387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-365) and index.
Summary:
In this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects' secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and revealing how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance.
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