Insect Architecture, 9780691275239
Hardcover
Marvel at nature’s tiny architects and their incredible building feats.
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Insect Architecture

how insects build, engineer, and shape their world

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  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    8 September 2025

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Summary

Insect Architecture: Nature’s Tiny Engineers

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 gr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691275239
ISBN-10:0691275238
Author:Michael S. Engel, Tom Jackson
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:8 September 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:254mm x 203mm
About The Author

Michael S. Engel

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.

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