Insects in Comics. Volume 5

The fifth volume of the popular French series "Insects in Comics" will tell not only about our six-legged contemporaries, many of whom we have already met in previous volumes, but also about their prehistoric ancestors. Among them were real monsters: the vampire ant, the giant dragonfly Meganeura, the insatiable flea Pseudopyllus... Brrr! Fortunately, they went extinct a long time ago... But among their descendants, who fly, run, jump, and crawl among us, there are also plenty of originals, though not as fearsome - for example, the water fog, which can easily dive into a salty lake, the large wax moth, whose caterpillars eat plastic, or the "explosive" ants of the genus Colobopsis, which... yes, explode, literally! You will also learn how a paleoentomologist differs from an archeoentomologist, why cockroaches flew into space, how a ladybug saved an innocent person from execution, why diatomite is dangerous for insects, how the "elections" of a queen bee take place, and why the predatory wasp Stenolemus has "musical" abilities...

A traditional educational section at the end of the book will suggest to young nature lovers how to make the environment a little more attractive and safe for insects, without which we all and the planet as a whole would have a really tough time.