Life on a Little-Known Planet

Abstract

"Updated and revised"--Cover. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1968. With new epilogue. 1. Universe as Seen from a Suburban Porch -- 2. Cities in the Soil: The World of Springtails -- 3. Intellectual and Emotional World of the Cockroach -- 4. Water Lizards and Aerial Dragons -- 5. Cricket as Poet and Pugilist -- 6. In Defense of Magic: The Story of Fireflies -- 7. Interlude in the Elysian Meadows: Butterflies -- 8. Paean to a Volant Voluptuary: The Fly -- 9. Bedbugs, Cone-nosed Bugs, and Other Cuddly Animals -- 10. Year of the Locust -- 11. Parasitic Wasps, and How They Made the World Livable for You and Me -- 12. Insects and Human Society -- 13. Is Nature Necessary?