Hymenoptera
About This Book
Hymenoptera turns to wasps, bees and ants, an order that is arguably the largest group of living things. Stephen A. Marshall pairs color photographs with clear text to show what these insects look like, how they can be told apart, and how they live. The result is a bright, accessible introduction to an enormous and varied group. Marshall's earlier natural history volumes, Their Natural History and Diversity, The Natural History and Diversity of Coleoptera and The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, rank among the most respected books on insects published in the past twenty years. Their science is rigorous, yet they are written for lay readers, including high school students interested in entomology. University instructors have used them as course texts, and many working entomologists keep them on their reference shelves. This volume brings the same approach to the wasps, bees and ants. The opening section explains what sets a wasp apart from other insects, then surveys the order's diversity, importance and natural history through many examples. Its subjects include the life histories of these insects, their relationships with plants, their place in history, culture and fiction, kleptoparasitism, and much more. The second part is a guided tour through nearly all of the world's roughly 100 families of wasps and most of the major subfamilies. Thousands of photographs, almost all taken in the field by the author, show the range of form and function within each family. Popular groups such as bees, hornets and ants receive their own pages of images, alongside lesser-known groups from pincer wasps to fairyflies. For each group the text covers its significance, range, behavior and biology, and photographic keys to most families let readers use the book as an identification guide. Scientists, academics, naturalists and the next generation of entomologists are its intended readers.
ISBN: 9780228103714
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