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Locust, Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Oct. 12th, 2004 11:40 pmFascinating book about acridology, entomologists, ecology, and glacier expeditions, marred slightly by a moody, current-events-ridden ending. Too many cool things to put in the roundup review.
( Etymological footnote )
( Usenet-style taxonomy flame )
There are wonderful short sections on the name of Charles De Geer, who was so often misnamed that the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society published a ten-page paper called "On the Rendering of Charles De Geer's Surname", and on the uses of grasshopper genitalia in classification. Also, it says a grasshopper's chewing muscles are so powerful they would crush its head if there weren't intrusions of the exoskeleton into the head to create girders. Which rules.
(I've had a hell of a headache all day, so I'm going to bed now. Good night!)
( Etymological footnote )
( Usenet-style taxonomy flame )
There are wonderful short sections on the name of Charles De Geer, who was so often misnamed that the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society published a ten-page paper called "On the Rendering of Charles De Geer's Surname", and on the uses of grasshopper genitalia in classification. Also, it says a grasshopper's chewing muscles are so powerful they would crush its head if there weren't intrusions of the exoskeleton into the head to create girders. Which rules.
(I've had a hell of a headache all day, so I'm going to bed now. Good night!)
