Insect Artifice

Abstract Half of all insect species are dependent on living plant tissues, consuming about 10% of plant annual production in natural habitats and an even greater per...

Insects such as cockroaches, mosquitoes and bed-bugs are usually not highly sought amongst travellers or recreationists, yet each year, collectors, butterfly enthusiasts, dragonfly...

• Insect bite precautions are essential.•DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) or picaridin-containing insect repellents• Concentration: A DEET concentration of 20–50% is safe for both...

This chapter examines the different types of social forms found in insect taxa, from the relatively simple social behaviors of aggregating species, to the complex cooperative and a...

Actor-turned-writer/director Barbara Loden's only feature film,Wanda(1970), tells the story of an alienated working-class woman, Wanda Goronski (played by Loden), who abandons her ...