Biology of Desert Invertebrates

What little we know of the biology of desert invertebrates stems largely from inferences based on intensive and repeated observations. Such information is not gained easily, since despite the actual abundance of these animals, relatively few of them are ever seen. In fact, except for species impacting on the well-being of human populations, historically most have been ignored by scholars in the western world. Indeed, it was ancient Egypt, with its reverence for the symbolism of the scarab, ...