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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Wasps, Social and Solitary
E. G. Peckham and J. H. Emerton George W. Peckham
238 pages~4 hr 44 min read20 chapters$1.99
The Peckhams spent countless hours watching wasps hunt, build, and provision their nests, and their patient studies read like detective work. Solitary and social wasps alike reveal astonishing instincts under their gaze. A classic of insect observation. Crouch beside a wasp's nest with two devoted naturalists.
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Inside this book
20 chapters
- 1WASPS
- 2NOTE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5Introduction
- 6Chapter I
- 7Chapter II
- 8Chapter III
- 9Chapter IV
- 10Chapter V
- 11Chapter VI
- 12Chapter VII
- 13Chapter VIII
- 14Chapter IX
- 15Chapter X
- 16Chapter XI
- 17Chapter XII
- 18Chapter XIII
+ 2 more. The full contents open with the book.
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