Contents

Epigraph

Preface

Introduction

1. Small Creatures, Smart Design: Insect Anatomy

2. Six-Legged Sex: Dating, Mating, and Parenting

3. Eat or Be Eaten: Insects in the Food Chain

4. Insects and Plants: A Never-Ending Race

5. Busy Flies, Flavorsome Bugs: Insects and Our Food

6. The Circle of Life—and Death: Insects as Janitors

7. From Silk to Shellac: Industries of Insects

8. Lifesavers, Pioneers, and Nobel Prize Winners: Insights from Insects

9. Insects and Us: What’s Next?

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Further Reading

Sources

Index