Foibles of insects and men / by William Morton Wheeler.

Author/creator Wheeler, William Morton
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : A.A. Knopf, 1928.
Descriptionxxvi, 217, xi, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction.--The physiognomy of insects.--Insect parasitism and its peculiarities.--A solitary wasp (Aphilanthops frigidus F. Smith) that provisions its nest with queen ants.--A study of the guest ant Leptothorax emersoni.--The ant colony as an organism.--The kelep ant and the courtship of the mimic, Cardiacephala myrmex.--The organization of research.--The dry-rot of our academic biology.--The termitodoxa, or biology, and society.
Bibliography note"Literature" at end of some of the chapters.
LCCN 28012001