The Deadliest Bugs on Earth
Author: Erika L. Shores
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 142963930X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes deadly bugs and what makes them dangerous.
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Author: Erika L. Shores
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 142963930X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes deadly bugs and what makes them dangerous.
Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2017-08-08
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1616206993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDid you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that delivers a perfectly-placed sting in a cockroach’s brain and then leads the roach around by its antennae — like a dog on a leash. Scorpions glow in ultraviolet light. Lots of bugs dine on corpses. And if you want to know how much it hurts to get stung by a bullet ant (hint: it really, really hurts), you can consult the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. It ranks the pain produced by ants and other stinging creatures. How does it work? Dr. Schmidt, the scientist who created it, voluntarily subjected himself to the stings of 150 species. Organized into thematic categories (Everyday Dangers, Unwelcome Invaders, Destructive Pests, and Terrible Threats) and featuring full-color illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Wicked Bugs is an educational and creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst of insects, arachnids, and other arthropods. This is the young readers adaptation of Amy Stewart’s bestselling book for adult readers.
Author: Matthew Robertson
Publisher: Welcome Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780941807333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of unusual facts, games, puzzles, activities, and artwork centering around the world of insects.
Author: Darlyne Murawski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1426313764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTexts and photographs look at over four hundred insects.
Author: Timothy C. Winegard
Publisher: Text Publishing
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1925774708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe surprising true story of how the course of human history was redirected, time and again, by the pesky mosquito.
Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Qeb Publishing -- Quarto Library
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 1682974197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn how to survive in 100 real life dramas, from natural disasters and dangerous weather to fighting off dangerous animals.
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
Published: 1910
Total Pages: 1090
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Author: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2019-07-02
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1982112875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them. Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere—deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers, in Yellowstone’s hot springs, and in the ears and nostrils of much larger creatures. There are insects that have ears on their knees, eyes on their penises, and tongues under their feet. Most of us think life would be better without bugs. In fact, life would be impossible without them. Most of us know that we would not have honey without honeybees, but without the pinhead-sized chocolate midge, cocoa flowers would not pollinate. No cocoa, no chocolate. The ink that was used to write the Declaration of Independence was derived from galls on oak trees, which are induced by a small wasp. The fruit fly was essential to medical and biological research experiments that resulted in six Nobel prizes. Blowfly larva can clean difficult wounds; flour beetle larva can digest plastic; several species of insects have been essential to the development of antibiotics. Insects turn dead plants and animals into soil. They pollinate flowers, including crops that we depend on. They provide food for other animals, such as birds and bats. They control organisms that are harmful to humans. Life as we know it depends on these small creatures. With ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson as our capable, entertaining guide into the insect world, we’ll learn that there is more variety among insects than we can even imagine and the more you learn about insects, the more fascinating they become. Buzz, Sting, Bite is an essential introduction to the little creatures that make the world go round.
Author: Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-07-22
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0199733538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines how insects have been used as weapons in wartime conflicts throughout history, presenting as examples how scorpions were used in Roman times and hornets nests were used during the MIddle Ages in siege warfare and how insects have been used in Vietnam, China, and Korea.
Author: Martin Walters
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780754819097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the publisher. This beautifully illustrated book provides an overview of the world of insects. The encyclopedia of insect species is organized according to geographical region and then by insect order.