EXTRAORDINARY INSECTS EB
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EXTRAORDINARY INSECTS EB

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EXTRAORDINARY INSECTS EB

About this book

*The Sunday Times Bestseller*

'Extraordinary Insects is a joy' The Times

A Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019

A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures who keep the world turning.

Out of sight, underfoot, unseen beyond fleeting scuttles or darting flights, insects occupy a hidden world, yet are essential to sustaining life on earth.

Insects influence our ecosystem like a ripple effect on water. They arrived when life first moved to dry land, they preceded – and survived – the dinosaurs, they outnumber the grains of sand on all the world's beaches, and they will be here long after us.

Working quietly but tirelessly, they give us food, uphold our ecosystems, can heal our wounds and even digest plastic. They could also provide us with new solutions to the antibiotics crisis, assist in disaster zones and inspire airforce engineers with their flying techniques.

But their private lives are also full of fun, intrigue and wonder –musical mating rituals; house-hunting for armies of beetle babies; metamorphosing into new characters; throwing parties in fermenting sap; cultivating fungi for food; farming smaller species for honey dew and always ensuring that what is dead is decomposed, ready to become life once again.

Here, we will discover life and death, drama and dreams, all on a millimetric scale. Like it or not, Earth is the planet of insects, and this is their extraordinary story.

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Information

Publisher
Mudlark
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9780008316372
eBook ISBN
9780008316389
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
World History
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Epigraph
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Small Creatures, Smart Design: Insect Anatomy
  9. Chapter 2: Six-legged Sex: Dating, Mating and Parenting
  10. Chapter 3: Eat or Be Eaten: Insects in the Food Chain
  11. Chapter 4: Insects and Plants: A Never-ending Race
  12. Chapter 5: Busy Flies, Flavoursome Bugs: Insects and Our Food
  13. Chapter 6: The Circle of Life – and Death: Insects as Caretakers
  14. Chapter 7: From Silk to Shellac: Industries of Insects
  15. Chapter 8: Lifesavers, Pioneers and Nobel Prize-winners: Insights from Insects
  16. Chapter 9: Insects and Us: What’s Next?
  17. Afterword
  18. Thanks
  19. Further Reading
  20. Sources
  21. List of Searchable Terms
  22. About the Publisher

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