Exploring the World of Insects The Equinox Guide to Insect Behaviour

Most of the animals that walk, fly and burrow about this planet are insects. Whether you are hiking along an ice-cold mountain glacier, tramping through a humid tropical rainforest or simply digging in your own backyard, you will encounter insects. As many as 800,000 different species have already been identified, and from 400 million to 400 billion individuals can make their home in the soil of a farmland meadow. What accounts for the success of insects? Describes the innovative strategies that insects employ to cooperate and survive in a hostile world. Takes us on a guided tour through the beautiful and bizarre life histories of the one animal none of us can avoid. Striking full-color photos.Forsyth, Adrian is the author of 'Exploring the World of Insects The Equinox Guide to Insect Behaviour', published 1992 under ISBN 9780756784973 and ISBN 0756784972.