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A world of insects : the Harvard University press reader / edited by Ring Carde and Vincent Resh.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Insects -- Ecology.

Entomologists -- Literary collections.

9780674046191 (alk. paper)

0674046196 (alk. paper)

vi, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

The fascination of studying insects. For the love of ants, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson -- Insects and the human food supply. The worm in the apple, from Nature wars / Mark L. Winston -- Population and pests. Gypsy moth, from Nature wars / Mark L. Winston -- Insect societies. The origin of cooperation, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson -- Location is everything. The foraging abilities of a colony, from The wisdom of the hive / Thomas Seeley -- Insects and the human condition. People and insect plagues, from Millions of monarchs, bunches of beetles / Gilbert Waldbauer -- War and insects. Army ants, from Journey to the ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson -- Insect terror. The creation of a pop insect, from Killer bees / Mark Winston -- The birds and the mosquitoes. Bugs that eat birds, from The birder's bug book / Gilbert Waldbauer -- Water babies, risky behavior, and sex. The next generation, from, A walk around the pond / Gilbert Waldbauer -- How insects "work." The search : appetitive behavior, from The hungry fly / Vincent G. Dethier -- Hot and cold insects. Night-flying moths, from The hot-blooded insects / Bernd Heinrich -- Insect defenses. The love potion, from For love of insects / Thomas Eisner -- Love at first smell. The sweet smell of success, from For love of insects / Thomas Eisner -- Night creatures. Evasive behavior in the cockroach, from Nerve cells and insect behavior / Kenneth D. Roeder -- More than just jewelry. What is amber?, from Amber / Andrew Ross -- Crime scene bugs. Prologue : Honolulu, 1984, from A fly for the prosecution / M. Lee Goff -- Monarchs and movement. Millions of monarchs, from Millions of monarchs, bunches of beetles / Gilbert Waldbauer -- Insects and the dismal science. The bumblebee colony cycle, from Bumblebee economics / Bernd Heinrich -- Questions of paternity, reversal of sexual roles, and sex addiction. Hemiptera : Heteroptera II, from The other insect societies / James T. Costa.

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