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The earwig's tail : a modern bestiary of multi-legged legends / May R. Berenbaum.

Berenbaum, M. (May) (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780674035409 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0674035402 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The beasts -- The Aerodynamically Unsound Bumble Bee -- The Brain-Boring Earwig -- The California Tongue Cockroach -- The Domesticated Crab Louse -- The Extinction-Prevention Bee -- The Filter-Lens Fly -- The Genetically Modified Frankenbug -- The Headless Cockroach -- The Iraqi Camel Spider -- The Jumping Face Bug -- The Kissing Bug -- The "Locust" -- The Mate-Eating Mantis -- The Nuclear Cockroach -- The Olympian Flea -- The Prognosticating Woollyworm -- The Queen Bee -- The Right-Handed Ant -- The Sex-Enhancing Spanishfly -- The Toilet Spider -- The Unslakable Mosquito -- The Venomous Daddylonglegs -- The Wing-Flapping Chaos Butterfly -- The X-ray-Induced Giant Insect -- The Yogurt Beetle -- The Zapper Bug.