What Insects Do And Why

Author : Ross Piper
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691217697

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What Insects Do, and Why by Ross Piper Pdf

A beautifully illustrated look at the lives and mind-boggling behaviors of insects What Insects Do, and Why takes you on an unforgettable tour of the insect world, presenting these amazing creatures as you have never seen them before. This stunningly illustrated guide explores how insects live, ranging from elegant displays of courtship to brutal acts of predation, and provides insights into the marvelous diversity of insects all around us. Along the way, Ross Piper discusses insect evolution, reproduction and life cycles, feeding strategies, defenses, sociality, parasite-host interactions, human impacts on insects, and more. Features a wealth of breathtaking color photos, illustrations, and graphics Explores the remarkable lifestyles of exotic insects as well as those in your own backyard Draws on the latest research on how insects live

Author : Ross Piper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0750997109

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How to Read an Insect by Ross Piper Pdf

The essential guide to insect behaviour, perfect for the inquisitive gardener or nature lover

Author : Dr Ross Piper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1803991615

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How to Read an Insect by Dr Ross Piper Pdf

Author : Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781982112875

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Buzz, Sting, Bite by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson Pdf

An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them. Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere—deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers, in Yellowstone’s hot springs, and in the ears and nostrils of much larger creatures. There are insects that have ears on their knees, eyes on their penises, and tongues under their feet. Most of us think life would be better without bugs. In fact, life would be impossible without them. Most of us know that we would not have honey without honeybees, but without the pinhead-sized chocolate midge, cocoa flowers would not pollinate. No cocoa, no chocolate. The ink that was used to write the Declaration of Independence was derived from galls on oak trees, which are induced by a small wasp. The fruit fly was essential to medical and biological research experiments that resulted in six Nobel prizes. Blowfly larva can clean difficult wounds; flour beetle larva can digest plastic; several species of insects have been essential to the development of antibiotics. Insects turn dead plants and animals into soil. They pollinate flowers, including crops that we depend on. They provide food for other animals, such as birds and bats. They control organisms that are harmful to humans. Life as we know it depends on these small creatures. With ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson as our capable, entertaining guide into the insect world, we’ll learn that there is more variety among insects than we can even imagine and the more you learn about insects, the more fascinating they become. Buzz, Sting, Bite is an essential introduction to the little creatures that make the world go round.

Author : Vicki Hird
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781645020196

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Rebugging the Planet by Vicki Hird Pdf

"This is a lovely little book that could and should have a big impact...Let’s all get rebugging right away!"—Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Meet the intelligent insects, marvelous minibeasts, and inspirational invertebrates that help shape our planet—and discover how you can help them help us by rebugging your attitude today! Remember when there were bugs on your windshield? Ever wonder where they went? We need to act now if we are to help the insects survive. Robin Wall Kimmerer, David Attenborough, and Elizabeth Kolbert are but a few voices championing the rewilding of our world. Rebugging the Planet explains how we are headed toward “insectageddon” with a rate of insect extinction eight times faster than that of mammals or birds, and gives us crucial information to help all those essential creepy-crawlies flourish once more. Author Vicki Hird passionately demonstrates how insects and invertebrates are the cornerstone of our global ecosystem. They pollinate plants, feed birds, support and defend our food crops, and clean our water systems. They are also beautiful, inventive, and economically invaluable—bees, for example, contribute an estimated $235 to $577 billion to the US economy annually, according to Forbes. Rebugging the Planet shows us small changes we can make to have a big impact on our littlest allies: Learn how to rewild parks, schools, sidewalks, roadsides, and other green spaces. Leave your garden to grow a little wild and plant weedkiller-free, wildlife-friendly plants. Take your kids on a minibeast treasure hunt and learn how to build bug palaces. Make bug-friendly choices with your food and support good farming practices Begin to understand how reducing inequality and poverty will help nature and wildlife too—it’s all connected. So do your part and start rebugging today! The bees, ants, earthworms, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, ladybugs, snails, and slugs will thank you—and our planet will thank you too.

Author : Gilbert WALDBAUER,Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780674044746

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What Good Are Bugs? Insects in the Web of Life by Gilbert WALDBAUER,Gilbert Waldbauer Pdf

This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how insects work in ecosystems--what they do, how they live, and how they make life as we know it possible. Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, describing the intriguing and sometimes amazing behavior of these tiny creatures. As entertaining as it is informative, this charmingly illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life.

Author : Buffy Silverman
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512466492

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Do You Know about Insects? by Buffy Silverman Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! What do a bee, a butterfly, and an ant have in common? They’re all insects! But do you know what makes an insect an insect? Read this book to find out! Learn all about reptiles, fish, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Author : Megan Kopp
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684445752

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What Do Insects Eat? by Megan Kopp Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: This juicy book shows how some insects get the food they need to survive from plants, while others get it from animals, or both plants and animals. Readers will be surprised to learn that the mouthparts of an insect usually determine what it eats—some chew, some sip.

