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What's Bugging You?: A Fond Look at the Animals We Love to Hate
Arthur V. Evans
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Description for What's Bugging You?: A Fond Look at the Animals We Love to Hate
Hardcover. We are told from the time we are children that insects and spiders are pests, when the truth is that most have little or no effect on us - although the few that do are often essential to our existence. This title suggests we take a closer look at our slapped-at, stepped-on, and otherwise ignored cohabitants. It brings together fifty stories. Num Pages: 170 pages, 6 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
We are told from the time we are children that insects and spiders are pests, when the truth is that most have little or no effect on us - although the few that do are often essential to our existence. Arthur V. Evans suggests we take a closer look at our slapped-at, stepped-on, and otherwise ignored cohabitants, who vastly outnumber us and whose worlds often occupy spaces that we didn't even know existed.""What's Bugging You?"" brings together fifty unforgettable stories from the celebrated nature writer and entomologist's popular ""Richmond Times-Dispatch"" column. Evans has scoured Virginia's wild places and returned with ... Read more
We are told from the time we are children that insects and spiders are pests, when the truth is that most have little or no effect on us - although the few that do are often essential to our existence. Arthur V. Evans suggests we take a closer look at our slapped-at, stepped-on, and otherwise ignored cohabitants, who vastly outnumber us and whose worlds often occupy spaces that we didn't even know existed.""What's Bugging You?"" brings together fifty unforgettable stories from the celebrated nature writer and entomologist's popular ""Richmond Times-Dispatch"" column. Evans has scoured Virginia's wild places and returned with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926988
SKU
V9780813926988
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99-11
About Arthur V. Evans
Arthur V. Evans works for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage. He is also research associate at the Smithsonian Institution and the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Evans is the author of numerous books and articles on the lives of insects and spiders, including An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles and the National Wildlife Federation Field ... Read more
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