Presents photos, descriptions, and information about more than 550 insects and arthropods.

Chronicles the evolution of insects and explains how evolutionary innovations have enabled them to disperse widely, occupy narrow niches, and survive global cat

Authoriative illustrated reference on insects and spiders with contribuing essays by world-renowned scientists.

Mostly tiny, infinitely delicate, and short-lived, insects and their relatives—arthropods—nonetheless outnumber all their fellow creatures on earth. How low