The Earth Dwellers Adventures in the Land of

From Simon & Schuster, The Earth Dwellers is Erich Hoyt's close-up look at the world of ants.

Erich Hoyt recounts observations from an ant expedition to the tropical jungle with Edward O. Wilson. He introduces ants who harvest crops, raise insects as livestock, build roads and bridges, embark on nuptial fights and go to war.

Erich Hoyt is a whale and dolphin researcher, conservationist, lecturer and author of 22 books and more than 600 reports, articles and papers

Prologue	p. 15
Workers' Paradise	p. 20
The Miracle Ant	p. 38
Superorganism	p. 66
Amber Tales	p. 101
Coming of Age	p. 117
The Flood	p. 137
Nuptial Flight	p. 162
Ant Wars	p. 196
Back to the Lab	p. 237
Revisited	p. 255
Appendix 1 A Chronology of Ants and Humans in Evolutionary and Recent Times	p. 273
Appendix 2 Societies for the Conservation and Study of Insects	p. 280
Glossary	p. 282
Guide to the Latin and Common Names of Ant Species, Genera, Tribes, and Subfamilies Used in This Book	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 295
Acknowledgments	p. 298
Index	p. 301
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The Earth Dwellers Adventures in the Land of Ants

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