| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The beasts -- The aerodynamically unsound bumble bee -- The brain-boring earwig -- The California tongue cockroach -- The domesticated crab louse -- The extinction-prevention bee -- The filter-lens fly -- The genetically modified frankenbug -- The headless cockroach -- The Iraqi camel spider -- The jumping face bug -- The kissing bug -- The "locust" -- The mate-eating mantis -- The nuclear cockroach -- The Olympian flea -- The prognosticating woollyworm -- The queen bee -- The right-handed ant -- The sex-enhancing Spanishfly -- The toilet spider -- The unslakable mosquito -- The venomous daddylonglegs -- The wing-flapping chaos butterfly -- The X-ray-induced giant insect -- The yogurt beetle -- The zapper bug |
| Summary |
Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. In The Earwig's Tail, entomologist May Berenbaum and illustrator Jay Hosler draw on the powerful cultural symbols of these antiquated books to create a beautiful and witty bestiary of the insect world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Insects -- Popular works
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Arthropoda -- Popular works
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Errors, Scientific.
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Common fallacies.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
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Arthropoda
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Common fallacies
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Errors, Scientific
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Insects
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009013733 |
| ISBN |
9780674053564 |
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0674053567 |
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