insect pests

A history of chemical warfare and pest control that examines war and nature's impact on each other and illustrates the development of total war and the modern environmental movement.

Examines the physiology, behavior. life cycles, sense, methods of movement, and survival methods of different types of insects.

Informative guide to familiar as well as obscure insects from ticks and mosquitoes to sheep keds and reindeer throat bots.

Describes the biological control method of curbing harmful insects in which man uses nature itself to fight nature's pests.

Discusses the effects insects have had on history, art, and medicine.

A gardener upsets the natural balance in his garden by using poison and learns the value of another method of controlling pests.

Describes various species of insects, the ways in which some insects are helpful to humans and those insects that can spread disease, where they live, and more.

Presents illustrations and descriptions of twelve insects, explaining whether or not the creatures are as scary as they look, and includes a rhyme about each bug.

They creep, they crawl, they fly...and they're cool! Billions of bugs buzz all around us. Meet some of the coolest and creepiest inside.