Nature : Insects & Spiders

The Lives of Ants combines natural history with molecular biology, genetics, and even the latest developments in robotics, to explore the intricately organized societies of ants, revealing the secret of the huge ecological success of these remarkable creatures, and how they cooperate, communicate, exploit other animals and even go to war. - ;Humans have long been fascinated by ants. While not necessarily brightly coloured or beautiful, ants display some remarkable characteristics that are almost unique in the animal world. They live in intricately organized societies, made up of individuals that cooperate, communicate, and divide up daily tasks. They display amazing ingenuity when it comes to building nests and other structures, finding supplies, or even exploiting other members of the animal kingdom. They arecapable too of aggression and violence, of disturbing the apparent peace of their colonies and of sudden fratricidal or matricidal strife. In short, the lives of ants are among the most fascinating in the natural world. This is an account of those lives - looking at the many species of ants around the world, explaining the secret of their huge ecological success, examining the remarkable and varied behaviours that ants exhibit, and tying in molecular biology, genetics, and even cutting-edge developments in robotics, to shed light on what makes ants unique. - ;Fascinating book. - PD Smith, The Guardian;Attractive, readable summary of research into their lives. - Jonathan Beard, New Scientist more...

Price: $25.00

Mites are major pests of greenhouse crops and cause significant economic impact. This book describes the biology, identification and control of such mites. Topics covered include: introduction to the Acari; keys to orders, families and selected species; and collecting, rearing and studying mites. more...

Price: $99.95

Natural Enemies gives a thorough grounding in the biological control of arthropods, vertebrates, weeds and plant pathogens using natural enemies. Written expressly for students, it assumes little prior knowledge of the field, and emphasises ecological and biological relationships that make the control of pests possible. more...

Price: $52.00

Orb-weaving spiders spin the wheel-shaped webs often seen on dewy mornings in meadows and hedges, or on the walls and the eaves of buildings. This manual provides descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic keys for the identification of the 94 species of these spiders represented in Canada and neighboring regions. more...

Price: $42.95

Pine forests face a global threat of pine wilt disease, which is spread by vector beetles carrying pathogenic nematodes from dead trees to healthy ones. This book describes the history of the disease, pathogenic nematodes, vector beetles, the etiology and ecology of the disease, microorganisms involved and control methods. more...

Price: $379.00