For Love of Insects
A Environment, Nature, Nonfiction book. Very interesting. Unlike Rainer Foelix, he doesn't torture his subjects.
Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves as flowers by fastening petals to their bodies; termites emitting a viscous glue to rally fellow soldiers - and you will have entered an insect world once beyond imagining, a world observed and described down to its tiniest astonishing detail by Thomas Eisner. The story of a lifetime of such minute explorations, For Love of Insects celebrates the small creatures that have emerged triumphant on the planet, the beneficiaries of extraordinary evolutionary inventiveness and unparalleled reproductive capacity. Eisner tells us, but never has a reckoning been such a pleasure. Recounting exploits and discoveries in his laboratory at Cornell and in the field...
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- Pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9780674011816 / 674011813
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I am not overly fond of bugs or spiders but Eisner's curiosity about the world of insects draws you into his enthusiasm. I learned ever so much about the interesting defenses at work in plants as well as insects and how insects use chemicals to protect themselves. Not difficult to read ( other than the unfamiliar genus species names... Beware friends: the next time you tell me you don't like insects I'm going to put this book in your hands and monitor you until you at least read the first chapter. The fantastic thing about For Love of Insects is that it can work on multiple levels. I really think that those with very little biology background will take something from... Very interesting. Unlike Rainer Foelix, he doesn't torture his subjects.
