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Non-fiction Books on Ants
Non-Fiction Books
This table lists a number of major Non-Fiction books in which the focus is specifically on ants.
Please note that this table excludes many books which contain separate chapters related to ants. For a listing of such books, please view the Chapters on Ants (non-fiction) table.
| Title | Author | Year of Publication | Publisher | Language | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural History of Ants, The | Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de; translation and annotation by William Morton Wheeler | 1926 | A.A. Knopf | English translation and French text | Natural History | A classic book on the natural history of ants |
| Field Guide to the Ants of New England, A | Ellison, Aaron, Gotelli, N., Fansworth, E., Alpert, G. | 2012 | Yale University Press | English | Identification Guide | Field guide, illustrations and keys |
| Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World | Bolton, Barry | 1994 | Harvard University Press | English | Identification & Classification Guide | SEM's and keys |
| Ants, Bees, and Wasps: A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera | Lubbock, John William (1834-1913) | 1882 | Appleton and Company | English | Natural History | Experiments on the instincts and behavior of ants |
| Honey Ants of the Garden of the Gods, and the Occident Ants of the American Plains, The | McCook, Henry Christopher (1837-1911) | 1882 | J.B. Lippincott & Co. | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Ant Communities and How They are Governed; a Study in Natural Civics | McCook, Henry Christopher (1837-1911) | 1909 | Harper & Brothers | English | Natural History | Natural history of ants. |
| Marvels of Ant Life | Kirby, William Forsell (1844-1912) | 1898 | S.W. Partridge & Co. | English | Natural History | Natural history of ants. |
| Natural History of the Agricultural Ant of Texas, The | McCook, Henry Christopher (1837-1911) | 1879 | Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia | English | Natural History | Natural history of Harvesting ants: Pogonomyrmex |
| Evolution of an Insect Society, The | Morley, Derek Wragge | 1954 | Allen & Unwin | English | Natural History | Natural history of Wood ants (Formica) |
| Ant World, The | Morley, Derek Wragge | 1953 | Penguin Books | English | Natural History | Written for the layman |
| Ants | Morley, Derek Wragge | 1953 | Collins | English | Natural History | Natural history of British ants |
| Ants | Huxley, Julian | 1930 | E. Benn | English | Natural History | Natural history of ants |
| Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification | Shattuck, Steven O. | 1999 | CSIRO Publishing | English | Identification Guide and Biology | Comprehensive treatment of Australian ants |
| Natural History of Ants, The | Huber, M.P.; translation by James Rawlins Johnson | 1820 | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown | English | Natural History | Natural history of ants. Translated from the original French text published 1810 with the title Recherches sur les moeurs des fourmis indigènes |
| Recherches sur les moeurs des fourmis indigènes | Huber, M.P. | 1810 | Chez J.J. Paschoud | French | Natural History | Natural history of ants. |
| Ways of the Ant | Crompton, John | 1954 | Houghton Mifflin | English | Natural History | Written for the layman |
| Year of the Ant, The | Ordish, George | 1978 | Scribner | English | Natural History | Formica exsectoides. Natural history for the layman. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton |
| Le Monde Des Fourmis: Un Univers De Science-fiction | Chauvin, Rémy | 1969 | Plon | French | Natural History | Controversial treatment. Work translated into English and titled The World of Ants: a Science Fiction Universe |
| World of Ants: a Science Fiction Universe, The | Chauvin, Rémy; translation by George Ordish | 1970 | Hill and Wang | English | Natural History | Controversial treatment. Work was translated from the French Le Monde Des Fourmis: Un Univers De Science-fiction |
| British Ants: Their Life History and Classification | Donisthorpe, Horace St. John Kelly (1870-1951) | 1915 | W. Brendon | English | Natural History | Natural history of British ants |
| Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior | Wheeler, William Morton (1865-1937) | 1910 | Columbia University Press | English | Natural History | Book review by Brues |
| Fungus Growing Ants of North America, The | Wheeler, William Morton (1865-1937) | 1907 | Dover Publications | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. Reprinted in 1973 |
| Introduction to the Behavior of Ants, An | Sudd, John H. | 1967 | St. Martin's | English | Natural History | Dealing with the behavior of ants. Reprinted in 1970 |
| La Vie Des Fourmis | Maeterlinck, Maurice | 1930 | Fasquelle | French | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work translated into English and titled The Life of the Ant |
| Life of the Ant, The | Maeterlinck, Maurice; translation by Bernard Miall | 1930 | John Day Co. | English | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work was translated from the French La Vie Des Fourmis |
| Carpenter Ants of the United States and Canada | Hansen, Laurel Dianne and Klotz, John H. | 2005 | Cornell University Press | English | Natural History and Classification | Focus on pest carpenter ants |
| Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized | Gordon, Deborah M. | 1999 | The Free Press | English | Ecology | Pogonomyrmex harvester ants |
| Ants of North America | Creighton, William Steel (1902-1973) | 1950 | Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University | English | Identification Guide | Keys to genera and species of North American ants |
| Ants of New Mexico, The | Mackay, William & Mackay, Emma | 2002 | Edwin Mellen Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys and biology of ants of New Mexico |
| The Systematics and Biology of the New World Ants of the Genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) | Mackay, William & Mackay, Emma | 2010 | Edwin Mellen Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys in English and Spanish, biology and distribution |
| Pogonomyrmex Harvester Ants: A Study of the Genus in North America | Cole, Arthur C. | 1968 | University of Tennessee Press | English | Identification Guide and Biology | Pogonomyrmex harvester ants |
| The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct | Hölldobler, Bert & Wilson, Edward O. | 2011 | Norton | English | Natural History | Attine natural history |
| Ants, The | Hölldobler, Bert & Wilson, Edward O. | 1990 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | English | Natural History, Classification, Ecology | 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Non-Fiction |
| Journey to the Ants | Hölldobler, Bert & Wilson, Edward O. | 1995 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | English | History | Book for the layman |
| Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World | Wilson, Edward O. & Durán, José María Gómez | 2010 | Johns Hopkins University Press | English | History | First myrmecologist in the New World |
| Ants of Japan | Imai, Hirotami T., Japanese Ant Database Group & et al. | 2003 | Gakken | English | Identification Guide | Keys and illustrations to species |
| Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera | Fisher, Brian L. & Cover, Stefan P. | 2007 | University of California Press | English | Identification Guide | Field guide, keys to genera |
| Fossil Ants of North America, The | Carpenter, Frank M. | 1930 | Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University | English | Identification Guide | Images to fossil ants of Colorado Florissant Shale |
| Myrmica Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World | Radchenko, Alexander G. & Elmes, Graham W. | 2010 | Natura optima dux Foundation | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species and notes on biology |
| Guide to Colobopsis Ants of the World, A | McArthur, Archie | 2012 | South Australian Museum | English | Identification Guide | Keys and species accounts |
| Guide to Camponotus Ants of South Australia, A | McArthur, Archie | 2010 | Axiom Books | English | Identification Guide | Keys and Illustrations to species |
| La Vie Des Fourmis | Keller, Laurent & Gordon, Élisabeth | 2006 | O. Jacob | French | Natural History | Natural history for the layman. Work translated into English and titled The Lives of Ants |
| Lives of Ants, The | Keller, Laurent & Gordon, Élisabeth; translation by James Grieve | 2009 | Oxford University Press | English | Natural History | Natural history for the layman. Work translated from the French La Vie Des Fourmis |
| Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitory Biodiversity | Agosti, Donat,; Majer, Jonathan,; Alonso, Leeane & Schultz, Ted R. | 2000 | Smithsonian Institution Press | English | Biodiversity | Technical compilation of techniques for studying ants |
| Senses of Insects, The | Forel, Auguste-Henri (1848-1931); translation by Macleod Yearsley | 1908 | Methuen & Co. | English | Natural History | Experiments on ants |
| The Social World of Ants Compared with That of Man | Forel, Auguste-Henri (1848-1931); translation by C.K. Ogden | 1928 | G.P. Putnam Sons | English | Natural History | Volumes I and II. Classic book on ants |
| Synopsis and Classification of the Formicidae | Bolton, Barry | 2003 | American Entomological Institute | English | Classification | From the series Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, v. 71. Seminal work on ants. |
| Essai Sur l'Histoire des Fourmis de la France | Latreille, Pierre-André | 1798 | Éd. Champion-Slatkine; Éd. de la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | French | Natural History | Classic book on ants of France. Reissued in 1989 |
| Social Evolution in Ants | Bourke, Andrew F.G. & Franks, Nigel R. | 1995 | Princeton University Press | English | Evolution | Academic book |
| Evolution of Social Insect Colonies: Sex Allocation and Kin Selection | Crozier, R.H. & Pamilo, Pekka | 1996 | Oxford University Press | English | Evolution | Academic book |
| Army Ants: the Biology of Social Predation | Gotwald, William H. | 1995 | Cornell University Press | English | Ecology | Academic book on Army ants |
| A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World | Bolton, Barry | 1995 | Harvard University Press | English | Classification | Out of date. Refer to AntWiki.org for updates |
| Ants of North Dakota, The | Wheeler, George C. & Wheeler, Jeanette | 1963 | University of North Dakota Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species |
