| Description |
240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods -- The Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall -- The Silurian period, 444-419 million years ago -- Six feet under the moss -- The Devonian period, 419-359 million years ago -- Dancing on air -- The Carboniferous period, 359-299 million years ago -- Paleozoic holocaust -- The Permian period, 299-252 million years ago -- Triassic spring -- The Triassic period, 252-201 million years ago -- Picnicking in Jurassic park -- The Jurassic period, 201-145 million years ago -- Cretaceous bloom and doom -- The Cretaceous period, 145-66 million years ago -- Cenozoic reflections -- The Cenozoic era, 66 million years ago to the present day -- Postscript: the buggy universe hypothesis. |
| Subject(S) |
Insects -- Evolution.
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| ISBN |
9780226163611 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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022616361X (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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