Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Commentary xiii
5. 1 Introduction: What’s in a Name? 1
6. 2 The Ecology of Social Evolution: Lessons from the Other Insect Societies 16
7. Orthopteroidea
8. 3 Dermaptera: Earwig Mother 49
9. 4 Orthoptera: Hopper Herds and Cricket Families 81
10. 5 Embiidina: The Webspinner 114
11. 6 Mantodea and Phasmatodea: Mantids and Walkingsticks 135
12. 7 Blattodea: Cockroaches That Care 147
13. 8 Psocoptera and Zoraptera: Barklice and Angel Insects 193
14. Hemipteroidea
15. 9 Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha. Aphidoidea: Samurai Aphids 215
16. 10 Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha. Treehopper Herds 245
17. 11 Hemiptera: Heteroptera I. Terrestrial Bugs 280
18. 12 Hemiptera: Heteroptera II. Aquatic Bugs 336
19. 13 Thysanoptera: Communes and Family Fortresses 364
20. Neuropteroidea
21. 14 Coleoptera: Beetle Societies I. Dung, Rove, and Carrion Beetles and Their Allies 401
22. 15 Coleoptera: Beetle Societies II. Bark and Ambrosia Beetles and Other Weevils 447
23. 16 Coleoptera: Beetle Societies III. Leaf, Fungus, Carrion, Darkling, and Whirligig Beetles and Their Allies 483
24. Panorpoidea
25. 17 Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars I: Moths 523
26. 18 Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars II: More Moths, and Social Butterflies 576
27. Hymenopteroidea
28. 19 Hymenoptera: Symphyta. Sawfly Societies 631
29. Noninsect Arthropods
30. 20 Other Social Arthropods: Arachnids, Centipedes, Millipedes, and Crustaceans 667
31. Coda: Sociality in an Appalachian Spring 717
32. Illustration Sources 721
33. Acknowledgments 725
34. Taxonomic Index 729
35. Subject Index 743
36. Author Index 755