@article{427801, note = {Description based on print version record.}, author = {Piper, Ross.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/427801}, title = {Pests a guide to the world's most maligned, yet misunderstood creatures / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Greenwood,}, abstract = {Common houseflies often carry over 100 different pathogens. A swarm of one billion locusts consumes over 2,000 tons of food every day. In some parts of the United States, the invasion of the boll weevil beetle had a destructive effect on society second only to the Civil War. Even the smallest insects can create huge problems for mankind.}, recid = {427801}, pages = {1 online resource (xxxi, 282 p.) :}, address = {Santa Barbara, Calif. :}, year = {2011}, }