metamorphosis, and how they breed, feed, camouflage and defend themselves. It will also discuss why they are vitally important ecologically and stress the importance of conserving creepy crawlies. Did you know that social insects have some of the most sophisticated behaviours of all animals, that insects are the only invertebrates with wings, and that the decimation of insects is already having a profound effect on essential ecological processes?
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