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The World According to Moths
A Nature and Science Guide to the Hidden Nightlife of Our Gardens
Verlag:
Mercer Education Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34823476
EAN: 9798185953747
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Fr, 16.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 27.25
Beschreibung
What if the garden doesn't end when the bees go home. When we think of moths, we picture dusty wings in a lampshade or frantic circles around a porch light. The World According to Moths. invites you past that cliché and into the world moths actually live in: the dark. In this richly observed blend of science writing and nature essay, you'll discover:. Night as a living map. How moths read darkness as structure: scent plumes, thermal gradients, and faint edges against a pale sky. A body built for dusk. Superposition eyes that pool photons, antennae tuned to chemistry, wing scales that insulate, camouflage, and even dampen sound. The truth about "moth to a flame". Why the familiar porch-light scene is not desire but disorientation-a navigation system thrown into chaos by artificial light. Invisible pollinators and quiet recyclers. How moths move pollen long after the bees have gone home, feed nestling songbirds through their caterpillars, and unlock materials like keratin and leaf litter that few other creatures can use. A nightly arms race with bats. Tympanal "ears," sudden dives, erratic flight paths and ultrasonic clicks: the constant calculations that keep some moths alive in a sky full of sonar. The stories we laid over them. From souls and omens to candles and devotion, how different cultures turned moths into symbols of desire, death, transformation-and what those stories hide about the animals themselves. This book is for you if:. You love lyrical nature writing but want real science beneath the poetry. You're a gardener, birder, or night-walker who suspects the dark is busier than it looks. You enjoy big-idea books and want a deep dive into the lives of moths. You don't need a biology degree for this journey-just a willingness to stand at an open door at night, turn off the light, and consider that the dark has never been empty. After reading The World According to Moths. , a moth at your window-and a walk through the garden after dusk-will never feel the same again.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Andi Saunders
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 80