Extraordinary Insects

Extraordinary Insects
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*The Sunday Times Bestseller*‘Extraordinary Insects is a joy’ The TimesA Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019A 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.

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Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Extraordinary Insects

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Contents

Epigraph

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Small Creatures, Smart Design: Insect Anatomy

CHAPTER 2. Six-legged Sex: Dating, Mating and Parenting

CHAPTER 3. Eat or Be Eaten: Insects in the Food Chain

CHAPTER 4. Insects and Plants: A Never-ending Race

CHAPTER 5. Busy Flies, Flavoursome Bugs: Insects and Our Food

CHAPTER 6. The Circle of Life – and Death: Insects as Caretakers

CHAPTER 7. From Silk to Shellac: Industries of Insects

CHAPTER 8. Lifesavers, Pioneers and Nobel Prize-winners: Insights from Insects

CHAPTER 9. Insects and Us: What’s Next?

Afterword

Thanks

Further Reading

Sources

List of Searchable Terms

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Cover

Title Page

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Chapter 5: Busy Flies, Flavoursome Bugs: Insects and Our Food

Chapter 6: The Circle of Life – and Death: Insects as Caretakers

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