Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (619 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 022635167X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. Emerging from Dunn’s ambitious citizen science project Your Wild Life (an initiative based at North Carolina State University), Dr. But more than this, it will transform the way New Yorkers perceive the environment around them by deepening their understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt—magnifying glass in hand.. No longer! In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects—with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark—as well as some of the strongest. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of New York’s species most noted by project participants—and even offers insight into the ant denizens of the city’s subways and Central Park. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil
Especially lovely is the abundance of photographs by Alex Wild, the Ansel Adams of arthropods.”. “Spicer Rice’s style is clear, fluid, and engaging