What Insects Do, and Why (eBook)

Ross Piper (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23096-2 (ISBN)

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A beautifully illustrated look at the lives and mind-boggling behaviors of insectsWhat Insects Do, and Why takes you on an unforgettable tour of the insect world, presenting these amazing creatures as you have never seen them before. This stunningly illustrated guide explores how insects live, ranging from elegant displays of courtship to brutal acts of predation, and provides insights into the marvelous diversity of insects all around us. Along the way, Ross Piper discusses insect evolution, reproduction and life cycles, feeding strategies, defenses, sociality, parasite-host interactions, human impacts on insects, and more.Features a wealth of breathtaking color photos, illustrations, and graphicsExplores the remarkable lifestyles of exotic insects as well as those in your own backyardDraws on the latest research on how insects live

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 150 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Schlagworte: Ant • Antlion • aphid • Arachnocampa • Argentine ant • Army ant • Arthropod eye • Attelabidae • bed bug • BEE • beetle • Beewolf • blister beetle • Bombardier beetle • Bombyliidae • Botfly • Braconidae • Brood (honey bee) • Caddisfly • Calliphoridae • Caterpillar • Ceratopogonidae • Click beetle • Cuckoo bee • Cuckoo wasp • damselfly • Dinocampus coccinellae • dragonfly • Drosophila melanogaster • dung beetle • earthworm • Emerald cockroach wasp • Encyrtidae • Entomology • European beewolf • Fig wasp • Fire ant • flatworm • Flea beetle • Froghopper • fungus • Fungus gnat • Gall wasp • Glowworm • Ground beetle • Hemiptera • honey bee • Hunting wasp • Hymenoptera • Ichneumonidae • insect • Insect Repellent • Insect trap • Insect wing • larva • Leafcutter ant • Leafhopper • Leaf-mimic katydid • Lepidoptera • Longhorn beetle • louse • mayfly • mealybug • millipede • Mole cricket • Mutillidae • Myrmelachista schumanni • Nematode • Nematomorpha • Nemopteridae • Opiliones • Owlfly • parasitism • Parasitoid • Parasitoid wasp • Pesticide • Phasmatodea • Pheromone • Phragmosis • Platygastridae • Plecoptera • pupa • Pyrophorus nyctophanus • Rasberry crazy ant • Ricinulei • Rove beetle • sapsucker • Scale insect • Scarabaeidae • spermatophore • Spider • Stalk-eyed fly • Strepsiptera • Termite • Tiger Beetle • Tsetse fly • Warble fly • Wasp • weevil • worker bee
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23096-X / 069123096X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23096-2 / 9780691230962