by Gilbert Waldbauer
Harvard University Press, 1996
Cloth: 978-0-674-45488-0 | Paper: 978-0-674-45489-7
Library of Congress Classification QL496.W34 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 595.7051

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
They appeared on earth 400 million years ago, long before the first reptile, bird, or mammal. They make up about 75 percent of the 1.2 million currently known species of animals. As many as 30,000 of them coexist and interact in one square yard of the top inch of a forest's soil. The unparalleled success of insects is the story told in this highly entertaining book. How do these often tiny but indefatigable creatures do it? Gilbert Waldbauer pursues this question from hot springs and Himalayan slopes to roadsides and forests, scrutinizing insect life in its many manifestations. Insects through the Seasons will educate and charm the expert, the passionate amateur, and the merely curious about our most populous and tenacious neighbors.

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