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Informationen zum Autor ERICH HOYT has written for National Geographic and the New York Times. He is the author of ten books, including The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants. TED SCHULTZ, Ph.D., is an entomologist at the Smithsonian Institution and a former editor of Whole Earth Review. Klappentext 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 Malay Archipelago 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Wonders of Creation: Insects Praised. Plagues of Vermin: Insects Reviled. To Conquer the Earth: Insects Take Over. A Cast of Millions on a Fantastic Journey: Mass Movement. The Superorganism: Social Insects. Insect Architecture. Go Forth and Multiply: Mating and Reproduction. Metamorphosis. Symbioses and Mimicry. Lives under the Microscope: Insect Behavior. Acknowledgments. Indexes.
