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What good are bugs? : insects in the web of life
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What good are bugs? : insects in the web of life

Author: Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
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"In What Good Are Bugs? Gilbert 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. He weaves a colorful, richly textured picture of beneficial insect life on earth, from ants sowing their "hanging gardens" on Amazonian shrubs and trees to the sacred scarab of ancient  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gilbert Waldbauer
ISBN: 0674010272 9780674010277 0674016327 9780674016323
OCLC Number: 50198798
Description: 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Macrocosm --
Pollinating --
Dispersing seeds --
Supplying food --
Providing defense --
Giving sustenance --
Giving protection --
Controlling plant populations --
Controlling insect populations --
Controlling vertebrate populations --
Recycling dead animals --
Recycling dung --
Recycling dead plants --
Microcosm.
Responsibility: Gilbert Waldbauer.
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Combining anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, Waldbauer weaves a colorful picture of beneficial insect life on Earth. 30 halftones.  Read more...

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Persuasive, rollicking, and informative...He may not get you to hug your termites, but you will see them in a whole new light. Bugs are truly awesome in numbers and variety...On the surface, bugs Read more...

 
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schema:reviewBody""In What Good Are Bugs? Gilbert 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. He weaves a colorful, richly textured picture of beneficial insect life on earth, from ants sowing their "hanging gardens" on Amazonian shrubs and trees to the sacred scarab of ancient Egypt burying balls of cattle dung full of undigested seeds, from the cactus-eating caterpillar (aptly called Cactoblastis) controlling the spread of the prickly pear to the prodigious honey bee and the "sanitary officers of the field"--The fly maggots, ants, beetles, and caterpillars that help decompose and recycle dung, carrion, and dead plants. As entertaining as it is informative, this charmingly illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life."--Jacket."
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