Why read The World of the Tent-Makers?

Book cover of The World of the Tent-Makers: A Natural History of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar

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Study of the life cycle of a colony of eastern tent caterpillars. This book traces this insect's special life history within the total context of nature, discussing both the larger and smaller worlds these creatures encounter during their life span.

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Why read it?

1 author picked The World of the Tent-Makers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Bernd Heinrich

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This book is by an insect physiologist named Vincent G. Dethier. This book reveals the amazing and beautifully intricate behavior and physiology of a common moth (generally considered a pest). Expectations were high as his previous book To Know a Fly went beyond the physiology and elevated the common housefly to a comic character through his sketches. Tent-Makers is about the common "Tent caterpillars" that infest fruit trees and he includes sketches of these animals in their natural environment. This book, though small in size, is concise, succinct, and explores the physiology and behavior of these animals as…

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