Wicked bugs : the louse that conquered Napoleon's army & other diabolical insects / Amy Stewart ; etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565129601
- ISBN: 9781565129603
- Physical Description: xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2011.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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 recluse -- Chigger mite -- Chigoe flea -- Have no 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.
- System Details Note:
- Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 6646 KB).
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Arachnida.
Insect pests. - Genre:
- Electronic books.
Available copies
- 16 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)
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| Statesville Main Library | 632.7 STE (Text) | 33114016881989 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 632.7 S (Text) | 39493106948609 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Cliffdale Library | 632.7 S (Text) | 31781060085568 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | 632.7 STE (Text) | 0020509050355 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 632 Stewart (Text) | 33115006917329 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 632.7 Stewart (Text) | 30519008272075 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 632.7 S (Text) | 39149006357982 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | 632.7 S (Text) | 25908006095942 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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