Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers

Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
March 1 2000
EAN: 9780674000902
ISBN: 0674000900
Synopsis: Insects that are the least bit social may gather in modest groups, like the dozen or so sawfly larvae feeding on a pine needle, or they may form huge masses, like a swarm of migratory locusts in Africa or a cloud of mayflies at the edge of a midwestern lake or river. Why these insects get together and what they get out of their associations are questions finely and fully considered in this learned and entertaining look at the group behaviour and social lives of a wide array of bugs.