Exploring the World of Insects: The Equinox Guide to Insect Behavior Book

Most of the animals that walk, fly and burrow about this planet are insects. Whether you are hiking along an ice-cold mountain glacier, tramping through a humid tropical rainforest or simply digging in your own backyard, you will encounter insects. As many as 800,000 different species have already been identified, and scientists claim that from 400 million to 400 billion individuals can make their home in the soil of a farmland meadow.

Award-winning writer and biologist Adrian Forsyth relates his firsthand experience with the most adaptive creatures on Earth. Describing the innovative strategies that insects employ to cooperate and survive in a hostile world, Forsyth takes us on a guided tour through the beautiful and bizarre life histories of the animal none of us can avoid. Color photos.