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Endless forms : the secret world of wasps / created by Seirian Sumner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: William Collins, 2022Description: 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780008394479
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QL568 SUM
Contents:
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
Summary: "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
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf QL568 SUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 158730 Available BK146552

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

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