Of cockroaches and crickets : learning to love creatures that skitter and jump /
For many people, cockroaches are the most pesky of pests. Not so for entomologist Frank Nischk. In this funny and fascinating book, Frank reveals his love and admiration for so-called "nasty" creatures like cockroaches, crickets and more. He shows us that even seemingly terrifying insects...
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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Vancouver :
Greystone Books,
[2023].
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Table of Contents:
- Beyond the cuted and cuddly
- Part I: The year of the cockroach
- Cockroaches instead of hummingbirds
- the no-so-German cockroach
- Higher and lower orders of animals
- Renting - and gilding - cockroaches
- Devoted parents
- In the footsteps of Fabre
- The cockroach tsunami
- What are cockroaches good for?
- Part II: Return to the rainforest
- Answering the call of love
- Welcome to the rainforest
- The village in the rainforest
- Tormented by crickets
- Opera in the rainforest
- Red legs, green legs
- Stalking a spider cricket
- Pain on a scale of 1 to 4
- The invasion of the army ants
- Bidding adieu to San Pablo
- Part III: Giving nature a fighting chance
- The land falls silent
- Of spectacled bears, antpittas, and little stinkers
- A network of habitats, large and small
- Unexpected events in a gravel pit.