Brett Ortler

The Mosquito Book: An Entertaining, Fact-Filled Look at the Dreaded Pesky Bloodsuckers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fun and easy-to-read book is all about mosquitoes, including what does and doesn't work to keep them away and entertaining mosquito-related facts and trivia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Adventure Publications
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 130mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781591934882
• ISBN-10: 1591934885
• Artikelnr.: 39615268

Autorenporträt

Brett Ortler is an editor at Adventure Publications. While at Adventure, he has edited dozens of books, including many field guides and nature-themed books. In addition to this book, he's authored "The Firefly Book." His own work appears widely, including in "Salon," "Good Men Project," "The Nervous Breakdown," "Living Ready" and in a number of other venues in print and online. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife and their young children.

Inhaltsangabe

Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
The Basics
Honing In
How They Bite
Mosquitoes as Disease Vectors: Flying Syringes
Avoiding Mosquitoes Made Easy
What Doesn't Work: Superstitions, Mosquito Traps and Other Bogus "Cures"
A Mosquito Miscellany: The Weird, the True, and the Funny of Mosquito Lore
Identifying Aedes, Anopheles and Culex Mosquitoes
Table of Repellents/Insecticides
Recommended Resources/Reading
Bibliography
About the Author