arthropods

Explains, in simple text and illustrations, the behavior and characteristics of animals that live in gardens, such as how spiders make webs, why gardeners like ladybugs, and what ants do all day.

Discusses the evolution of arthropods, their characteristics, their adaptability to many habitats and environments, and their relationship to humans.

Introduces the world of bugs through photographs and facts which describe one for each letter of the alphabet.

Features descriptions of over three hundred insect families, covering all twenty-nine orders of insect, as well as a selection of spiders and other terrestrial arthopods, and includes a photographic identification key to the main insect groups.