'Social' insects and arachnids exhibit complex forms of behavior that involve cooperation in building a nest, defending against attackers or rearing offspring.

In his exploration of insect societies that don't fit the eusocial schema, James T. Costa gives these interesting phenomena their due. He synthesizes the scatte

Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadl

Insects and arachnids display the most impressive diversity of mating and social behaviour among all animals. This book investigates sexual competition in these

Spiders are often underestimated as suitable behavioural models because of the general belief that due to their small brains their behaviour is innate and mostl