Insect Architecture

This book provides a systematic survey of the shelters, nests, and constructions produced by insects and related arthropods. Organized by taxa, chapters describe egg-protecting structures, nest-building bees and wasps, hive architecture and wax production, leaf-rolling and case-making caterpillars, caddis-worm cases, burrows, ant and termite formicaries, silk and cocoons, spider webs, and plant galls. Each account explains materials and techniques, variations and irregularities, life-stage functions, and is illustrated with detailed figures to show forms and mechanisms.