Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Coce
Image from OpenLibrary

For love of insects Thomas Eisner

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Havard University, 2003.Edition: 3rdDescription: xi, 448.: ill.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674018273
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DUCE QL463.E38
Summary: Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodies; termites emitting a viscous glue to rally fellow soldiers--and you will have entered an insect world once beyond imagining, a world observed and described down to its tiniest astonishing detail by Thomas Eisner. The story of a lifetime of such minute explorations, For Love of Insects celebrates the small creatures that have emerged triumphant on the planet, the beneficiaries of extraordinary evolutionary inventiveness and unparalleled reproductive capacity.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books DUCE LIBRARY Science: Shelf QK11.W55 – QM551.P3 Special Reserve DUCE QL463.E38 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 5 Not For Loan 000000012053
Books DUCE LIBRARY Science: Shelf QK11.W55 – QM551.P3 Special Reserve DUCE QL463.E38 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 Not For Loan 000000012054
Browsing DUCE LIBRARY shelves, Shelving location: Science: Shelf QK11.W55 – QM551.P3, Collection: Special Reserve Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
DUCE QL434.3.G53 Arthropod collection and identification: field and laboratory techniques/ DUCE QL463.C48 The insects: structure and function/ DUCE QL463.C48 The insects: structure and function/ DUCE QL463.E38 For love of insects DUCE QL463.E38 For love of insects DUCE QL463.E48 Fundamentals of entomology/ DUCE QL463.E48 Fundamentals of entomology/

includes bibliographical information and index

Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodies; termites emitting a viscous glue to rally fellow soldiers--and you will have entered an insect world once beyond imagining, a world observed and described down to its tiniest astonishing detail by Thomas Eisner. The story of a lifetime of such minute explorations, For Love of Insects celebrates the small creatures that have emerged triumphant on the planet, the beneficiaries of extraordinary evolutionary inventiveness and unparalleled reproductive capacity.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.