Super bug encyclopedia : the biggest, fastest, deadliest creepy-crawlies on the planet

Author

John Woodward

Call Number

• J 595.7 WOOD (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016.

Physical Description

207 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Summary

Profiles the worlds largest, strongest, and loudest insects, providing statistics and facts on each, from the honeypot ants of Australia and hornet moth of Europe to the golden chafer of Central America and the orchid mantid of Southeast Asia.--

Notes

At head of title: DK Smithsonian.

"Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a division of Penguin Random House LLC"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Contents

• Success story
• What is a bug?
• Types of bugs
• On the move
• Growing up
• Amazing anatomy
• Animal athletes
• Fearsome hunters
• Tiny terrors
• Life stories.