Preview: Oxford University Press, Oxford, Uk, 272 pp; Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-19-955135-4, Price: £75.00; Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-19-955136-1, Price: £37.50 BSc. Noah Wilson-Rich (contact author) & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Philip T. Starks, Department of Biology, Tufts University, 120 Dana Hall, 163 Packard Ave, Medford, Ma 02155, USA. E-mail: noah.wilson_rich@tufts.edu; philip.starks@tufts.edu Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, 134 Mugar Life Sciences Building, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Ma 02115-5000, USA. E-mail: r.rosengaus@neu.edu Myrmecol. News 13: 80 (online 20 January 2010) Issn 1994-4136 (print), Issn 1997-3500 (online) Received 19 December 2009; accepted 21 December 2009 Insects are ubiquitous and successful. Judging from their sheer cumulative biomass and species diversity, they must be doing something right! In Insect infection and immunity: evolution, ecology, and mechanisms, Jens Rolff and Stuart E. Reynolds compile fifteen chapters exploring the proximate and ultimate causes of immune investment, function, and phenotypes primarily in insects. This text…