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Otte is the founder and principal author of "Orthoptera
Species File", an online catalog providing information on all the world's grasshoppers, crickets, katydids and related species. With the world's largest collection of grasshoppers and crickets and an outstanding library, the
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pioneered in the task of placing a catalog of all known species of a major group of insects on the
Internet. The Orthoptera Species File provides access to data on one of the most economically important groups, the grasshoppers, historically one of man's important competitors.
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Otte is founder and senior author of the "Mantodea
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and prominent scientific illustrator. He has made significant contributions to evolutionary biology. He is curator and chairman of the
Department of Entomology at the
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Publicizing organic diversity via the internet (Orthoptera
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Otte was born and educated in South Africa and began his career at the
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Otte also has illustrated the following books for general audiences:
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The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals
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