'guaranteed to make you smile' - Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale, Bee Quest, A Buzz in the Meadow and The Garden Jungle
Insects are often overlooked because they are small or ignored because they are deemed trivial, and many are dismissed as nuisance pests. But their numbers and diversity are mind-numbing, and under even a modest hand lens they are beautiful or bizarre.
Insects dominate the centre ground of all terrestrial and most aquatic ecosystems. They inform us of the conservation value of ancient woodland and chalk downland. They help monitor the purity or pollution levels of ponds, streams and rivers. And they can demonstrate the effects of climate change, acting as warning lights to alert us to the damage that humans are doing to the world. Recent insectageddon headlines are starting to make people sit up and take more notice.
What better way to promote an interest in these fascinating creatures than by poetizing them? This cornucopia of discordant nonsense, with some quite frankly dubious rhyming clashes, is offered up so that entomological outreach will at least benefit from their shock value.
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Richard Jones is an entomologist and writer - he has a way with worms. And before some bright pedant chips in, there are plenty of quite legitimate insect worms: glow-worm, wood-worm, meal-worm, horn-worm, wire-worm, silk-worm, inch-worm.
Calvin Ure-Jones has been on face-to-face and hand-to-bug terms with natural history all his young life, so when it came to drawing picture of insects he was raring to go.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00063282666
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR012881113
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Condition: As New. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 42515306
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00073246560
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00073246569
Seller: INDOO, Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Unread copy in mint condition. Seller Inventory # SS9781784272500
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Condition: New. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 9781784272500
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Insects are often overlooked because they are small or ignored because they are deemed trivial, and many are dismissed as nuisance pests. But their numbers and diversity are mind-numbing, and under even a modest hand lens they are beautiful or bizarre.Insects dominate the centre ground of all terrestrial and most aquatic ecosystems. They inform us of the conservation value of ancient woodland and chalk downland. They help monitor the purity or pollution levels of ponds, streams and rivers. And they can demonstrate the effects of climate change, acting as warning lights to alert us to the damage that humans are doing to the world. Recent insectageddon headlines are starting to make people sit up and take more notice.What better way to promote an interest in these fascinating creatures than by poetizing them? This cornucopia of discordant nonsense, with some quite frankly dubious rhyming clashes, is offered up so that entomological outreach will at least benefit from their shock value. Seller Inventory # LU-9781784272500
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Ure-Jones, Calvin (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # rev9483745848
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