| North Dakota Ants Updated | Wheeler, George C. & Wheeler, Jeanette | 1977 | Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada System | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species; updated supplement to The Ants of North Dakota |
| Ants of Deep Canyon | Wheeler, George C. & Wheeler, Jeanette | 1973 | Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, University of California, Riverside | English | Identification Guide | Keys and biology and distribution |
| Ants of Nevada, The | Wheeler, George C. & Wheeler, Jeanette | 1986 | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | English | Identification Guide | Keys to genus and species |
| Ants of Colorado with Reference to Their Ecology, Taxonomy, and Geographic Distribution, The | Gregg, Robert E. | 1963 | University of Colorado Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species and biology |
| Adventures Among Ants: a Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions | Moffett, Mark W. | 2010 | University of California Press | English | Ecology and Biology | Autobiography and natural history of ants |
| Bibliography of Ant Systematics, A | Ward, Philip S.; Bolton, Barry, Shattuck, Seven O. & Brown, William L. Jr. | 1996 | University of California Press | English | Bibliography | Updated on AntCat and Antwiki on the web |
| Ants of Ohio, The | Coovert, Gary A. | 2005 | Ohio Biological Survey | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species |
| Ant Tribe Dacetini, The | Bolton, Barry, Shattuck, Seven O. & Fisher, Brian L. | 2000 | The American Entomological Institute | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species and general biology |
| Astonishing Ant, The | Kenly, Julie Closson | 1931 | D. Appleton and Co. | English | Natural History | B ook for the layman |
| Ants and Their Ways | White, Farren W. | 1883 | The Religious Tract Society | English | Natural History | List of genera and species of British ants with illustrations. |
| Die Staaten der Ameisen | Goetsch, Wilhelm | 1953 | Springer | German | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work translated into English and titled The Ants |
| Ants, The | Goetsch, Wilhelm; translation by Ralph Manheim | 1957 | University of Michigan Press | English | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work translated from the German Die Staaten der Ameisen |
| World of the Ant, The | Costello, David F. | 1968 | Lippincott | English | Natural History | Written for the layman |
| Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland, The | Czechowski, Wojciech, Radchenko, Alexander, & Czechowska, Wieslawa | 2002 | Warszawa: Museum and Institute of Zoology | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species and biology |
| The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark | Collingwood, Cedric A. | 1979 | Scandinavian Science Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species and biology. Found within Fauna entomologica Scandinavica, v. 8 |
| Ameisen | Ewers, Hanns Heinz | 1925 | G. Müller | German | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work translated into English and titled The Ant People |
| Ant People, The | Ewers, Hanns Heinz; translation by Clifton Harby Levy | 1927 | John Lane, the Bodley Head | English | Natural History | Written for the layman. Work translated from the German Ameisen |
| World of the Harvester Ants, The | Taber, Stephen Welton | 1998 | Texas A&M University Press | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species, distribution and biology |
| Earth Dwellers, The: Adventures in the Land of Ants | Hoyt, Erich | 1996 | Simon & Schuster | English | Natural History | Notes on Bill Brown and Ed Wilson. Written for the layman. |
| Of Ants and Men | Haskins, Caryl P. | 1939 | Prentice-Hall, Inc. | English | Natural History | Written for the layman |
| Das Sozialleben der Ameisen | Dumpert, Klaus | 1978 | P. Parey | German | Natural History | Written for the academic. Work translated into English and titled The Social Biology of Ants |
| Social Biology of Ants, The | Dumpert, Klaus; translation by C. Johnson | 1981 | Pitman Advanced Publishing Program | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. Work translated from the German Das Sozialleben der Ameisen |
| Ants of Southern Australia, The: A Guide to the Bassian Fauna | Andersen, Alan N. | 1991 | CSIRO Pub. | English | Identification Guide | Keys to genera |
| Ants of Northern Australia, The: A Guide to the Monsoonal Fauna | Andersen, Alan N. | 2000 | CSIRO Pub. | English | Identification Guide | Keys to species |
| Ant Ecology | Lach, Lori, Parr, Catherine L. & Abbott, Kirsti L., eds.] | 2010 | Oxford University Press | English | Ecology | Written for the academic |
| Armies of the Ant, The: Based on the Experiences of Charles L. Hogue | Hogue, Charles L. and Alan Landsburg Productions, Inc.; general editing by Alfred Meyer | 1972 | World Publishing | English | Natural History | From the series American Museum of Natural History's The new explorers. .Written for the layman. |
| Ants of California, The | Cook, Thomas Wrentmore | 1953 | Pacific Books | English | Identification Guide | Written for the academic |
| Division of Labor Among Ants | Buckingham, Edith Narson | 1911 | Ginn | English | Natural History | From the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 46, no. 18. Written for the academic. |
