- Foreword by Bert Hölldobler
- Commentary by Edward O. Wilson
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- 1. Introduction: What’s in a Name?
- 2. The Ecology of Social Evolution: Lessons from the Other Insect Societies
- Orthopteroidea
- 3. Dermaptera: Earwig Mothers
- 4. Orthoptera: Hopper Herds and Cricket Families
- 5. Embiidina: The Webspinners
- 6. Mantodea and Phasmatodea: Mantids and Walkingsticks
- 7. Blattodea: Cockroaches That Care
- 8. Psocoptera and Zoraptera: Barklice and Angel Insects
- Hemipteroidea
- 9. Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea: Samurai Aphids
- 10. Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Treehopper Herds
- 11. Hemiptera: Heteroptera I: Terrestrial Bugs
- 12. Hemiptera: Heteroptera II: Aquatic Bugs
- 13. Thysanoptera: Communes and Family Fortresses
- Neuropteroidea
- 14. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies I: Dung, Rove, and Carrion Beetles and Their Allies
- 15. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies II: Bark and Ambrosia Beetles and Other Weevils
- 16. Coleoptera: Beetle Societies III: Leaf, Fungus, Carrion, Darkling, and Whirligig Beetles and Their Allies
- Panorpoidea
- 17. Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars I: Moths
- 18. Lepidoptera: Social Caterpillars II: More Moths, and Social Butterflies
- Hymenopteroidea
- 19. Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Sawfly Societies
- Noninsect Arthropods
- 20. Other Social Arthropods: Arachnids, Centipedes, Millipedes, and Crustaceans
- Coda: Sociality in an Appalachian Spring
- Illustration Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Taxonomic Index
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Color plates follow page 512