Learn about ... Texas insects : a learning and activity book, color your own guide to the insects that crawl, hop and wing their way across the plains, hills, forests, deserts and mountains of Texas

Joining the ranks of Texas Parks and Wildlife's acclaimed Learn About . . . series, this educational activity book features what are probably the most numerous and easily observed of Texas' animal residents. Here children from six to twelve are introduced to the marvelous world of "bugs"--that great host of hopping, crawling, flying, and buzzing creatures more properly called insects. Youngster can color eye-catching line drawings of many of the most common, as well as unusual, Texas insects--all of them interesting, some of them beneficial, and some, without question, pests. The accompanying easy-to-read text gives important facts about insect lifeways and insects' roles in nature. Interspersed throughout are instructive games and suggested activities. Included, too, is a 17" by 22" coloring poster. Joining the ranks of Texas Parks and Wildlife's acclaimed Learn About... series, this educational activity book features what are probably the most numerous and easily observed of Texas' animal residents. Here children from six to twelve are introduced to the marvelous world of "bugs"that great host of hopping, crawling, flying, and buzzing creatures more properly called insects. Youngsters can color eye-catching line drawings of many of the most common, as well as unusual, Texas insectsall of them interesting, some of them beneficial, and some, without question, pests. The accompanying easy-to-read text gives important facts about insect lifeways and insects' roles in nature. Interspersed throughout are instructive games and suggested activities. Included, too, is a 17" by 22" coloring poster. INFORMATIVE TEXT PROVIDES THE IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT TEXAS' INSECT GROUPS AND SELECTED SPECIES Includes pictures and activities about the insects of Texas