What's Bugging You?: A Fond Look at the Animals We Love to Hate

We are told from the time we are children that insects and spiders are pests, when the truth is that most have little or no effect on us—although the few that do are often essential to our existence. Arthur Evans suggests we take a closer look at our slapped-at, stepped-on, and otherwise ignored cohabitants, who vastly outnumber us and whose worlds often occupy spaces that we didn’t even know existed.

What’s Bugging You? brings together fifty unforgettable stories from the celebrated nature ...