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Insect Day

A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Hexapod Lives


176 pages | 24 halftones | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

Earth Day

Biological Sciences: Behavioral Biology, Conservation

Table of Contents

Preface
Artist’s Note

Midnight: Mosquito (Africa)
1 AM: Poor Knights Giant Weta (New Zealand)
2 AM: Dung Beetle (Africa)
3 AM: Matsumura’s Delicate Lacewing (Asia)
4 AM: Orange-Striped Stonefly (Great Britain)
5 AM: Great Dobsonfly (Worldwide)
6 AM: Twisted-Wing Parasite (North America)
7 AM: Arctic Bumblebee (Arctic Circle)
8 AM: Urania Swallowtail Moth (Americas)
9 AM: Tea Thrips (Asia)
10 AM: Zebra Longwing Butterfly (Americas)
11 AM: Yellow-Legged Saddle Casemaker (Northern Eurasia)
Noon: Noon Fly (Asia, Europe, and North Africa)
1 PM: Giant Willow Aphid (East Asia, Introduced Worldwide)
2 PM: Blue-Winged Helicopter (Americas)
3 PM: Red-and-Black Cocktail Ant (Africa)
4 PM: West Wind Gladiator Bug (Africa)
5 PM: Peruvian Shield Mantis (Americas)
6 PM: Black-Horned Tree Cricket (North America)
7 PM: Harlequin Fly (Europe)
8 PM: Blue Mountains Firefly (Australia)
9 PM: Ferocious Water Bug (North America)
10 PM: Common Earwig (Europe)
11 PM: Grote’s Bertholdia (North America)
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Index

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