Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs - Softcover

Hubbell, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395883261 ISBN 13: 9780395883266

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1998

Synopsis

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of butterflies, gnats, ladybugs, black flies, silverfish, and dragonflies

About this title

Review:

God, the English biologist J.B.S. Haldane once observed, has an inordinate fondness for beetles--and, for that matter, for all the other little bugs and insects that abound on the earth. Sue Hubbell, a beekeeper-turned-essayist, shares that fondness, and after reading her notes on camel crickets, gypsy moths, and water striders, among other creatures, you will as well. Hubbell's appreciation extends even to bugs that we find noxious ("Silverfish," she writes, "are gregarious, sociable animals, liking their own company so much that they often eat one another"), although she admits to harboring a few favorites among the innumerable insect orders, notably bees, of course, and daddy longlegs spiders, whose "otherness" she rightly prizes. --Gregory McNamee

From the Inside Flap:

ove poem to creepy-crawlies. Over 13 endearing, graceful, and witty essays, Hubbel delves into different orders of insects.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395883261
• ISBN 13: 9780395883266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276