Fireflies, Honey, and Silk

Name: Fireflies, Honey, and Silk
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ISBN: 9780520268074

ISBN-10: 0520268075

ISBN-13: 9780520268074

Edition: 2009

Authors: James Nardi, Gilbert Waldbauer

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Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/7/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.75" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Gilbert Waldbauer is Emeritus Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois. He is the author of many books on insects including Insights from Insects, What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us, The Handy Bug Answer Book, and A Walk Around the Pond: Insects in and over the Water.



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Introduction



Insects People Like



The Silk We Wear



Dyeing the Cloth



Baubles, Bracelets, and Anklets



Candles, Shellac, and Sealing Wax



Paper and Ink



Butterflies in Your Tummy



Satisfying the Sweet Tooth



Cures and Nostrums



Insect Pets and Performers


Epilogue. The Ecological Context


Selected References


Acknowledgments


Index