Endless forms : the secret world of wasps /
Sumner, Seirian
Endless forms : the secret world of wasps / created by Seirian Sumner. - 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index
Part one: The problem with wasps
Part two: The obsessions of wasp whisperers
Part three: How to have a social life
Part four: Playing the game
Part five: Dinner with Aristotle
Part six: Nature's pest controllers
Part seven: The secret pollinators
Last word: A future with wasps
"Endless Forms opens our eyes to the highly complex and diverse world of wasps. Wasps are 100 million years older than bees; there are ten times more wasp species than there are bees. There are wasps that spend their entire lives sealed inside a fig; wasps that turn cockroaches into living zombies; wasps that live inside other wasps. There are wasps that build citadels that put our own societies to shame, marked by division of labor, rebellions and policing, monarchies, leadership contests, undertakers, police, negotiators, and social parasites. Wasps are nature’s most misunderstood insect: as predators and pollinators, they keep the planet’s ecological balance in check. Wasps are nature’s pest controllers; a world without wasps would be just as ecologically devastating as losing the bees, or beetles, or butterflies?--Amazon.com
9780008394479
Wasps
Wasps behavior
QL568 SUM
Endless forms : the secret world of wasps / created by Seirian Sumner. - 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index
Part one: The problem with wasps
Part two: The obsessions of wasp whisperers
Part three: How to have a social life
Part four: Playing the game
Part five: Dinner with Aristotle
Part six: Nature's pest controllers
Part seven: The secret pollinators
Last word: A future with wasps
"Endless Forms opens our eyes to the highly complex and diverse world of wasps. Wasps are 100 million years older than bees; there are ten times more wasp species than there are bees. There are wasps that spend their entire lives sealed inside a fig; wasps that turn cockroaches into living zombies; wasps that live inside other wasps. There are wasps that build citadels that put our own societies to shame, marked by division of labor, rebellions and policing, monarchies, leadership contests, undertakers, police, negotiators, and social parasites. Wasps are nature’s most misunderstood insect: as predators and pollinators, they keep the planet’s ecological balance in check. Wasps are nature’s pest controllers; a world without wasps would be just as ecologically devastating as losing the bees, or beetles, or butterflies?--Amazon.com
9780008394479
Wasps
Wasps behavior
QL568 SUM