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Animal
Antlion
ants
architecture
arthropods
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Author_Tom Jackson
Bark
bees
Beetle
beetles
behavior
Brood
Bugs
Build nests
Bumble bee
Caddisfly
Carcass
Carpenter
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Caterpillar
Cells
Chambers
Cockroach
Cocoon
Comb
construction
Cricket
crickets
Cycle
earwigs
Eggs
Eggs laid
Emerge
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Eusocial
evolution
Fibers
Fungus
Gall
Garden
Glands
grasshoppers
Grubs
Hatch
Honey
Ice crawlers
insects
Larva
Larvae
Larval
Lays egg
Mate
Mole cricket
Moth
moths
Mound
Mouthparts
Mud
Nectar
Nest
nests
Net
Nymphs
Pollen
Pollen nectar
Potter wasps
Predators
Pupate
Queens
Saliva
Sand
Silk
Silken
sociality
sociobiology
Solitary
Strands
Structures
Swarm
Temperature
Termite mounds
termites
Thrips
Trap
Trunk
Tunnel
Twigs
wasps
Web spinner
Wings
Product details
- ISBN 9780691275239
- Dimensions: 203 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 09 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The essential illustrated guide to the ingenious techniques that insects use to construct an astounding array of natural structures, from nests to shelters to traps
Insect Architecture takes you inside the amazing structures that insects build, from the paper galleries of yellowjacket wasps to elaborate termite mounds complete with royal chambers and air-conditioning systems. Each chapter focuses on a group of insect architects, describing the materials and methods they use while exploring the structures themselves in detail. Blending spectacular illustrations with illuminating case studies of representative species from around the world, this is the ultimate guide to insect artistry and innovation.
- Features a wealth of color photos, explanatory diagrams and blueprints, step-by-step sequences, and visual spreads
- Covers all major groups of insect architects and the broad array of structures they build
- Explains how anatomy, life cycle, and habitat are the ingredients to extraordinary creations
- Profiles the insect world’s most accomplished builders—from beetles, bees, and cicadas to moths, wasps, ants, and termites
- Discusses the ecological impacts of insect architecture
- Reveals how insect builders have inspired human design innovations
Tom Jackson is an acclaimed science writer and conservationist. His books include Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science, The Magnificent Book of Dangerous Animals, Micro Monsters, and Genetics in Minutes: 200 Key Ideas of Evolution and Biology in an Instant. He was the chief editor of Insects and Spiders of the World. Michael S. Engel is a world authority on bees and the diversity of living and extinct insects. His books include Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth and Evolution of the Insects.
