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Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World

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A Wonderful Journey into the Insect World through Literature, Science, Art, and Popular Culture Aristotle on metamorphosis
* Alfred Russel Wallace on the rare butterflies of the MalayArchipelago
* Jean-Henri Fabre on the art of the dung beetle
* Dave Barry on naming the U.S. Official National Insect
* Charles Darwin on seagoing insects
* William Beebe on an army ant invasion
* Kevin Kelly on bee and human swarming
* Jonathan Schell on postnuclear insect survival
* Gary Larson on when insects take over
* May Berenbaum on maggots and murderers
* Henry David Thoreau on race wars among the ants
* Thomas Eisner on stealth bugs
* David George Gordon on appreciating the lowly cockroach
* Maurice Maeterlinck on the queen-bee s wedding
* Edward O. Wilson on insect societies

plus many other essays, illustrations, cartoons, screenplays, poems, recipes, tales, and observations on insect life.

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  • John Wiley & Sons Inc Brand
  • Oct 18, 1999 Pub Date:
  • 9780471282778 ISBN-13:
  • 0471282774 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 9 in * 1.02 in * 6 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: