The Beasts (Contents) -- The Aerodynamically Unsound Bumble Bee -- The Brain-Boring Earwig -- The California Tongue Cockroach -- The Domesticated Crab Louse -- The Extinction-Prevention Bee -- The Filter-Lens Fly -- The Genetically Modified Frankenbug -- The Headless Cockroach -- The Iraqi Camel Spider -- The Jumping Face Bug -- The Kissing Bug -- The "Locust" -- The Mate-Eating Mantis -- The Nuclear Cockroach -- The Olympian Flea -- The Prognosticating Woollyworm -- The Queen Bee -- The Right-Handed Ant -- The Sex-Enhancing Spanishfly -- The Toilet Spider -- The Unslakable Mosquito -- The Venomous Daddylonglegs -- The Wing-Flapping Chaos Butterfly -- The X-ray-Induced Giant Insect -- The Yogurt Beetle -- The Zapper Bug -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.