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 Pseudopulex... Brr! Fortunately, they have long been extinct... But even among their descendants, who fly, run, jump, and crawl among us, there are plenty of originals, albeit not as fearsome – for example, the diving fly, which easily dives into a salty lake, the large wax moth, whose caterpillars eat plastic, or the "explosive" ants of the genus Colobopsis, which... well, yes, explode, and literally! You will also learn how a paleoentomologist differs from an archaeontomologist, why cockroaches flew into space, how a ladybug saved an innocent man from execution, why diatomite is dangerous for insects, how "elections" of a queen bee take place, and why the predatory stenolemus has "musical" abilities... Additionally, the traditional educational section at the end of the book will guide young nature lovers on how to make the environment a little more attractive and safe for insects, without which we and the planet as a whole would have a very hard time.