Nick Baker's Bug Book: Discover the World of Mini-beasts!

Nick Baker's Bug Book: Discover the World of Mini-beasts!

by NickBaker (Author)

Synopsis

We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny creatures that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes, but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? For instance, could you identify the larvae of a ladybird which each eat 50 aphids a day? And did you that some species of snail are hairy? This book aims to encourage our understanding of all types of bugs that can be found in our back gardens and beyond - worms, snails, ants, woodlice, centipedes, flies, grasshoppers, beetles, bees, wasps, spiders and butterflies (to name but a few) - by offering practical information and fun activities for the whole family. Learn how to determine the sex of a spider, how to look after ants in a home-made formicarium and even how to rear your own dragonflies! Packed with details on essential equipment for bug watching and collecting, clear annotated diagrams on bug anatomy and amazing full-colour close-up photographs, as well as astonishing facts on insect behaviour and identification, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Published: 15 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 1859748953
ISBN 13: 9781859748954

Author Bio
Nick Baker is the popular presenter on BBC's top-rated Really Wild Show and his own BBC2 investigative natural history series such as Nick Baker's Rattlesnakes and Nick Baker's Antarctica. In the United States, Nick presents regularly on National Geographic's Explorer. He is also a regular columnist and contributor to BBC Wildlife Magazine. Other television credits include Tomorrow's World, Wild Under the Skin and Channel 5's Nick's Quest & Nick Baker Down Under. He is vice-president of Wildlife Watch, the junior division of the Wildlife Trusts. He lives on Dartmoor in Devon.