Author : Pat Jacobs
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499432435

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Why Do Insects Have Six Legs? by Pat Jacobs Pdf

Is that creepy critter an insect? How do these tiny creatures survive? This volume brings readers up close and personal with many different insect species, including dung beetles, moths, and praying mantises. They’ll learn how to classify insects into different groups, such as true flies and true bugs. Readers will love learning about amazing senses and skills insects have developed over time, from a fly’s many mini-eyes to an orchid mantis’s disguise. Color photographs and diagrams guide readers through the insect world and illustrate important life science concepts, such as metamorphosis and evolution. Diagrams and sidebars add even more fun facts to this exciting journey through a bug’s life.

Author : Susan Canizares,Mary Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0590397931

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Where Do Insects Live? by Susan Canizares,Mary Reid Pdf

Photographs and simple text describe the habitats of different insects.

Author : Linda Glaser
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761380429

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Not a Buzz to Be Found by Linda Glaser Pdf

Buzz! Zip! Zoom! When the weather is warm, insects are everywhere. But what do they do in winter? Honeybees huddle in their hive. Monarch butterflies fly south. Woolly bear caterpillars hide under leaves and snow. This book shows what twelve different insects do to survive winter's chill.

Author : Clarke Scholtz,Jenny Scholtz,Hennie de Klerk
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775846321

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Pollinators, Predators & Parasites by Clarke Scholtz,Jenny Scholtz,Hennie de Klerk Pdf

Pollinators, parasites, purifiers, predators, decomposers – insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative book is structured around southern Africa’s 13 distinct biomes; it reflects the essential role insects play in most ecological processes such as pollination, predation, parasitism, soil modification and nutrient recycling; details how they serve as food for multitudes of other organisms, including bacteria and fungi, as well as specially adapted plants, insect-feeding arthropods, reptiles, birds and mammals; depicts the insects and phenomena described in some 2,000 photographs that accompany the accessible text; highlights the crucial role insects play as ecosystem service providers, giving intimate insight into the beauty and importance of insects in the natural world. Includes a guide to each of the 25 insect orders found in southern Africa, with images showing their diagnostic characters. This key publication detailing the latest research in the field of entomology will appeal to academics and nature enthusiasts alike.

Author : Molly Aloian
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684445745

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Where do insects live? by Molly Aloian Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Insects, like all living things, need a place to call home. In this fact-filled title, readers will get a close-up look at different insect habitats, including those underground, above ground, and in water. Readers will discover how insects get what they need to survive from their different habitats and how changes to the environment pose a serious risk to insects. The book includes examples of solitary and social insects.

Author : Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : 0008316376

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Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson Pdf

A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures who keep the world turning. Out of sight, underfoot, unseen beyond fleeting scuttles or darting flights, insects occupy a hidden world, yet are essential to sustaining life on earth. Insects influence our ecosystem like a ripple effect on water. They arrived when life first moved to dry land, they preceded - and survived - the dinosaurs, they outnumber the grains of sand on all the world's beaches, and they will be here long after us. Working quietly but tirelessly, they give us food, uphold our ecosystems, can heal our wounds and even digest plastic. They could also provide us with new solutions to the antibiotics crisis, assist in disaster zones and inspire airforce engineers with their flying techniques. But their private lives are also full of fun, intrigue and wonder -musical mating rituals; house-hunting for armies of beetle babies; metamorphosing into new characters; throwing parties in fermenting sap; cultivating fungi for food; farming smaller species for honey dew and always ensuring that what is dead is decomposed, ready to become life once again. Here, we will discover life and death, drama and dreams, all on a millimetric scale. Like it or not, Earth is the planet of insects, and this is their extraordinary story.

Author : Ring T. Cardé,Vincent H. Resh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780674046191

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A World of Insects by Ring T. Cardé,Vincent H. Resh Pdf

As we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse our world anew, at once shrunk and magnified. Owing to their size alone, insects’ experience of the world is radically different from ours. Air to them is as viscous as water to us. The predicament of size, along with the dizzying diversity of insects and their status as arguably the most successful organisms on earth, have inspired passion and eloquence in some of the world’s most innovative scientists. A World of Insects showcases classic works on insect behavior, physiology, and ecology published over half a century by Harvard University Press. James Costa, Vincent Dethier, Thomas Eisner, Lee Goff, Bernd Heinrich, Bert Hölldobler, Kenneth Roeder, Andrew Ross, Thomas Seeley, Karl von Frisch, Gilbert Waldbauer, E. O. Wilson, and Mark Winston—each writer, in his unique voice, paints a close-up portrait of the ways insects explore their environment, outmaneuver their enemies, mate, and care for kin. Selected by two world-class entomologists, these essays offer compelling descriptions of insect cooperation and warfare, the search for ancient insect DNA in amber, and the energy economics of hot-blooded insects. They also discuss the impact—for good and ill—of insects on our food supply, their role in crime scene investigation, and the popular fascination with pheromones, killer bees, and fire ants. Each entry begins with commentary on the authors, their topics, and the latest research in the field.