| William Morton Wheeler, Biologist | Evans, Mary Alice & Evans, Howard Ensign | 1970 | H arvard University Press | English | Biography | On the life of William Morton Wheeler. |
| Advances in Myrmecology | Trager, James C., ed., and Wheeler, George C. | 1988 | E.J. Brill | English | Systematics, Evolution, Ecology and Behavior | Written for the academic. |
| All About Ants | Larson, Peggy Pickering & Larson, Mervin W. | 1965 | World | English | Natural History | Written for the layman. |
| Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms, The | Beattie, Andrew J. | 1985 | Cambridge University Press | English | Ecology | Written for the academic. |
| Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, The: Hymenoptera Vol. II: Ants and Cuckoo-wasps | Bingham, Charles Thomas | 1903 | Taylor and Francis | English | Identification Guide | Written for the academic |
| Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of Introduced Species | Williams, David F., ed. | 1994 | Westview Press | English | Biology and Control | Written for the academic. |
| Ant-Plant Interactions | Huxley, Camilla R., Cutler, D. F., Linnean Society of London; University of Oxford Dept. of Zoology, and University of Oxford Dept. of Plant Sciences | 1991 | Oxford University Press | English | Ecology | Written for the academic. |
| Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective | Vander Meer, Robert K., Jaffe, Klaus, & Cedeno, Aragua | 1990 | Westview Press | English | Pests | Written for the academic. |
| Guide to Ants of South Australia, A | Greenslade, P. J. M. | 1979 | South Australian Museum | English | Identification Guide | Keys to genus. A part of the Special Educational Bulletin Series (South Australian Museum). |
| Ants, Fourmis, Mrówki: In Memory of Professor Dr. Bohdan Pisarski | Czechowski, Wojciech ed. | 1994 | Polska Akademia Nauk, Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii | English, French, & abstracts in Polish | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Ants, Fourmis, Mrówki ... | Czechowski, Wojciech ed. | 1994 | Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN | Polish | Natural History | Written for the academic. In memory of Professor Dr. Bohdan Pisarski. |
| Production Ecology of Ants and Termites | Brian, M.V. | 1977 | Cambridge University Press | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Fire Ants, Fire | Tschinkel, Walter R. | 2006 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Army Ants: A Study in Social Organization | Schneirla, T.C.; Topoff, Howard R. ed. | 1971 | W.H. Freeman | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Behavioural Ecology of Ants, The | Sudd, John Hilton & Franks, Nigel R. | 1987 | Blackie; Chapman and Hall | English | Behavior and Ecology | Written for the academic. |
| Introduction to the Behavior of Ants, An | Sudd, John, Hilton | 1967 | St. Martin's | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. |
| Gardening Ants: The Attines | Weber, Neal A. | 1972 | American Philosophical Society | English | Natural History | Written for the academic. A part of the series Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, v. 92. |
| Pheidole in the New World: A Dominant, Hyperdiverse Ant Genus | Wilson, Edward O. | 2003 | Harvard University Press | English | Taxonomy | Keys to species. |
| Ant Hill Odyssey | Mann, William M. | 1948 | Little, Brown | English | Biography | Biography and correspondence of zoologist William M. Mann. |
Chapters on Ants (non-fiction)
This table lists books containing separate chapters specifically on ants.
| Title | Author | Year of Publication | Publisher | Language | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and other Stinging Insects] | Saunders, Edward | publication date unknown | London: George Routledge & Sons | English | Natural History | A couple of small chapters for the layman |
| Production Ecology of Ants and Termites | Brian, Michael V. Ed. | 1978 | Cambridge University Press | English | Ecology | The role of ants in ecosystems. |
| Orgnization of Insect Societies | Gadau, Jurgen & Fewell, Jennifer Eds. | 2009 | Harvard University Press | English | Ecology | Ecology and behavior for the academic |
| Social Insects: Volume I, II, III, and IV | Herman, Henry Ed. | 1979 | Academic Press | English | Natural History | Written for the academic |
| The Insect Societies | Wilson, Edward Osborne | 1071 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | English | Systematics, Ecology, Behavior, Evolution | classic book |
| Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects | Oster, George F. & Wilson, Edward O. | 1978 | Princeton University Press | English | Development | Caste Determination |
| Social Life Among the Insects | Wheeler, William Morton | 1923 | Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. | English | Natural History | Chapter on castes, and parasitic ants |
| The Social Insects | Wheeler, William Morton | 1928 | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., LTD. | English | Natural History | Written for the academic |
| From Individual to Collective Behavior in Social Insects | Pasteels, Jacques M. & Deneubourg, Jean-Louis | 1987 | Birkhauser Verlag | English | Behavior | Written for the academic |