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The world of insects is at once beneath our feet and unfathomably alien. Small and innumerable, insects surround and disrupt us even as we scarcely pay them any mind. Insects confront us with the limits of what is imaginable, while at the same time being essential to the everyday functioning of all terrestrial ecosystems.In this book, the philosopher and historian of science Jean-Marc Drouin contends that insects pose a fundamental challenge to philosophy. Exploring the questions of what insects are and what scientific, aesthetic, ethical, and historical relationships they have with humanity, he argues that they force us to reconsider our ideas of the animal and the social. He traces the role that insects have played in language, mythology, literature, entomology, sociobiology, and taxonomy over the centuries. Drouin emphasizes the links between humanistic and scientific approaches-how we have projected human roles onto insects and seen ourselves in insect form. Caught between the animal and plant kingdoms, insects force us to confront and reevaluate our notions of gender, family, society, struggle, the division of labor, social organization, and individual and collective intelligence. A remarkably original and thought-provoking work, A Philosophy of the Insect is an important book for animal studies, environmental ethics, and the history and philosophy of science.

Insects --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda --- Entomology --- Philosophy.

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This work is the first book-length publication on the topic of insect immunology since 1991, complementing earlier works by offering a fresh perspective on current research. Interactions of host immune systems with both parasites and pathogens are presented in detail, as well as the genomics and proteomics, approaches which have been lacking in other publications. Beckage provides comprehensive coverage of topics important to medical researchers, including Drosophila as a model for studying cellular and humoral immune mechanisms, biochemical mediators of immunity, and insect blood cells and th

Insects --- Arthropoda --- Immunology. --- Arthropods --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Bilateria --- Invertebrates --- Entomology

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Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States is a full-color, highly illustrated guide to the sixty-four known species of mosquitoes in eleven genera that populate the South--from the Gulf Coastal states to the Carolinas. In addition to detailed and fully illustrated identification keys for both larvae and adults, Mosquitoes of the Southeastern United States includes information on the mosquito's lifecycle, interaction with humans, and biological diversity in the southeast. This area of the country has a rich mosquito fauna with diverse sp

Mosquitoes --- Culicidae --- Mosquitos --- Diptera --- Insects --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda --- Entomology

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Insects --- Entomology --- Physiology --- physiology --- Physiologie animale. --- Insecte. --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda

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Insects --- Entomology --- Classification --- Offprints --- Insectes --- Entomologie --- Entomologie. --- Insecte. --- Classification (Sciences naturelles) --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda