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100 AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES, BEES, BEETLES & BUGS By Georgia Angus, Hardie Grant, $29.99 The world knows something about our weird and wacky mammals, but Australia also punches above its weight when it comes to the wonderful world of insects. Of the estimated 200,000-plus native species, only 62,000 have been named. Self-described “sucker for nature” Georgia Angus has collected 100 of her favourite pollen snufflers, nectar slurpers and sapsuckers, from bogong moths to witjuti grubs, from the yellow admiral butterfly to the graphic flutterer dragonfly. Each entry comes with her own beautiful drawings, a distribution map and, in many cases, with the help of First Nations contributors, a snippet of traditional knowledge as well as the bug’s name in language. The grandiloquently styled Pelecorhynchus nigripennis, for example, is cut down to size…

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