Foibles of insects and men / by William Morton Wheeler.
| Author/creator | Wheeler, William Morton |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : A.A. Knopf, 1928. |
| Description | xxvi, 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 |