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Author / Creator:	Spicer Rice, Eleanor, author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Ants -- Behavior -- California. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General. Ants -- Behavior. California. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11323183

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Other authors / contributors:	Dunn, Rob R., author. Wild, Alexander L., 1973- author.
ISBN:	9780226398518 022639851X 9780226351537 022635153X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects--with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark--as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some places more than earthworms), and even help plant forests by distributing seeds. But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. No longer! In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Emerging from Dunn's ambitious citizen science project Your Wild Life (an initiative based at North Carolina State University) and the work of Brian Fisher with the California Academy of Sciences, Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of California's species most noted by project participants--and even offers tips on keeping ant farms in your home. Exploring species from the high noon and harvester ants to the honeypot and acrobat ants, and featuring Wild's stunning photography, this guide will be a tremendous resource for teachers, students, and scientists alike. But more than this, it will transform the way Californians perceive the environment around them by deepening their understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt--magnifying glass in hand.
Other form:	Print version: Spicer Rice, Eleanor. Dr. Eleanor's book of common ants of California. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 9780226351537

Table of Contents:

Pavement ant (Tetramorium sp.e)
Winter ant (Prenolepis imparis)
Thief ant (Solenopsis molesta)
Odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
Carpenter ant (Camponotus spp.)
Southern fire ant (Solenopsis xyloni)
Field ant (Formica spp.)
High noon ant (Forelius spp.)
Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)
Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex spp.)
Velvety tree ant (Liometopum occidentale)
Veromessor harvester ants (Veromessor spp.)
Honeypot ants (Myrmecocystus testaceus)
Acrobat ants (Crematogaster spp.)
Frequently asked ant questions
How to keep ants at home
Epilogue: collections and museums.

Dr. Eleanor's book of common ants of California /

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