Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects

from Gold_Gato

Do not read this book while using public transportation...I missed my train stop because the subject matter kept me completely engrossed. Needless to say, I will never eat pork again and I am slathering myself in mosquito repellent nightly. I have a whole new respect for these mighty bugs and the...

from satyridae

I enjoyed this, even though I kept saying, "Ick. Oh, yuck. Really? Gross!" all the way through. Guinea worms and bot flies and parasitic wasps and killer hornets... and even more. I was mesmerized and horrified and bemused and educated. Just the thing I needed.

from richardderus

Rating: too busy scratching to give it one. The Book Report: Amy Stewart, perpetratrix of Flower Confidential (a book I loathed), has given us bite-sized bios of horrible, horrible, horrible little creepy/crawly or fly-y/stingy horrible things with lots of horrible legs and horrible, horrible way...

from ThothJ

"Wicked Bugs" is a thoroughly disgusting book which sent shivers of sheer revulsion down my spine and which I thoroughly love. In "Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects" author Amy Stewart has created a humorous introduction to only a few of those creepy...

from GlennBell

Fascinating collection of information about different types of "bugs." I really enjoyed listening to the stories of how the insects and spiders, viruses, and worms live, mate, and feed. If anyone ever though that a good God existed, read this and then explain why these creatures exist. These crea...