Book launch: Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian Sumner
30 June 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the recent launch of Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps, a book by Seirian Sumner. This launch is taking place at the Grant Museum of Zoology.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
Join us to celebrate the recent launch of Endless Forms, a book by Seirian Sumner.
About this event
Whilst bees and ants are often considered the darlings of the insect world, Sumner wants to rehabilitate the much-maligned thug of the insect world, the wasp, and show the world that wasps are older, cleverer and more diverse. This book showcases the maligned insect in all its diverse, unexpected splendour; as both predator and pollinator, the wasp is an essential pest controller worldwide.
The closer you look at these spurned, winged insects – both custodians and bouncers of our planet – the more you see. Their secrets have so far gone mostly untapped, but the potential of the wasp is endless.
Join us on Thursday 30 June to hear from Seirian Sumner herself.
Timings for the event are as follows:
- 6pm – Introduction
- 6.05pm – Talk by Seirian Sumner
- 6.25pm – Q&A
- 6.55pm – Networking
Endless Forms was released on the 26th May 2022
About the Speaker
Dr Seirian Sumner
Professor of Behavioural Ecology at Genetics, Evolution & Environment, Division of Biosciences