Books & Boots at North Swamp Trail: Buzz, Sting, Bite

Date: 06/25/2023
Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Read Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, then lace up your boots as we hike the North Swamp Trail in Norfolk under the leadership of Hartley Mead. All hiking abilities welcome. In the event of rain, we will meet at the Norfolk Library for the book discussion. This program is in partnership with the Norfolk Land Trust and the Norfolk Church of Christ Green Team.

Park and meet at the tennis courts at Botelle Elementary School at 128 Greenwoods Road in Norfolk at 2:00pm on Sunday, June 25th. Bina Thomson from the Norfolk Library and Hartley Mead from the Norfolk Land Trust will be waiting to greet people.

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Buzz, Sting, Bite is available at 10 libraries throughout Connecticut. If our copy is checked out and you would like to request a copy through inter-library loan, please contact Norfolk Library’s Front Desk Circulation at 860-542-5075, ext. 2.

More about the book:

The sheer scale and variety of insects are impossible for most of us to contemplate, but Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson provides at least a glimpse of their wonder in her charming Buzz, Sting, Bite. In essence, the book is an extended meditation on a question that Sverdrup-Thygeson…gets asked all the time: What good are bugs anyway?…Sverdrup-Thygeson strives to make you like insects…highlighting them in all their buzzing, stinging, biting glory. – The New York Times Book Review – Sam Kean

Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere—deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers, in Yellowstone’s hot springs, and in the ears and nostrils of much larger creatures. There are insects that have ears on their knees, eyes on their penises, and tongues under their feet. Most of us think life would be better without bugs. In fact, life would be impossible without them. With ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson as our capable, entertaining guide into the insect world, we’ll learn that there is more variety among insects than we can even imagine and the more you learn about insects, the more fascinating they become. Buzz, Sting, Bite is an essential introduction to the little creatures that make the world go round.

Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson is a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences near Oslo and a scientific advisor to the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. She holds a doctorate in conservation biology and teaches nature management and forest ecology.

 

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