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2) Tiny game hunting: environmentally healthy ways to trap and kill the pests in your house and garden
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze, an entomologist and former pesticide developer, considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the...
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Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don't expect or want them, we respond with fear, rage, or simple annoyance. It's no longer an animal. It's a pest. At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is not a simple call to look closer at our urban ecosystem. It's...
6) Cockroaches
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Examines the anatomy, behavior, and dangers of cockroaches, as well as ways of coping with them.