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Description edit
In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies... read more
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First Sentence edit
In 1909, the Chicago Daily Tribune ran an article titled "If Bugs Were the Size of Men."
Table of Contents edit
Warning: We Are Seriously Outnumbered
African Bat Bug
She's Just Not That Into You
Asian Giant Hornet
Assassin Bug
Bugs of War
Bed Bug
Biting Midge
Black Fly
Black Widow
Stinging Caterpillars
Bombardier Beetle
Brazilian Wandering Spider
Curse of the Scorpion
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Brown Relulse
Chigger Mite
Chigoe Flea
Have Noe Fear
Cockroach
Colorado Potato Beetle
The Gardener's Dirty Dozen
Corn Rootworm
Death-Watch Beetle
Bookworms
Deer Tick
Filth Fly
I've Got You Under My Skin
Formosan Subterranean Termite
The Ants Go Marching
Giant Centipede
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Millipede
Arrow Poisons
Mosquito
Mountain Pine Beetle
Nightcrawler
The Enemy Within
Oriental Rat Flea
Paederus Beetle
Corpse-Eaters
Phylloxera
Rocky Mountain Locust
Fear No Weevils
Sand Fly
Scabies Mite
What's Eating You?
Spanish Fly
Tarantula
Tsetse Fly
Zombies
End Notes
About the Artist
Resources
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Amy Stewart (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781565129603
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781565129603
Page Count: 272
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 595
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