Small Game Hunter

Description:

Small Game Hunter takes the reader through many encounters with invertebrates that the author has had over the course of his career and around the globe. From a fascination with moths and light traps to chasing the elegance of damsel- and dragonflies. From his special interest with the complex world of spiders to insect farming as a future food for a growing human population. But Small Game Hunter is not just about science, it also ranges across the arts from puppet plays to opera, dance to visual art. It is a cultural and scientific kaleidoscope, but one which always has invertebrates at its focus. At a time when invertebrates around the globe are in sharp decline, this book is a rallying call to appreciate and conserve the small things that run our world.

* An entertaining and informative account of the life of an entomologist.

* With amusing anecdotes about identifying and studying the behaviour of butterflies, moths, dragonflies, flies, beetles and spiders in the field and lab across Great Britain and abroad.

* The author addresses the importance of insects as one of our main food source in the near future.

* His additional interest is in the Arts. Combined with entomology, the outcome is the production of fantastic shows, performances and exhibitions.

* In this unique endeavour, his goal is to bring nature closer to a wider audience.

* On the way, he meets up and collaborates with celebrities, including Sir David Attenborough, Ray Mears and Nick Baker.

Written by Peter Smithers, entomologist and ecologist at the University of Plymouth.