Mostly tiny, infinitely delicate, and short-lived, insects and
their relatives--arthropods--nonetheless outnumber all their fellow
creatures on earth. How lowly arthropods achieved this unlikely
preeminence is a story deftly and colorfully told in this follow-up
to the award-winning "For Love of Insects," Part handbook, part
field guide, part photo album, "Secret Weapons" chronicles the
diverse and often astonishing defensive strategies that have
allowed insects, spiders, scorpions, and other many-legged
creatures not just to survive, but to thrive.
In sixty-nine chapters, each brilliantly illustrated with
photographs culled from Thomas Eisner's legendary collection, we
meet a largely North American cast of arthropods--as well as a few
of their kin from Australia, Europe, and Asia--and observe at
firsthand the nature and extent of the defenses that lie at the
root of their evolutionary success. Here are the cockroaches and
termites, the carpenter ants and honeybees, and all the miniature
creatures in between, deploying their sprays and venom, froth and
feces, camouflage and sticky coatings. And along with a marvelous
bug's-eye view of how these secret weapons actually work, here is a
close-up look at the science behind them, from taxonomy to chemical
formulas, as well as an appendix with instructions for studying
chemical defenses at home. Whether dipped into here and there or
read cover to cover, "Secret Weapons" will prove invaluable to
hands-on researchers and amateur naturalists alike, and will
captivate any reader for whom nature is a source of wonder.
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