The teeming bug kingdom comes into view, bigger than ever and enlarged to staggering proportions with highly detailed electron microscope photographs, along with occasional real-size insect images beside them to give readers a true sense of scale. Readers will get an amazing and up-close perspective on such creatures as the voraciously hungry caterpillar; the vividly colored Calleta Silkmoth, with blue-and-black spikes covering its body; a Swallowtail Butterfly emerging from its chrysalis; a bright orange Queen Hornet; and a deathly praying mantis, with its luminescent wings and killer pincers.--From publisher description.
General Note
"Includes super-size poster"--Cove.
Contains fold-out pages.
Includes index.
Content Note
Teeming world of bugs -- Caterpillar, an eating machine -- A society of insects -- King of predators -- Life through a compound eye -- Spiders: lean, mean killing machines -- Masters of acrobatic flight -- Camouflage and protection -- Beetles: formidable and chitin clad -- Under the electron microscope -- Secretive world of moths.