Extraordinary insects : weird, wonderful, indispensable, the ones who run our world / Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson ; translation by Lucy Moffatt.
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Translated from the Norwegian. |
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London :
Mudlark,
2019.
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Contents:
- Small Creatures, Smart Design: Insect Anatomy
- Six-legged Sex: Dating, Mating and Parenting
- Eat or Be Eaten: Insects in the Food Chain
- Insects and Plants: A Never-ending Race
- Busy Flies, Flavoursome Bugs: Insects and Our Food
- The Circle of Life and Death: Insects as Caretakers
- From Silk to Shellac: Industries of Insects
- Lifesavers, Pioneers and Nobel Prize-winners: Insights from Insects
- Insects and Us: What's Next?