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Tables of Contents for Life on a Little-Known Planet
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the 1993 Edition
13
4
The Universe as Seen from a Suburban Porch
17
12
Cities in the Soil: The World of Springtails
29
19
The Intellectual and Emotional World of the Cockroach
48
14
Water Lizards and Aerial Dragons
62
20
The Cricket as Poet and Pugilist
82
20
In Defense of Magic: The Story of Fireflies
102
14
Interlude in the Elysian Meadows: Butterflies
116
24
Paean to a Volant Voluptuary: The Fly
140
28
Bedbugs, Cone-nosed Bugs, and Other Cuddly Animals
168
27
Year of the Locust
195
32
Parasitic Wasps, and How They Made the World Livable for You and Me
227
25
Insects and Human Society
252
24
Is Nature Necessary?
276
19
Epilogue, 1993
295
12
Notes on Classification
307
6
For Further Reading
313
4
Index
317