arachnids

Kids will learn about different kinds of spiders, including their behavior, life cycle, diet and more.

From damselflies to treehoppers, tiger beetles to butterflies, meet the most beautiful bugs and insects in the world in this new title from the exciting In Focus: Bugs & Insects series. Did you know that giant dragonflies were around even before the dinosaurs? Or that the Madagascan moon moth has a wingspan of nearly eight inches? And did you know that the small copper butterfly's wings look like copper as it flies? Learn fascinating and awe-inspiring facts about the prettiest of our many-legged friends, accompanied by detailed full-color photographs to maximize the beauty points!.

Swoosh! Wriggle, wriggle! The forest is full of insects and spiders spinning webs. What happens to fallen leaves and round balls of dung? Let's look at the lives of insects and spiders.

"A middle-grade adaptation of Amy Stewart's "Wicked Bugs" that features profiles of the world's scariest, deadliest, and grossest bugs, from the most painful hornet to flies that transmit deadly diseases to millipedes that stop traffic, to "bookworms" that devour libraries"--Provided by publisher.

"A middle-grade adaptation of Amy Stewart's "Wicked Bugs" that features profiles of the world's scariest, deadliest, and grossest bugs, from the most painful hornet to flies that transmit deadly diseases to millipedes that stop traffic, to "bookworms" that devour libraries"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the habitat, anatomy, and diet of spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.

"Kids will discover what a fly likes to eat and how it digests its food or how a pond skater can skim across the surface of water. They will learn how a colony of ants communicates, and find out if their garden might be home to the fastest beetle in the world"--Provided by publisher.

"Describes the characteristics of bark scorpions and giant centipedes, and what may happen when these bugs encounter one another in nature"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitat of camel spiders. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.