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Copyright © 2018 by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Tuva Sverdrup-Thygeson
Translation © 2019 Lucy Moffatt
Originally published in 2018 in Norway by J.M. Stenersens Forlag as Insektenes Planet
This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA, Norwegian Literature Abroad
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First Simon & Schuster edition July 2019
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne, author. | Moffatt, Lucy, translator.
Title: Buzz, sting, bite : why we need insects / by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson ; translated by Lucy Moffatt.
Other titles: Insektenes planet. English
Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition July 2019. | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019. | “Originally published in 2018 in Norway by J.M. Stenersens Forlag as Insektenes Planet.” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059668| ISBN 9781982112875 | ISBN 1982112875
Subjects: LCSH: Insects.
Classification: LCC QL463 .S82 2019 | DDC 595.7--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059668.
ISBN 978-1-9821-1287-5
ISBN 978-1-9821-1289-9 (ebook)