Wicked Bugs : : the Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders, 632.7 St
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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African bat bug -- She's just not that into you -- Asian giant hornet -- Assassin bug -- Bugs of war -- Bed bug -- Biting midge -- Black fly -- Black widow -- Stinging caterpillars -- Bombardier beetle -- Brazilian wandering spider -- Curse of the scorpion -- Brown marmorated stink bug -- Brown recluse -- Chigger mite -- Chigoe flea -- Have no fear -- Cockroach -- Colorado potato beetle -- The gardener's dirty dozen -- Corn rootworm -- Death-watch beetle -- Bookworms -- Deer tick -- Filth fly -- I've got you under my skin -- Formosan subterranean termite -- The ants go marching -- Giant centipede -- Mediterranean fruit fly -- Millipede -- Arrow poisons -- Mosquito -- Mountain pine beetle -- Nightcrawler -- The enemy within -- Oriental rat flea -- Paederus beetle -- Corpse-eaters -- Phylloxera -- Rocky Mountain locust -- Fear no weevils -- Sand fly -- Scabies mite -- What's eating you? -- Spanish fly -- Tarantula -- Tsetse fly -- Zombies.
In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes-creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs.

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Wicked Disgusting Fun submitted by sdunav on July 22, 2011, 2:50pm Entertaining book - perfect for browsing - if you aren't overly grossed out by insect borne diseases and parasitism. The only insect I hadn't heard about in this book that truly terrified me was the Asian Giant Hornet (a 5 cm long monster also known as the yak-killer), which forages garbage in Asian cities and inflicts a deadly neurotoxin along with its painful sting.

There are plenty of disgusting facts about bedbugs, lice, centipedes (yes, we know they're not bugs, but Stewart includes a few other crawly vermin here to great effect), bot flies, tapeworms, chiggers, blow flies, death watch beetles, and spiders here. The drawings are tasteful and not too graphic, and the whole book is a nice size for holding while you're sitting outside - hopefully not suffering from "perfect leaf syndrome" (where you feel the need to inform park rangers about insect predation on plants) or entomophobia.

Well researched and written submitted by gardenfaerie on August 6, 2017, 8:15pm This book is enjoyable, easy to read and very informative. Each chapter on a different bug is quick and fun to get through.

great book submitted by kevinhe on August 1, 2019, 8:18pm these horrible bugs could kill people. good to know them.

"Wicked" Bugs submitted by teri on August 17, 2020, 11:10pm An entertaining book - just bear in mind that most "bugs" are not diabolical. Even the "bugs" featured in this book are only trying to survive!