The life of insects /

Wigglesworth, Vincent B. Sir, 1899-

The life of insects / V. B. Wigglesworth. - London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1964 - xi, 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. - The Weidenfeld and Nicolson natural history .

CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2. the insects as a terrestrial animal
3 The movements of insects on land, in water and in the air
4. the dietary of insects
5. the eggs of insects
6. The growth and metamorphosis of insects
7. Mating and reproduction
8. Luminous insects
9. The colors of insects
10 Defense and offence
11 Insect vision
12 hearing, smell, and other societies
13 The wisdom of the insects
14. the organization of insect societies
15 insect population, speciation and migration
16 insects and flowers
17 Insects and man

Bibliography: p. 331-342.


Entomology.

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