The Earwig’s Tail

2009-09-30 Nature

Author : May R. Berenbaum
Release : 2009-09-30
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 567/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Earwig’s Tail by : May R. Berenbaum

Download or read book The Earwig’s Tail written by May R. Berenbaum. This book was released on 2009-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. The real and the imaginary blended seamlessly in these books—at the time, the existence of a rhinoceros was as credible as a unicorn or dragon. Although audiences now scoff at the impossibility of mythological beasts, there remains an extraordinary willingness to suspend skepticism and believe wild stories about nature, particularly about insects and their relatives in the Phylum Arthropoda. In The Earwig’s Tail, entomologist May Berenbaum and illustrator Jay Hosler draw on the powerful cultural symbols of these antiquated books to create a beautiful and witty bestiary of the insect world. Berenbaum’s compendium of tales is an alphabetical tour of modern myths that humorously illuminates aerodynamically unsound bees, ear-boring earwigs, and libido-enhancing Spanish flies. She tracks down the germ of scientific truth that inspires each insect urban legend and shares some wild biological lessons, which, because of the amazing nature of the insect world, can be more fantastic than even the mythic misperceptions.

Earwigs

2012-08-01 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Colleen Sexton
Release : 2012-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 769/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Earwigs by : Colleen Sexton

Download or read book Earwigs written by Colleen Sexton. This book was released on 2012-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to their name's suggestion, earwigs do not crawl into people's ears. Earwigs have pinchers on their bodies that they use to fight other earwigs or pick up food. Find out about the other parts of an earwig's body, what earwigs eat, and how earwigs take care of their young.

Earwigs

2017-08-01 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Patrick Perish
Release : 2017-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Earwigs by : Patrick Perish

Download or read book Earwigs written by Patrick Perish. This book was released on 2017-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An earwig has a Captain Hook appearance, with ÒpincersÓ attached to its back end. But honestly, the insect looks scarier than it is. Early learners will want to poke around this book to explore how earwigs look and behave. They are sure to get hooked on reading!

Stouts, Millers, and Forky-Tails

2018-04 NATURE

Author : Tom Chapman
Release : 2018-04
Genre : NATURE
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 957/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Stouts, Millers, and Forky-Tails by : Tom Chapman

Download or read book Stouts, Millers, and Forky-Tails written by Tom Chapman. This book was released on 2018-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stouts, millers, and forky-tails (a.k.a. deerfly, moths, and earwigs) are just three of more than 200 fascinating insects, spiders, and other arthropods profiled in this book. Youll also meet weevils, flesh flies, aphids, dragonflies, ticks, bees, giant water bugs, and many mosquitos. These are the creepy-crawlies in your garden and in your basement, the annoyances and the biters, the disease-carriers and the pests. But they are also the pollinators and the insect friends that are crucial to healthy ecosystems. Organized by habitat and order, each description gives key identifying features, life cycle details, as well as the specific habits and quirks that make each one worthy of study. The pages are filled with stunning full-colour photographs of each creature, from gross to gorgeous. Includes up-to-date information about each species distribution in this province, as well as quick hits about the latest local research, folk tales, and insect lore. Insects are the most dominant animal group on the planet. Getting to know some of this species richness is a journey every nature-lover or curious mind will enjoy.

Gross Bugs

2020 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Camilla De La Bedoyere
Release : 2020
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 044/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gross Bugs written by Camilla De La Bedoyere. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From earwigs to horntails, lice to flies, meet the grossest bugs and insects in the world in this new title from the exciting In Focus: Bugs & Insects series. Did you know that some cockroaches can grow up to three inches long? Or that bee fly larvae like to eat the insides of other insect larvae? And did you know that mites and ticks - the smallest arachnids in the world - feed on the blood of animals and are found nearly everywhere in the world? Learn fascinating and revolting facts about the most disgusting of our many-legged friends, accompanied by detailed full-color photographs to maximize the gross factor!

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