Beschreibung:
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¿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.
* Foreword by Edward O. Wilson * Prologue *1. Bombardier *2. Vinegaroons and Other Wizards *3. Wonders from Wonderland *4. Masters of Deception *5. Ambulatory Spray Guns *6. Tales from the Website *7. The Circumventers *8. The Opportunists *9. The Love Potion *10. The Sweet Smell of Success * Epilogue * Bibliography * Acknowledgments * Illustration Credits