Explores insects and their world, covering biology, communication, reproduction, behavior, and ecological importance

Alien Empire: An Exploration of the Life of Insects

Science & Math

O'Toole, Christopher

Biological Sciences

Harpercollins

This beautifully illustrated book clearly documents the many and often bizarre ways in which insects have responded to the great evolutionary imperative of "adapt or perish." With over 250 color photographs and an easy-to-read text, this book presents many observations that will both startle and inform. Each section deals with a major theme in the lives of insects:success in diversity; food and feeding; courtship and mating;; egg laying and parental care; the social option; parasitism; and defense in a hostile world.

Insects in Camera

Oxford University Press

The Dragonfly Over the Water (Animal Habitats)

Children's Books

Belitha Press Ltd

Examines the characteristics, life cycle, and habitat of different types of flies and describes which flies are either helpful or harmful to plants and animals.

Discovering Flies (Discovering Nature Series)

Franklin Watts

Insects are everywhere and in vast numbers too. There are at least a million species, ranging from microscopic beetles and wasps to beetles which are larger and heavier than the smaller mammals. They inhabit desert and arctic tundra, land and sea; they are even in our homes and on our bodies. Unsung toilers on our behalf, they perform most of the major ecological tasks upon which we and all other species depend. Many animals, birds and people rely on them for food, while all of our fruits and many of our vegetables are entirely dependent on them for pollination. We need to know more about these extraordinarily beautiful and complex creatures to understand their vital role in maintaining our planet's life support systems so that we are better placed to conserve them and, ultimately, our own living space. Alien Empire, and the television series which it accompanies, open the doors into a world that we have never seen. We discover the design miracle of insects' bodies - external skeletons that can be adapted for any use; their sophisticated communication systems - on-board sensors which gather visual, auditory and scent data, with transmitters for emitting sound and light signals; how they function in co-operating groups; their fast and furious reproduction systems, and much much more about their strange structures and lives. As this book shows, in their looks and behaviour, insects are as close to an alien life form as any we are likely to find in the stars.

Alien Empire: An Exploration of the Lives of Insects

Bbc Pubns

Bees of the World

Covering all aspects of apian life and natural history, this illustrated guide demonstrates the wide diversity of these insects.

Raw, Anthony

Animals

Blandford Pr

Introduces predatory members of the mammal family, from leopards and cheetahs to whales and dolphins.

Mammals: The Hunters (Encyclopedia of the Animal World)

STIDWORTHY, JOHN

FACTS ON FILE+

Introduces centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, lice, fleas, butterflies, wasps, ants, scorpions, and other insects and spiders

Insects and Spiders (Encyclopedia of the Animal World)

Losito, Linda

Xerrod, Robin

Teen & Young Adult

Examines the variety of species, lifestyles, and life history of bees, and looks at their role in the ecosystem

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Alien Empire: An Exploration of the Life of Insects

Insects in Camera

The Dragonfly Over the Water (Animal Habitats)

Discovering Flies (Discovering Nature Series)

Alien Empire: An Exploration of the Lives of Insects

Bees of the World

Mammals: The Hunters (Encyclopedia of the Animal World)

Insects and Spiders (Encyclopedia of the Animal World)

Bees of the World

Bees of the World