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Presents a series of questions and answers about insects along with both humorous and accurate illustrations.

This book introduces children to the ways of insects, an insect's process of growing up, and to the insects they might meet in their backyard. Children will find the answers to all kinds of questions from how insects breathe, see, and hear to what they eat and how they defend themselves. They will also find out how army ants got their name and what makes bees so busy!  

Defines what an insect is and presents a variety of insects and describes what makes them special. Written in a question and answer format.

Presents twenty-five questions and answers about insects and spiders, including why bugs are important, how long they've existed, and why crickets make noise.

Presents, in question and answer format, information about the behavior, food-gathering, defenses, anatomy, and surprising habits of all kinds of insects.

"Everyone has been bitten by a mosquito, stung by a wasp or had something itchy hiding in their hair. But how much do you actually know about these annoying insects? Ever wondered how mosquitoes find you? Or how wasps can build nests up to 16 feet wide? Or how fleas can jump 150 times their own height?"--Provided by publisher.

Answers questions about insects and spiders, including, "Which insect listens with its legs?" and "Why do glowworms glow?"

Welcome to the hidden world of the most popular bugs on Earth. This fully photographic book profiles bugs, beetles, wasps, bees, ants, caterpillars, butterflies, dragonflies, spiders, flies, crickets and grasshoppers, and centipedes and millipedes. Profiles are accompanied by Did You Know? facts and fast facts including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat.

"Insects are some of oldest creatures on Earth, evolving well before other land animals alongside ferns and trees. This epic survey follows bugs and their cousins from their earliest appearance in the Paleozoic era up through today. Along the way, readers will meet many different kinds of insects from various points in history - like the trilobite of the Cambrian Explosion or the more recent and familiar termite. The text explores insect skills like...

800 panels each containing an illustration and ten key facts, star facts, and news flashes.