Earth Dwellers
by Erich Hoyt
from Simon & Schuster
Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests
by Rick L. Brandenburg
from Entomological Society of America
Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert: Description, Habitat, Prevention, Treatment
by Trevor Hare
from Western Natl Parks Assoc
Exquisitely detailed line drawings by Barbara Terkanian make it easy for newcomers to identify dangerous desert insects, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, snakes, and lizards, in an easy-reference format. Also describes treatments and antidotes for bites and stings. Includes glossary.
Bagging Big Bugs: How to Identify, Collect and Display the Largest and Most Colorful Insects of the Rocky Mountain Region
by Whitney Cranshaw
from Fulcrum Publishing
Discovery Channel: Insects & Spiders: An Explore Your World Handbook
by DAVID J. LEWIS
from Discovery Books
How do a tarantula's fangs work differently than those of other spiders? What transforms solitary locusts into a million-member eating machine? How can insects help investigators uncover crime-scene clues? Insects & Spiders, an exciting new Explore Your World™ handbook, incorporates the Discovery Channel's unique authoritative approach and acclaimed visuals to answer these and other questions in a captivating blend of information and entertainment.
Insects & Spiders features:
¸ Background information on insect evolution, anatomy and physiology, behavior, habitats and seasonal cycles, and the mysterious world of insect societies.
¸ A detailed look at the spider's anatomy, life cycle, survival tactics, and life as a predator.
¸ Examinations of spider silk, web-making, and the methods of spider courtship.
¸ Practical advice on how to identify and study favorite species and helpful tips on caring for insects and spiders as pets.
¸ An identification guide to 160 insects and spiders from around the world, organized by environment.
¸ More than 300 full-color photos and illustrations.
The Encyclopedia of Butterflies
The Red Hourglass
by Gordon Grice
from Delacorte Press
Gordon Grice, a young essayist from rural western Oklahoma, writes winningly of insects in all their glory, basing his narrative on lifelong observations of creatures such as the black widow, praying mantis, brown recluse--and the occasional human being. For the black widow spider he professes an affectionate fascination, dangerous though the spider may be; for the brown recluse, a more dangerous creature still, he exhibits a healthy respect; for all the creatures who fall under his survey, he has many sympathies. Grice writes with good humor, even when he's writing of matters that are not for the squeamish, as when he describes the rather gruesome ways in which female mantises dispose of inconvenient mates or humans dispose of each other.
Snake venom that digests human flesh. A building cleared of every living thing by a band of tiny spiders. An infant insect eating its living prey from within, saving the vital organs for last. These are among the deadly feats of natural engineering you'll witness in The Red Hourglass, prize-winning author Gordon Grice's masterful, poetic, often dryly funny exploration of predators he has encountered around his rural Oklahoma home.
Grice is a witty and intrepid guide through a world where mating ends in cannibalism, where killers possess toxins so lethal as to defy our ideas of a benevolent God, where spider remains, scattered like "the cast-off coats of untidy children," tell a quiet story of violent self-extermination. It's a world you'll recognize despite its exotic strangeness--the world in which we live. Unabashedly stepping into the mix, Grice abandons his role as objective observer with beguiling dark humor--collecting spiders and other vermin, decorating a tarantula's terrarium with dollhouse furniture, or forcing a battle between captive insects because he deems one "too stupid to live."
Kill. Eat. Mate. Die. Charting the simple brutality of the lives of these predators, Grice's starkly graceful essays guide us toward startling truths about our own predatory nature. The Red Hourglass brings us face to fanged face with the inadequacy of our distinctions between normal and abnormal, dead and alive, innocent and evil.
Spiders and Their Kin (Golden Guide)
Expert Knowledge!
Easy-to-Read!
This introduction to the diverse yet little known world of spiders is packed with concise, accurate information. With full-color pictures and readable text, this guide identifies representative species and describes:
Their characteristics and habits
Growth, courtship and enemies
Where they are found
Includes information on poisonous species and how to collect, preserve, and raise spiders.
A Guide to Observing Insect Lives (Stokes Nature Guides)
Spiders Thematic Unit
by KATHEE GOSNELL
from Teacher Created Resources
Spiders Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Spiders, Eight Legs, Charlotte's Web. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.
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