A fascinating, entertaining dive into the long-standing relationship between humans and
insects, revealing the surprising ways we depend on these tiny, six-legged creatures. Insects …

Researchers who study ancient human diets tend to focus on meat eating because the
practice of butchery is very apparent in the archaeological record. In this volume, Julie …

“Provides a sturdy literary exoskeleton to the field of human insectivory... it entertains as it
enlightens”(Daniella Martin, author of Edible). Meet the beetles: there are millions and …

A caterpillar can eat up to three hundred times its own weight in a day, devastating many
plants in the process, and continues eating until it's so bloated that it hangs itself up and …

As we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse
our world anew, at once shrunk and magnified. Owing to their size alone, insects' …

All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber
and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of …

" Creepy, beautiful, icky and amazing."—Penny Le Couteur, author of Napoleon's Button
Insects have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years. In …

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Insects. They're what's for dinner. Can you imagine a world in which that simple statement is
not only true but in fact an unremarkable part of daily life? Daniella Martin, entomophagist …

Insects are uninvited guests at our tables–hovering nearby, crawling on our food or already
inside our guts. While we humans come together to talk and eat, insects are also with us in …