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The Kerry Chronicles - Book One - THE RESPONSE    by Gary  Naiman
Price: $6.99 USD. 42330 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on August 6, 2009. .

The Response launches us into a terrifying biblical prophecy. Set in 2015, it introduces Devin Kerry, a brilliant entomologist who is confronted with an unexplained global uprising of ten thousand trillion enraged ants, bees, and wasps. Swarms devastate cities we are powerless to stop them. Devin discovers the attacks were triggered 30 years ago, thus begins humanity’s greatest battle.
Hatchings    by Greg Ellis
Price: $6.99 USD. 77730 words. Published on May 5, 2011. .

His hometown destroyed by a swarm of ants, his girlfriend and mentor killed by a nest of centipedes, his life in tatters, Jason Carter knows only one way forward - fighting the emergence of ecological catastrophe. Recruited by a super-secret agency, he leads the fight with money, science, and talent. But will any of that be enough when those who started the hatchings come after him with guns?
Garden Wars: Getting good bugs to fight your garden pests    by Lacey Spade
Price: $4.99 USD. 6450 words. Published by Reflected Light Books  on May 22, 2011. .

Are you at war with aphids and other garden pests? Find out how to attract good bugs to fight the battle with these bad boys. GARDEN WARS is a compact guide to attracting beneficial insects to your garden. Chapters include 'What the heck is a good bug?'; 'Creating a beneficial insectary'; 'The private lives of 'good bugs'; highlights of author's garden journal.
Suppertime Sonnets    by Kate Sherrod
Price: $1.99 USD. 10060 words. Published on June 27, 2011. .

A selection from Suppertime Sonnets, author Kate Sherrod's 2009-2010 experiment in writing and posting a pseudo-Shakespearean sonnet every day by suppertime. Topics range from insects and other creepy crawlies to the International Space Station to various topics in chemistry and biology to usable cooking recipes, along with more traditional and lyrical works. Formal poetry, informal subjects!
The Variety and Ecology of Galls, With a Focus on Those Induced on Oak Species    by Eric J. Guignard
Price: $1.49 USD. 1850 words. Published on January 1, 2012. .

This research article discusses galls, the homes of insect larvae which are created by manipulating the host tree to build the homes for them. I will discuss identification and explanation of galls through their strange and beautiful arrangements, as well as understanding the life cycle of the gall-encased insects, and also the secondary uses of galls by humans.