What Good Are Bugs? – Insects in the Web of Life - Hardcover

Waldbauer, Gilbert

 
9780674010277: What Good Are Bugs? – Insects in the Web of Life
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ISBN 10: 0674010272 ISBN 13: 9780674010277
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In "What Good are Bugs?" Gilbert Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, describing the intriguing and sometimes amazing behaviour of these tiny creatures. He weaves a colourful, richly textured picture of beneficial insect life on earth, from ants sowing their "hanging gardens" on Amazonian shrubs and trees to the sacred scarab of ancient Egypt burying balls of cattle dung full of undigested seeds, from the cactus-eating caterpillar (aptly called Cactoblastis) controlling the spread of prickly pear to the prodigious honey bee and the "sanitary officers of the field" - the fly maggots, ants, beetles and caterpillars that help decompose and recycle dung, carrion and dead plants. As entertaining as it is informative, this illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life.

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About the Author

GILBERT WALDBAUER is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His books include Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles, Insects through the Seasons, and The Birder's Bug Book (all from Harvard).

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674010272
ISBN 13 
9780674010277
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
384

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