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List of damselflies of the world (Calopterygidae) List of data deficient insects; List of dragonflies; E. ... 50 (UTC). Text is available ...
The book is seen as Bomans' most famous and acclaimed work. Right from the start it was a tremendous bestseller, with ten reprints in the first year. The story both appealed to children as well as adults due to its satirical levels. [1] In 1994, the book was translated into English as Eric in the Land of the Insects by Regina Louise Kornblith. [2]
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Insect cooking oil, insect butter and fatty alcohols can be made from such insects as the superworm (Zophobas morio). [199] Insect species including the black soldier fly or the housefly in their maggot forms, and beetle larvae such as mealworms , can be processed and used as feed for farmed animals including chicken, fish and pigs. [ 200 ]
Detective novels sometimes use insects as unexpected murder weapons. A fly on the wall is used as a voyeur to tell erotic stories in R. Chopping's The Fly, and the anonymous Autobiography of a Flea. Franz Kafka made use of the strangeness of insect metamorphosis in his novella The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung), as have several authors ...
The natural Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) wrote a book on the kinds of insects, [4] while the scientist of Kufa, Ibn al-A'rābī (760–845 CE) wrote a book on flies, Kitāb al-Dabāb (كتاب الذباب). However scientific study in the modern sense began only relatively recently, in the 16th century. [5]
1911 The Strength and Agility of Insects by F. Percy Smith; 1911 La vita delle farfalle by Roberto Omegna and Guido Gozzano; 1960 Secrets of the Ant and Insect World from Walt Disney's 1956 Secrets of Life [1] 1996 Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou is a record of detailed interactions between insects and other small invertebrates.
Dave Goulson FRSE FRES (born 30 July 1965) [1] is Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment) at the University of Sussex.Specializing in the ecology and conservation of insects, particularly bumblebees, Goulson is the author of several books, including Bumblebees: Their Behaviour and Ecology (2003), Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse (2021), and more than 200 ...