From butterflies and beetles to crickets and katydids, these experiments, art projects, and games will bring out the entomologist in every kid.
Author: Cindy Blobaum
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 9781613740453
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 144
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From butterflies and beetles to crickets and katydids, these experiments, art projects, and games will bring out the entomologist in every kid. Activities include collecting and sketching insects, making a terrarium for observation, raising mealworms, using math to measure bug strength, gardening to attract butterflies and other insects, and making an insect amplifier. A unique insect board game helps kids learn fascinating bug facts while they play. Sidebars offer a look into the world of professional entomology, as well as gross facts about insects that will provide great playground trivia, including the USDA's guidelines for allowable insect parts per cup of food. Kids will learn that science is not just something to read about, but something they can observe and study in the world around them.In Bugged, journalist David MacNeal takes us on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture in order to define our relationship with these mini-monsters"--Amazon.com.
Author: David MacNeal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781250095503
Category: Nature
Page: 320
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Insects have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years. In fact, our world is essentially run by bugs—there are 1.4 billion for every human on the planet. In Bugged, journalist David MacNeal takes us on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture in order to define our relationship with these mini-monsters. MacNeal introduces a cast of bug-lovers—from a woman facilitating tarantula sex and an exterminator nursing bedbugs (on his own blood), to a kingpin of the black market insect trade and a “maggotologist”—who obsess over the crucial role insects play in our everyday lives. Just like bugs, this book is global in its scope, diversity, and intrigue. Hands-on with pet beetles in Japan, releasing lab-raised mosquitoes in Brazil, beekeeping on a Greek island, or using urine and antlers as means of ancient pest control, MacNeal’s quest appeals to the squeamish and brave alike. Demonstrating insects’ amazingly complex mechanics, he strings together varied interactions we humans have with them, like extermination, epidemics, and biomimicry. And, when the journey comes to an end, MacNeal examines their commercial role in our world in an effort to help us ultimately cherish (and maybe even eat) bugs.Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomologiques.
Author: Jean-Henri Fabre
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 9780898757170
Category: Science
Page: 364
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This classic account of insect behavior shows some surprising similarities to human interactions. ''The patience and the nicety of M. Fabres observations are indeed amazing. His eyes see, and they see magical marvels.'' -- Daily ExpressConsidered "The Homer of Insects," Fabre's work laid the foundation for virtually all subsequent work in the field of entomology. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomologiques. Although a reclusive amateur, with no scientific training, he was an acute observer of insect behavior. He combined his observations (most made in his own backyard) with a humanistic writing style that made his books popular, at least later in his life; during most of his life, the successive volumes of Souvenirs Entomologiques attracted only mild attention. Fabre was 84 when the last volume appeared, and soon afterward he was "discovered." He was elected to numerous scientific societies, provided a government pension, and even the President of France came to visit him.The essential illustrated introduction to insects for nonscience majors Bugs Rule! provides a lively introduction to the biology and natural history of insects and their noninsect cousins, such as spiders, scorpions, and centipedes.
Author: Whitney Cranshaw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9781400848928
Category: Science
Page: 496
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Bugs Rule! provides a lively introduction to the biology and natural history of insects and their noninsect cousins, such as spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. This richly illustrated textbook features more than 830 color photos, a concise overview of the basics of entomology, and numerous sidebars that highlight and explain key points. Detailed chapters cover each of the major insect groups, describing their physiology, behaviors, feeding habits, reproduction, human interactions, and more. Ideal for nonscience majors and anyone seeking to learn more about insects and their arthropod relatives, Bugs Rule! offers a one-of-a-kind gateway into the world of these amazing creatures. Places a greater emphasis on natural history than standard textbooks on the subject Covers the biology and natural history of all the insect orders Provides a thorough review of the noninsect arthropods, such as spiders, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, and crustaceans Features more than 830 color photos Highlights the importance of insects and other arthropods, including their impact on human society An online illustration package is available to professorsHansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author: Louis Figuier
Publisher:
ISBN: 3741178934
Category:
Page: 540
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The Insect World - Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects, together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of some of the Most Interesting Species is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.Similarly , when an ant's or termite's nest is disturbed , alarm pheromones are released , and the insects attack . an the openings to the gland have hairs ...
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Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 0761473378
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 704
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Introduces insects and spiders from around the world, encompassing biology, behavior, habitat, and more.Describes some of the thousands of species of insects found around the world and discusses insect anatomy, movement, reproduction, senses, feeding, coloration, defenses, and migration
Author: Anthony Wootton
Publisher:
ISBN: 0871969912
Category: Nature
Page: 224
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Describes some of the thousands of species of insects found around the world and discusses insect anatomy, movement, reproduction, senses, feeding, coloration, defenses, and migrationThese profiles are accompanied by facts including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat. In short, this book includes everything a young fact-hound needs to discover the weird, wacky, diverse, and fascinating world of bugs.
Author: Jeremy DeVinney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9798588320221
Category:
Page: 82
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A beautifully illustrated, informative book for children introducing them to bugs that creep, crawl, bite, fly, and more! From bees and beetles to ants and mosquitos, the world is crawling with fascinating bugs. Bugs and Insects World is the interested fact-filled book for children to explore the vast array of creepy-crawlies that share our Earth. These profiles are accompanied by facts including scientific name, size, diet, and habitat. In short, this book includes everything a young fact-hound needs to discover the weird, wacky, diverse, and fascinating world of bugs.The entomology collection has significant cultural and historical value, containing the world’s oldest pinned insect specimen and many thousands of insects collected by pioneering Victorian explorers and biologists such as Charles Darwin ...
Author: Levon Biss
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 9781683351382
Category: Photography
Page: 144
View: 398
"You will never look at a beetle or a moth the same way again." --WIRED "Art meets science to dazzling effect." --The Guardian Microsculptureis a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science. Levon Biss’s photographs capture in breathtaking detail the beauty of the insect world and are printed in large-scale format to provide an unforgettable viewing experience. Each picture in Microsculpture is created from approximately 8,000 individual photographs. Segments of the specimen are lit and photographed separately using microscope lenses, then “stacked” to maintain sharp focus throughout. These images are then combined to create a single high-resolution file. From start to finish, each portrait takes approximately 4 weeks to create. The project has captured the attention of the world with features in WIRED and New Scientist. Microsculpture has been exhibited at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Xposure 2016 International Photography Festival in Sharjah, U.A.E. It has been viewed by over half a million people so far and will be touring museums around the world from 2017 onward. The entomology collection has significant cultural and historical value, containing the world’s oldest pinned insect specimen and many thousands of insects collected by pioneering Victorian explorers and biologists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace.Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species Louis ...
Author: Louis Figuier
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN: EAN:4057664621092
Category: Fiction
Page: 9504
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"The Insect World" by Louis Figuier. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.