Bugs britannica
As with 'Flora and Birds', 'Bugs' is not a biological guide but a richly-illustrated cultural one, seen through the eyes of writers, musicians, artists and naturalists.
The book is structured along a roughly evolving path, from simple cell life-forms, amoeba, worms, crustaceans, to bugs we all might recognise, spiders, butterflies, bees, and back into the water to meet molluscs and 'almost-fish'.
The book works so triumphantly because author Peter Marren has examined bugs in the dusty corners of our houses and gardens as well as traversing mountains, lakes and fields. In addition to the fascinating habits of the bug world, he also includes the eccentric behaviour of the bug obsessives themselves.
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