Man and Insects

Insects and the life of man. Collected essays on pure science and applied biology

GEORGE M. BAER (editor), The natural history of rabies, 2 vols., New York and London, Academic Press, 1975, 8vo, vol. 1: pp. xvi, 454, illus., £31.60; vol. 2: pp. xvi, 387, illus., £27.35. Rabies has become an increasingly important disease in the last few years, although it remains quite rare, These volumes, comprising forty-two chapters, deal with all types and all aspects of the disease. The...

Diversity and Abundance of Insects in Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria

A field survey was conducted in Wukari, Taraba State to assess the diversity and abundance of insect species in selected habitats (residential, open field made up of grassland and an agroecosystem). Sampling were done biweekly using light, pitfall and yellow pan traps set in 3 replicates, 30 m apart. Insects recovered were wet preserved in 70% ethanol except butterflies and moths. Representativ...

Aquatic Insects: Hemimetabolous Insects – Plecoptera

A new philosophy of man and humanism

The theoretical basis for the new philosophy was laid by the American philosopher James Joseph Dagenais (1923-1981), who came to the conclusion that philosophical anthropology is not a science, but a domain unto itself, and that a philosophy of man can only come about as a joint undertaking of all sciences, in which the object of study must be man himself. The final explanation of man lies outs...

Plant Viruses and Insects

The principal families of insect vectors which cause the most damage to agricultural crops through the spread of plant diseases are in the order Hemiptera, and include the aphids, leafhoppers, delphacid planthoppers and whiteflies. Another important group of insect vectors found worldwide is the order Thysanoptera, the thrips. Other insects also spread plant diseases; however, aphids alone are ...