Beautiful artwork and die-cut pages let the reader turn this book into a work of art and create a parade of incredible bugs, bringing them alive and becoming an interactive gallery of marvellous minibeasts.
If you've ever wondered what that leggy, buzzing creature was in your bathroom (or backyard, bed, or pantry), perhaps you've come across WhatsThatBug.com, where people around the world go to ask "What's that bug?" From mating African beetles to the tiniest of bedbugs, Daniel Marlos (The Bugman) has identified them all. The Curious World of Bugs is a miscellany of illuminating facts, curiosities, helpful hints, and remarkable science about the bugs that share our world-a compendium that celebrates bugs for what they truly are: strange, mysterious, cute, beautiful, and occasionally disturbing. Gorgeously illustrated with vintage drawings, The Curious World of Bugs offers a glimpse into the magical world of bugs that bite, infest, fascinate, repulse, and inform us all.
Fascinating facts and up-close photos to delight bug fans ages 5 to 7 Calling all young bug enthusiasts! Come along on a journey into The Weird and Wonderful World of Bugs. Kids from ages 5 to 7 will learn all about the insects and other arthropods we call "bugs." They'll meet moths, bees, fireflies, spiders, and mosquitos in detailed, full-color photos that bring the bugs to life from antennae to abdomen. Entomologist Rea Manderino, PhD, offers scientific facts on every page, inspiring budding bug scientists to explore their backyards with new eyes. Discover intriguing facts like: More than one-third of all the insects on Earth are beetles. There are almost 390,000 species! Some ants are farmers! They bring leaves back to the nest and use them to grow fungus, which they feed to their babies. Pillbugs are a type of crustacean—like crabs—with many legs, a hard exoskeleton, and gills that need water to breathe. Leap, fly, and crawl into a big world of small wonders with this incredible bug book for kids.
When Ms Frizzle's class can't find any bugs for their science fair project, they don't know what to do. After all, they can't learn about bugs if they can't see bugs. But Ms. Frizzle has the perfect soloution: They can be bugs. The Magic School Bus gang finds out that there is a whole wide world to discover when it comes to bugs.
We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny animals that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes, but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? Nick Baker's Bug Book encourages our understanding of all types of bugs by providing practical information and fun activities. Learn how to determine the sex of a spider, how to look after ants in a home-made formicarium and even how to rear your own dragonflies. Packed with details on essential equipment for bug watching and collecting, informative illustrations and close-up photography, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.
Bugs vastly outnumber people on Earth. Unlike people, there are many different species of insects, arachnids, flies, and other tiny creatures. It's easy to appreciate these differences and the interesting adaptations of tiny bugs when we can see them up close under a microscope. The photographs provided in this book allow readers to do just that, but without the need for scientific tools. Readers see the information on each page reflected in the detailed photographs and gain a greater appreciation for the microscopic world of bugs.
This story is a humorous look at immigration reform through bug lenses. Houseflies, crickets, cockroaches, and ants entered one Nevada home, and the homeowner wanted them to leave or be removed. She considered their entry illegal and their presence unlawful. The Bug House representatives overheard her threats and enacted immigration reform legislations. Have we done better or worse?
The number of species that make up insects, arachnids, and myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes) is uncountable and has evolved to fill every possible ecological niche. This visual encyclopedia is a fascinating and informative study of these tiny and amazing creatures. Written by two brothers who have devoted their careers to investigating bugs and insects, this book even features a species never before documented.