insects

Photographs and text present one hundred facts about many kinds of insects and spiders.

Discusses the physical characteristics, feeding habits, behavior, habitats, and life cycles of spiders and insects, including butterflies, moths, and beetles.

Darkus Cuttle has taken care of his father ever since his mother died, but his father vanished from a locked vault at the Natural History Museum, and now he lives with his eccentric uncle. One day he finds a large and unusually intelligent and self-aware beetle, and soon he and his two friends are caught up in a struggle to protect an intelligent super species of beetles.

Readers learn various facts about lice including what they look like, their life cycle, how people get lice, how to get rid of them, and the different kinds of lice that exist.

Readers learn about the various species of fleas including not only those that crawl on pets, but also the kind of flea that spread the black plague, which killed more than a quarter of the European population during the Middle Ages. Also covered are what fleas look like, where they are found, the life cycle of a flea, and parasitic relationships.

See insects and spiders profiled in fearsome illustrations, locked in awesome combat. Marvel at their amazing alien-like features, witness them pitted against one another and discover who will win the battle!.

Learn about insects and spiders while building your science vocabulary. Includes vocabulary quizzes and answer key.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how grasshoppers defend themselves from predators and find food. Includes picture glossary"--Provided by publisher.

Teaches young children all about bugs that creep and crawl.